one was scott walkers chief, one was a official in charge of veteran's affairs. they were charged with stealing more than $60,000 from local veterans organizations. that same criminal probe results in four other scott walker staffers and supporters being arrested on charges including paid public employees spending their paid time at work instead working on political campaigns which is what the other deputy chief of staff is going to prison for as of last week. one investigation, the one that resulted in prison terms for scott walker staffers and appointees and supporters, that one investigation relates to his first run for governor in 2010 when he was milwaukee county executive and trying to move up to state governor. the second investigation back home, an open investigation in wisconsin, that one concerns scott walker's run to keep his job as governor in the face of the big recall effort against him. that is about allegations of illegal coordination between governor scott walker and outside groups that spent money to help him stay in office. like rick perry and

one scott walker's deputy chief of staff when he was the milwaukee county executive and another scott walker appointed as a county official in charge of veterans affairs. these guys were convicted of stealing more than $60,000 from local veterans organizations under scott walker's watchful eye and they went to prison for it. the same criminal probe resulted in four other scott walker staffers and supporters convicted on felony charges including paid public employees spending paid public time at work. instead working on political campaigns. which is what the other deputy chief of staff is going to prison for as of last week. one investigation, the one that has already resulted in prison terms for scott walker staffers and appoint tees and supporters that one investigation relates to his first run for governor in 2010 when he was milwaukee county executive trying to move up to state governor. the second wisconsin investigation, back home which remains an open investigation in wisconsin, that one concerns scott walker's run to keep his job as governor in the face of the big recall effort

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you have scott walker with his billionaire. jeb bush has hi minutes minions. aside between the two positions impossible to run away from -- immigration and common core -- >> he's already done a backflip on that. a general overall notion of climate change. there's no ideological difference between any of this is candidates. >> that's true. >> there's more in the "game of thrones." >> that's a great idea. the space that people are trying to carve out will be identity rhetorical as opposed to substantive, though as we go down the debate process, you'll see people starting to stake out distinct positions. >> that is true true you see where we are already before this thing takes off when you have scott walker say that the united states is blaring the greatest nation and all of a sudden people are like they're going to parse that, you know? so this is what you're talking about. because the space, the ideological space between a jeb bush and ted chris is not as wide as a lot of people pretend it is -- >> thank you. >> they are going to carve as hard as they can. sam

>> i'm going to bet no one was happier to hear the president criticize scott walker than scott walker's campaign staff. for them that means the president sees him as a viable challenger. it sets up a confrontation that scott walker would love to have directly with the party's current opposition. so i think it does say something about him standing in the field. i wouldn't call him the front-runner, probably just in the top tier of candidates. >> now, when you look at the whole top tier and secondary tier that is in the republican side of this, angela isn't the problem to walker job bush isn't the problem for rand paul ted cruz? didn't they have to fight for different parts of the party before they can go for the expanded base with enough of a big base to win? >> i think theyabsolute lie development you have folks that have to generate a track record of doing something besides filibustering, besides talking what have you actually accomplished? you have that type of questioning. anybody can come on air or getd deliver a speech and give excellent talking points but what can you deliver for

. >> scott walker. >> scott walker correct. yes. boom. >> bolton. >> yes. michael steele? >> bolton scott walker. hmm. >> how about a former new york governor? >> oh, otherh, yes pataki. >> long island congressman. >> peter king. >> former texas governor michael steele. >> perry. >> yes. there's still more. look at this. >> i'll do another one. >> yes. >> bobby jindal. >> yes, bobby jindal. we got one, two, three more. >> i know that ben carson couldn't make it. >> a man who won't run under any circumstances but says he will. >> huckabee. >> nice. him, too. but there's another one won't run but says he will. national laughingstock. >> haven't we talked about him already? >> donald trump. and jim gilmore. now that that's out of the way, michael, this is my favorite headline of the day. scott walker apparently is the pick of the koch brothers who is the scoop off the record "behind closed doors." they say they want him to be the candidate. how important is that? >> it's huge. and, in fact i have heard it from a number of circles far removed from the koch brothers that scott

i don't know if scott walker can maintain it or not. that belongs to a governor who's going to come in and say, i'm outside washington i've got fresh ideas. until a little while ago there were five of them. jind i think you'll see one of them come out of that pack, but i don't think the field's going to sustain more than one of them. everybody had a flirtation with scott walker earlier and that seemed to have faded. so we'll see. >> the question of the day has become for republican candidates, would you attend a gay wedding. let's see how scott walker handled that with you, casey. >> would you attend a gay wedding? >> well, in terms of that's a -- certainly a personal issue for a family member we've had a family member who's had a reception, i haven't been to a wedding. that's true even though my position is marriage is defined between a man and a woman, for someone i love, we've been to a reception. >> it sounds like a yes. >> it does. although he seemed to make a distinction between a wedding ceremony and a wedding reception. >> cerem

but first, is governor scott walker the chosen one. it was reportsed that two people overheard david koch saying walker should be the republican nominee. asserting the brothers are open to supporting any of the candidates in the primary, including jeb bush. for the brothers this would be a first. they declined to get involved in the 2012 primary only to be stuck with mitt romney. said one koch aide do you want to be faced with that choice again? the brothers are likely to weigh in after it's down to a few plausible candidates. and then the support of the koch brothers' labyrinth of 17 political groups which spent an eye-popping $407 million in the 2012 race, and will spend $900 million in 2016. joining me now is msnbc's national correspondent joy reid blake zeth and david corn. david, let me start with you. is scott walker the guy that you think the cokes will eventually go for? >> i don't know but how would you like to audition for a billion dollars? this is better than "the voice." do they make him sing? do a little soft shoe? and co

scott walker has beaten democrats a bunch of times. every time the conversation haepz about him is he strong enough, can he hold it together. he can point back and say they came at me with everything they could in wisconsin. i beat them every time. i think he actually has a record and actually has some standing to say i deserve to be here and i can stay here. >> i'm curious, your role with the romney campaign in 2012. i hear so many people who look at past republican races and they say in the end the establishment candidate wins. i looked at 2012 i said how different would that have been if mitt romney had to run against somebody like scott walker, with a track record as opposed to newt gingrich who had been disgraced as the house speaker or herman cain. if he had to run against somebody who had more elecatorial credibility, would it be difficult? >> we think so. that's my point. campaigns matter. and that's part of a campaign strategy. i would just sort of challenge the notion anymore that jeb bush is somehow the leader of the field a

he's wisconsin governor scott walker. >> big pick there. the old saying goes, if you're looking for a friend in washington, get a dog. if scott walker makes it to the white house, it turns out he will have to look elsewhere for companionship. walker's very allergic to dogs. his aide confirmed to the paper that the culprit is specifically pet dander. fortunately that kind of canine headline is much better than the ones garnered by the former republican nominee, mitt romney, who has to deal with revelations that he had strapped the family dog to the car roof during a road trip. as for where scott walker's chances stand right now, you'll have to tune in this friday for a very special updated presentation of, yes, the all-in 2016 fantasy candidate draft. it's as fun to say as it is to watch. you won't want to miss it. there's nothing more romantic than a spontaneous moment. so why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? with cialis for daily use, you don't have to plan around either. it's the only daily tablet a

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i think you'll see jeb bush have another surge, when scott walker announces, he'll have a surge. right now everything is in flux and so up in the air. it's good news for rubio, better news would be if he were winning the shelden adelson primary, but i wouldn't put too much stock in the polls this early on. >> john, adelson you'll remember it was newt gingrich his money kept him in because adelson was behind him. >> there's a big difference this time jose. that was a real personal relationship going back to the mid '90s with newt gingrich. i don't think shelden adelson ever thought newt gingrich was going to win the presidential race. this time they all have a chance, at least many of them do and it's an audition. i think these early polls are meaningless. i think any report that shelden adelson has made up his mind in april of 2015 on who to back is just crazy. that's not happening. i think he does like rubio, but i think he likes some of the governors, especially scott walker. he's not going to make up his mind already even after this audition this weekend. >> and andy when demo

so they don't want to see scott walker getting carried away in that direction. >> absolutely. and for two reasons. first of all, the business interests that are very obviously very important in the republican party actually want to somewhat increase the number of those specialized that do bring science and technology experts, keep people who go to graduate school here and give them incentive to stay. but the second part is no matter what you're saying and how you're parsing it this rhetoric does come across as anti-immigrant in an ethnic way that is bad for the republican party. whether or not you're specifically talking about them. even within the black voting cohort as the daughter of immigrants, i will tell you that there is a part of the black cohort that is caribbean based, that is african based that hears that and hears you talk about them. because you have a lot of caribbean and african immigrants who come to this country to go to school to go to engineering school and, doctor school and that hurts republicans with the one piece of the black electorate and they won't ev

so am i hearing you talk about scott walker here? >> there's scott walker. there's rick perry. there's bobby jindal. there's a number of good governors out there. so we'll just have to wait and see. but i think the governors are going to have an edge over the senators. >> so you don't think that experience is an issue with marco rubio. >> absolutely not. this campaign is not going to be won or lost on experience or even the hillary scandals quite frankly. it's going to be issues. that's something that john mccain and mitt romney didn't use against obama. he could have been beaten if they had campaigned on the issues. so we're going to see issues contrasting hillary's world view versus the republicans' world view of empowering individuals rather than empowering government. >> all right. bob schrum where is marco rubio when it comes to issues with the popular vote? >> well, he's on the wrong side of the rising electorate on issues like immigration reform marriage equality women's rights, civil rights voting rights, climate change. he wants to make a generational argument, but he

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he's wisconsin governor scott walker. >> a good pick. the old saying goes if you are looking for a friend in walk get a dopg. if wisconsin governor scott walker makes it to the white house, it turns out he will have to look es where for companionship. a big report revealing walker is very allergic to dogs. his aide confirmed the culprit is specifically pet dander. fortunately that, k-9 headline is much better than the ones garnered by the former republican nominee, mitt romney who had to deal with revelations he had strapped the family dog to the car roof during a roadtrip. as for where scott walkers chances stand right now, where the rest of the field is you have to tune in this friday for a special updated presentation of yes, the all "all in" fantasy candidate democrat. it's as fun to say as it is to watch. you won't want to miss it. plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. be a morning person again, with aleve pm. do you have something for pain? i have bayer aspirin. i'm not having a heart attack, it's my back. i mean bayer

newly elected republican governor scott walker rejecting a state budget shortfall introduces sweeping legislation called the budget repair bill. >> walker's bill -- the elimination of collective bargaining rights for public employee unions. >> walker's plan was to make it harder for public sector unions to bargain with state, county accident or local governments or school districts. he was saying we're going to take away your right to exist. collective bargaining is an expensive entitlement. >> state djz dispute that union bargaining rights affect the state's budget situation and that wisconsin is broke. they also disagree with some of the bill's other provisions, which include privatizing state power plants and overhauling medicare. lena taylor is a democratic state senator who opposes the bill. >> it did transformational things to laws in wisconsin. laws that had been in place for 50, 70 years. >> many interpret walker's proposals as a challenge to his political opponents. john nichols covers the story for the progressive magazine "the nation." >> it's no secret that in northern ind

let's listen to what scott walker said about iran and then we'll listen to what president obama said. >> you have said that you would cancel -- [ applause ] you would cancel any iranian deal that the obama administration makes. would you cancel that even if our trading partners did not want to reimthose sanctions? >> absolutely. i will pull back on that on january 20th, 2017. the last thing not just for the region but the world needs is a nuclear armed iran. >> it would be a foolish action to take. >> steve schmidt, which is the better campaign strategy, the walker strategy or the rand paul strategy on iran? >> inside the republican party is where many republican voters are. the president of the united states, past the halfway mark of his second turn, should have no political considerations when it comes to this national security deal. when you look at the framework, whether it is the iranians no longer being required to ship uranium to russia and out of the country, their ability to deny inspections on military sites, a lot of the hard lines the obama administration have drawn, sudde

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just said it should be scott walker. not that it is scott walker. but just in his opinion. and of course they made no secret they like him, but they don't usually get in the business of primaries. >> the full force of the koch network is not going to get behind scott walker but a lot of people will and they might as individuals. but scott walker has a chance to raise the second most money of anybody running which would be a big deal. and this is a sign that a lot of very wealthy folks would like him to be the nominee. kochs get a lot of attention, but their network has a lot of people in it who will take this as a signal. >> some very independent people in the network, as well. so i'm sure they're all going to split up but there is no doubt. and if you look at scott walker it's not a real surprise. you look at him i'd longically and he fits the small government that they like. >> and so will this is a huge disadvantage for rand paul if scott walker seems to havehe fits the small government that they like. >> and so will this is a huge disadvantage for rand paul if scott wal

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scott walker got huffy and tweeted. it seems like for some reason the president has his eyes on scott walker. >> he does have some topics of course, he knows people are going to be sure laugh getters for him. in fac, let's play one of them. you're going torecognize this one. here it is. >> in the next 100 days my partners in outreach will be so successful that even john boehner will consider becoming a democrat. after all, we have a lot in common. he is a person of color. although not a color that appears in the natural world. >> do you think he's going to go there ghenagain this year? >> orange is the new black. yes. that was the famous line. i think he probably is going to go there. it will be interesting to see if he goes after us the media. remember the year that conan o'brien hosted and he went after each and every media outlet, calling msnbc, we're the nerds. >> this is the least 93rdnerdy. most people in the media are glamorous. comedians, we're nerdy. i think he will go after the unannounced candidate for presid

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, scott walker. plus there's nothing fun about being poor but now a strict new law in kansas is making it illegal for people on welfare to go to the movies or to a local swimming hole on taxpayers' money. critics say the law is cruel, but the state's republican governor says it's about helping people become more self-sufficient. and this week the 2016 race did get under way for real so who's got the inside rail coming out of the gate and where is this thing headed between now-at-and the first debate, believe it or not, coming up this summer it's happening, and we'll keep you going, and we're going to ask our roundtable who is winning this thing. finally, let me finish with this whole idea of voting for the person, not the party, and how dangerous that is. this is "hardball," a place for politics. >>> president obama is demanding that congress hold a vote on his nominee for attorney general, loretta lynch. here's the president. >> this is the top law enforcement job in the country. what are we doing h

scott walker straddling the line. rick santorum, this was his answer. that's in the no-no quadrant. i think that's the most philosophically consistent or the most honest in some ways. >> in some ways, yes. i wouldn't want to take up the gay friends rick santorum claim he had. to ask them if they had been invited. it's important note that rick santorum -- american catholics are by a wide majority supportive of marriage equality, supportive of full rights for lgbt americans. i think that's interesting. of all religious denominations catholics are the most progressive. not only is he out of step with the broader american public but members of his own church in the united states. >> so here is -- here is the opposite quadrant. in is what you'll see a lot of the gop candidates respond with. this is john talking about the same issue. take a listen. >> in fact, i have a friend who is gay, who asked me if i would go to his wedding and i said let me think about it. i went home and i said to my wife, you know, my friend is getting married. she said i'm absolutely going. i called him today and

the billionaire koch brothers giving a nod to scott walker at a donor party. that's the tenor of the republican presidential nominating race. that's what it's like on the republican side. a public unapologetic race not just toward money but unlimited money in the most prominent billionaires picking their candidate and running. on the democratic side, the tone and the public face of the frontrunner candidate for president hillary clinton couldn't be more different right now. that's not to say that hillary clinton doesn't also have lots of wealthy donors behind her or that she's not wealthy herself, but the message her campaign is trying to send -- the steps they have taken so far with her as a candidate are not signaling she's trying to support the luxury polo brands of america. she's positioning her campaign in an opposite way. take, for example, the news of her hiring a well-known former financial regulator. a well known thorn in the side of wall street. a guy named gary gensler to be the chief financial officer for her campaign. gary gensler and elizabeth wa

he likes rubio and scott walker but it's april of 2015. when he starts unleashing his millions he's going to have made a choice. i think this time he really wants to pick the winner so he will take his time. >> that shift thing you're saying picking a winner versus gingrich in 2012. does he look at somebody like ted cruz and say yeah i agree but not electable? >> cruz is by far the best of the four speakers. he really had the crowd in the palm of his hand. adelson tried to waet beat cruz when he ran. i think he would probably rather see either rubio or one of the governors. i don't think he's a cruz guy. >> let me bring the panel in. this is reporting from the "new york times." george bush saying he is skeptical about lifting sanctions right now at a time when he believes the government is gaving in. that's interesting to me and i know this is a closed door thing and a report that is leaking out from there. i do think of his father and his father was very adamant about not criticizing or questioning his successor's in action. >> particular

scott wachner an -- scott walkered said he had concerns about our legal immigration system and whether it promotes american workers. on its own this might not have been the biggest deal but he mentioned he was talking to alabama senator jeff sessions about this issue. now, jeff sessions is one of the senators most associated with the idea we could have less legal immigration in general. that legal immigrants in general tend to hurt workers and drag down wages. that's a boggs that for the most part republican leaders have shied very far away from. business groups a lot of republican donors for example the koch brother, the chamber of commerce are very very strongly pro-immigration in general and very, very sensitive to accusations that it drags down workers' wages or ben benefits or working conditions. so this is an interesting turn. i walked to walker's campaign. they stressed he's strongly supporting legal immigration, they said he was against "arbitrary caps that don't consider the economy." but it's noteworthy walker's staff is sending out links to reporters of a bunch of conservati

he told scott walker to bone up on foreign policy. when you look into this you realize this theory a new president could roll back everything that president obama has done without the aid of congress in the last year or so. it would be very hard. there would be consequences. there would be allies that might not be on the same page as the united states. there would be business groups in the united states that want to do business in cuba and iran who might not necessarily see the benefit into going back to more hostile territory. >> and that actually brings it full circumstancele back to iowa the clinton campaign. people ask how close is hillary clinton and barack obama former rivals? really he has to be seeing the the possibility of a clinton nomination and clinton winning the white house, if she were to as the only way to reserve the legacy of policies of engagement with iran and cuba. >> you begin to realize how very important this is andrea and realize the strangeness of the political moment we're in. it's commonly said among many p

scott walker straddling the no-yes, and no-no. rick santorum, this was his answer. take a listen. >> would you attend a same-sex wedding of a loved one or a family friend or anyone you were close to? >> no i would not. >> why not? >> as a person of my faith, that would be something that would be a violation of my faith. i would love them and support them but i would not participate in that ceremony. so that's in the no-no quadrant. i think that's in some ways the most philosophically consistent or the most honest in some ways. >> in some ways, yes. i wouldn't want to take up the gay friends rick santorum claim he had to ask them if they had invited him to a wedding reception. it's important note that rick santorum, the faith that he cites is catholicism. he's out of step with american catholics. american catholics are supportive of lbgt americans and i think that's interesting. of all religious denominations catholics are the most progressive on these civil rights issue. not only is he out of step with the broader american public but members of his own church in the

ted cruz has 30 and i hear scott walker will have 30 or 40. everybody will have -- >> they will all have $10 million to $30 million. it's totally changed everything. it has been said that ted cruz has trouble with big dough authorizes donors, he can't make the sale. it doesn't matter. he can get through the first six months with a super pac and grass roots donors an a few more. >> $30 million will get you a little ways if you know how to spend it. we have another story that really caught our eye. there is of course the growing number of conflicts in the middle east. and the side effects of that it's leading to a surge in business for american defense contractors. and it's causing real concerns about a new arms race. new york times is reporting the obama administration is becoming more willing to let arab states buy advance weapons. and the uie is hooking f-16s from lockheed in syria. the company is also expected to wrap up a deal to use a predator drone for spying operations. and u.s. defense industry officials say they expected ones within da

scott walker says he's been to a same-sex wedding reception, though he still opposes same-sex marriage. they are really faces two contests here, the one for the 60% of americans who support same-sex marriage add and the one before, that the one for the 60% of republicans who don't. so one potential candidate is try tag new tactic, embracing the unpopularity of his positions opinion louisiana governor bobby jindal has been pressing ahead with a religious freedom bill for his state ash bill like the ones that got indiana and arkansas in hot water recently because of claims they would have opened the door to discrimination against gay people. even as huge business interests in the state of louisiana, we're talking about companies like ibm, companies like electronic parts. these are companies that have come to open businesses in his state, even as though businesses have objected to what jindal is talking about, has said louisiana shouldn't go down this road and shouldn't pass one of those religious freedom law, that this will jeopardize their business in the state of louisiana. even in the

they said we'll support whoever the candidate is but it should be scott walker. they've pledged money to the 2016 cycle. >>> higher than expected earnings report. the biggest advance in three weeks. today google is set to roll out a new mobile search algorithm that is correct impact businesses around the world. we are joined life from london. i understand this thing has been called mobile getten? >> yes. it sounds great, doesn't it. i don't think it's quite as scary as y 2 k or anything like that. they're formula is changing. half of searches globally are done on mobile. there are certain institutions including microsoft windows phone site that don't look good on websites. others mentions legal and general and the mi 5, the domestic security services. updates to reflect the fact they're not good for mobile users which is a large part of the search criteria. a serious story out of the domestic u.s. as well. blue bell creameries issued a recall yesterday for all of its products. this is after two samples of ice cream tested positive for listeria. the center for dis

rubio, scott walker rand paul bobby jindal. santorum. all of the major gop contenders will be there in iowa except for jeb bush and chris christie. we have a reporter on the ground there keeping tabs. continuing our tour of this big weekend now, let's move to south florida. that is jeb bush's home base. that is where jeb bush according to reports will be huddling with top donors feeling some heat in a week that saw him drop in national polls with questions growing about whether the shock and awe campaign his team once envisioned is in danger of falling flat. bush running behind rubio in a national quinnipiac poll. he has fallen to fourth place in a fox news poll. politico reporting that bush donors are alarmed. a bush aide saying the candidate is playing defense. from florida we move up to east coast to new york city. the spotlight is on hillary clinton's campaign headquarters in a burst of news coverage this week that raised questions about the clinton foundation and the large and in some cases undisclosed donations it has taken from fo

scott walker has been the surprise here. jeb bush has tons of name recognition. it also means there's room for failure and lots of room to grow as well. we're only in what month is it? april? we're still ten months away before the first voters go to the caucus. >> 500 days to the election too. >> exactly. we have lots of time and there's lots of movement here. >> so david this poll finds that jeb bush and huckabee show the most potential support. what does that show you. >> it tells me that mike huckabee ran before. he's a popular name. he was on another cable news show for a lot of times so he has name i.d. so this republican field is going to be very big it looks like. you're going to have ben carson you industrial mike huckabee, you have other gaucheovernors like rick perry and bobby jindal. so i think favorability matters. do the poll number that shows do you like the candidate that matters. and that -- i mean you just had a segment about governor christie. he has the lowest favorability rating. so i think that is an alarm bell. >> what about rubio? how do yo

i agree this will likely come down to jeb bush and scott walker, if walker can unify the conservatives early, i think he could beat jeb bush. the problem is this -- it is true that they were governors. bush's record on education in florida is controversial. scott walker took over wisconsin when it had the 12th strong estest economy in all of the states. now it's 40th in all the state. being governor, not only can you not vote on the side of every issue as you can in the senate or house, you have to be accountable for your record. they both have records which are going to be disputable. i think one is going to get the nomination. >> all right. gentlemen, unfortunately we are out of time. good to see you both as always. thank you. >> thank you. >>> we wanted to let you know that chris matthews will bring an exclusive one-on-one interview with president obama. tuesday night at 7:00 eastern here on msnbc. >>> it's a fresh approach to california's water crisis. why are some environmentalists worried? i can't find my discover card! wait, i can freeze my account. [touch tone] introducing free

rubio joins jeb bush and scott walker in the top tier. for the democrats hillary clinton stands alone in the top tier. as for the democratic second tier clinton can clears the field pushing out elizabeth warren who had once held out a spot there. let's bring in larry sabato. thank you for being with me. >> reporter: thank you jose. >> so hillary clinton has knocked off the entire second tier is this. >> well we left the second tier open to make a point and the point is that among the people who are talking about getting into the race it's difficult to imagine any one of them bumping off hillary clinton for the nomination. now, look if vice president buy den surprised everybody and got into the race he doesn't look like he's going to but it only takes waking up one morning and deciding you're going to do it he could certainly be a credible candidate, incumbent vice presidents always are, but i don't think he's going to run because i think he knows that running against hillary clinton he would probably have his third failed presidential bid

i would say jeb bush and scott walker are the top tier. rand paul ted cruz and marco rubio are the second tier. all of whom could be the nominee, but they're not in the wind up yet. >> casey hunt in miami. seems to me rubio will show the story that he's trying to be the new face of gop. it's a great national story, but how far can it carry him in the primary? >> well luke if you look at overall dynamics of this race we talked about jeb bush. in many ways he represents the old dynasty the same way hillary clinton does. i think rubio could potentially carry this through the republican primary if the demand is there for a fresh, young face. i think on that message that you mentioned, i think we've heard him saying over and over again that the american dream is the way he's going to run. in many ways i think he picked up on this populist trend, people looking for higher wages, more opportunity earlier than others in the republican field. >> julia let's talk about timing. he's going to announce tonight at freedom tower in his hometown of miami.

who does understand public policy and scott walker who doesn't understand public policy and is a very good politician. >> you don't think he does understand foreign policy. >> i don't. he hurt wisconsin. it was the 11th best wisconsin in the country and it is now 40th. that is scott walker's record as governor but he gets the headlines by beating up the unions and the working professors. that is great for politics but not good for his state. >> and we have campaign announcements coming and people exploring presidential runs. what is it like to think about running for president and how did you make the call to jump in? >> i work differently than most people. which sort of showed at the end, didn't it? once i decided -- i decided just like that and i didn't go through -- if you looked at somebody from a state of 610,000 people with $150,000 in the bank you would say you are clinically insane to run for president. i thought i had a strong message. the message was about universal health care balance and and balancing the budget. and i think it is one of the biggest problems with republica

guys like rand paul or chris christie or scott walker. if they turn in fund-raising totals for this first quarter that looked more like what candidates would raise it's going to hurt them. it's just money. it's not everything. but this is a really, really important first hurdle in this case. it's the final money push before the end of this all important shock and awe intimidation first quarter. the george p. bush final fund-raising pitch for jeb, right before the deadline for the crucial first quarter, it had a weird topic. that fund-raising pitch picked a really weird selling point to try to scare up donations for jeb bush and i mean it when i say scare. look who george p. bush has his dad running against. hilary and elizabeth warren. together we will show hilary and elizabeth warren that they're in for one heck of a fight. that's how it is -- i didn't edit out her last name. like they're sisters or they're married. hilary warren and elizabeth warren. you know the warren twins. senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts has been saying sh

scott walker is also tied up in not supporting the law but saying to a spokesman, quote, as a matter of principle, governor walker believes in broad religious freedom. one republican who is not backing off, take a guess. >> he's a good man. i admire him for standing up for legislation and it was the right thing to do. >> joining me now are joy readid and bill press. thank you for being here. >> thank you rev. >> joy, in the span of just two days, jeb bush had a pretty big change of heart on this controversial bill. what explains it? >> so jeb bush i think occupies the most odd and precarious position of potential nominees because he's trying to be the candidate that can make the party palpable in the suburbs and stand up for what they see is the erosion of their religious liberty and no one willing to steadfastly stand for christian conservatism. somebody is going to wind up and choosing a challenge for that part of the base to jeb bush so he's always got to watch that right fling because keep in mind he's a catholic. he's got to balance that catholic tradition which has some parts o