trent lott is a former senator who's in a position to do very well here. probably the only other place where he could do proportionately well would be in mississippi. >> in that clip, we showed mike >> the executive editor of politico. >> i assume this quote him directly to you from him? what is he saying there? are we old-timers worthless? >> jim is putting forth the view that the age at which the 20 boys on the bus are setting the agenda in their one story they write or file a day are over. one of the missions of "politico" is to democratize the conversation. 100,000 people can read mike allen every day. everyone can blog about it. what jim was saying is that there is this wild west. there is this notion that the conversation has been broken open. i wouldn't be as disparaging, especially of the body types of my forbearers in the journalism world. he was probably just trying to draw a sharp contest -- contrast. >> is there such a group, middle-age, left of center, overweight men who decided how the way all of us see politics and governance. you can. -- >>

trent lott -- not trent. he he run the human service.t's going on, a lot of our property managers, they are not like community housing projects that really work with their tenants. we want to make sure no matter where we stay, whether it's a shelter or an s-r-o or a house or apartment or condo that san francisco stands for no bullying, for people to be safe in their house. what i'm dealing with in san francisco, i've been -- a year from now, i got out of jail because my people called the police on me because i was watching the view in the tv room. and a lot of people -- we are a crack city in the t.l., you know. a lot of people have the [speaker not understood] after before doing it, they abuse us and the landlord said do not take our stand. so, we hope in the new house that the mayor's five-year plan that it consists we will have task forces. the people which cause question in s-r-o's were getting money from shelter plus and government and new hud houses. they're not protecting us. they're not letting tenants have their own board to say

. >> this is trent lott. proud to support him. >> republicans aren't the only ones on the ballot. democrats are, too, and some democrats are rooting hard for chris mcdaniel. the front-runner in the democratic primary is former congressman travis childers, who has stayed away from the controversy mostly but he wants to remind voters who is doing the mud slinging. >> while i have no control, i want mississippi to know there is a democratic candidate who is interested in their future. >> there's concern the entire incident may turn voters off. >> we are concerned that all of the negative and vitriolic ads that you're seeing on tv will end up depressing the vote. >> we'll be keeping a close eye on this race three the weekend. election day in mississippi is tuesday, june 3rd. by the way we have a handful of other states with interesting elections next tuesday. >> up ahead, it's abundantly clear there's a problem the president can't ignore anymore. . it's beautiful. gotta admit one thing... ...can't beat the view.

, bill frist, republican -- well, trent lott and bob dole. bill frist came after i left. republican leaders. whether it was republican or whether it was democrat, they honored the tradition of the senate. they honored what the senate was designed to be. no one was more he will ghent allowing the -- no one was more eloquent in allowing the majority to play a role, to offer amendments to bills, to debate those bills, to vote. sometimes we won, sometimes we lost, but we at least had the opportunity for our voices to be heard and for our colleagues to cast their "yea" or to cast their "nay" on what we were offering. no one was a greater defender of those minority rights than then-majority leader robert byrd from west virginia. robert byrd is lionized here in terms of his long service and remembered most for the fact that he was so faithful to the constitution of the united states and so faithful to the traditions of the senate and the rules of the senate and the procedures of the senate. and whether it was republican or democrat, liberal or conse

trent lott. can now to our all stars it is in a cold peace -- amicable peace. >> i agree with the former speaker. it is losing influence in this cycle is cyclical. i would also make the argument the things are getting better and the economy is improving and people are sick of the fiscal austerity so maybe this is not the time for the teapartier but they are now losing too much influence. neil: but i worry about that is this the call of the storm that it is a matter of time and we are just whistling past the graveyard >> 53 percent of americans are less enthusiastic about the upcoming midterm so people are not paying attention to that committee pretty with a surplus so perhaps they just turn back because they are comfortable neil: and those hate the other guy's more? >> the teapartier is decentralized for a reason. but they also keep some republicans in jack -- check neil: but i see the mainstream republicans getting very cocky. they use this as fuel for their argument. say what you will of the te

now to our all stars of what trent lott was saying. amoco -- and a global peace? laurin. what do you make of that? >> i agree with the former speaker. ditty party is losing influence in this cycle. and i make the argument that things are getting better. people are sick of the austerity and is sick of talking about there. maybe this is not the time for the cheaper it -- teapartier but they're not losing influence. neil: i think we have the column of the storm and i worry that we start sucking off the system with the benefits and whistling past the graveyard is limited to 3 percent of americans are less than enthusiastic of the mid term stand the past. maybe they are not paying attention to the nitty gritty and a surplus 5% less so perhaps they turn back to the base because they are comfortable and they have been here longer. >> but most hates to the other one more. >> that teapartier is fragmented and decentralized for a reason. they keep democrats in check but also republicans and that is okay. neil: i see the mainstream using these as the fuel for their argument. that yo

name any majority leader before -- tom daschle, trent lott. is excited that a guy is going out telling falsehoods. >> i'm not defending it. don't put me in the position -- >> i'm not. i'm not nicole wallace. i'm not putting you in a corner here. >> look. i have been lamenting. this is the worst, i would say, collective bipartisan leadership of the united states senate in my lifetime and for anybody older, i would challenge you to find it. it is amazing to me collectively mcconnell how it's a combative senate. it's a leadership-heavy senate. it's a senate that doesn't respect ranking members to let them do things as much as they used to. and it's overally political. not necessarily partisan. overly political. it seemed to be a regular occurrence that the senate majority leader and republican leader used to appear together on "meet the press." used to happen all the time. they don't even think about doing things like that now. >> i was just going to bring up trent lott and tom daschle would tear each other on "meet the press" but be friendly aft

blocking the amendment tree -- more than twice as much as majority leaders bill frist, tom daschle, trent lott, bob dole, george mitchell and robert byrd combined. that's one, two, three, four, five, six -- six previous majority leaders didn't do it as much as the current majority leader, senator reid. that is block out any amendments from the minority. now, i know that because we've talked about this so much before that most americans really aren't focused on senate procedure, and, you know, they think, well, maybe this is just one senator who is a little sore at being frozen out of the process and losing on a particular piece of legislation. burr, again, this is not about the prerogatives of an individual united states senator. this is about the people's prerogative. the people's right to partnership in the process. you know, the very legitimacy of our form of government depends upon the consent of the governed and how can the people you represent and i represent consent when they've been shut out? is this what the founding fathers had in mind when they created our great system of government

what is right at the end of the draft during a news of the mansion and a gay bar in los angeles trent lottf chairing grant and sam was various emotional share and a hug and several cases with his boyfriend of lies in eighth and you have to ask in the macho world of pro sports how this moment will play out in the locker rooms degrees if a lead against former 49ers receiver j.j. is drogues trendless and we reaction to this moment that what i definitely think it's a historic moment is an icing that with him being drafted i think it is ground-breaking and at the same time produce when no has work to prove comes off on to the training camp starts current dilemma that was what jim is from the sports night live stroke. sportr gary radnich talking about michael slam and the other big news with a donald sterling's begin now to aid in just about 20 minutes sterling's begin now to aid in just about 20 minutes hey there. did you select these things on purpose? not a color found nature. there's nothing wrong with tha. i can hear your arteries clogging. ok. no. this is tap water. i can't let you buy thi