By 20 points in 2016. Overall democratsage overperformed in the eight special elections since 2016 by an average of more than 12 points compared to the president ial race in 16. Last nights contest became a litmus test of sorts for the president and his party. Today some republicans expressed a sense of dread. If youre a republican in a safe seat, youd better be ready. I dont think you need to be alarmed but certainly need to be reflective on what happened. Every race is a wakeup call. See what we did right and what we did wrong. The president who travelled to the district twice dispatched two of his children there, his Vice President there, and his top an strategist claimed credit for cutting the loss. Paul ryan agreed with the president and that nonsense. Lets watch. Look, i think the president helped close this race. You saw the public polling. It wasnt looking good and the president helped close this race. Toldie. Meanwhile, trump allis told the Washington Post the poor showing tuesday was not a reflection on the president. Instead a reminder the gop should be embracing candidates who emulate the unscripted former reality tv star. Heres why last nights results are so scary for republicans. Currently there are 114 republicanheld house seats now considered easier for democrats to win than pennsylvanias 18th district. That means 114 potential past for democrats in november, all easier than what they pulled the victory at last night. Democrats need just 23 seats to take control of the house. Taking control would mean dras controlling committees on the house. That means intelligence and judiciary, having subpoena power and ultimately controlling the president s fate through the democrats control of impeachment. Nearly 60 dras have already voted to move the house toward impeach tag trump. Already 60. Im joined by robert costa, from the Washington Post, susan page, usa today and our big guest tom perez, chairman of the Democratic National committee. Susan del io, republican strategist. The two reporters up top, robert you first, this victory last night. It turned out going into it that if saccone, the republican candidate, had won it would have been an upset. I know were calling it an upset. It looked so bad for the republicans. If he squeaked a victory, that would have been considered a big one. Republican lawmakers are very troubled today. They say if you cant win, if a republican cant have a clean win in a district trump won by 20 Percentage Points in 2016, that doesnt bode well. This is trump country, are, a land of steel mills and coal mines. Its not the suburbs. Its western pennsylvania. Ful democrats run marines and always a marine, not axe marine, if they run guys run and clean with no record to run against and they look attractive and Everything Else going for them, thats the right message. Will the democrats get that message . You cant just run candidates. You have to run the right ones in the right places. Thats the question for perez. Primary season just started in texas. Look at what happened in texas. There there was infighting going on in those texas primaries a couple weeks ago. A whole round of democratic primaries soon. You wont have conor lamb and roy jones. Are they going to have the same war they had in 2016, the Bernie Sanders democrat versus the establishment democrat or can they come together and have the same candidates and recruitment they had in 2006 when they won the house last an time. Susan, how does it look in texas . Theyre looking at all the big states for the dems come november . I think texas is one of those places that democrats often think is about to turn their way. But it seems to me this is maybe still a little bit early in the transition of the demographic and other transition of texas for this to be a great state for them. Wham pennsylvania shows, there are republican held house districts in places like michigan and wisconsin and illinois and new york and new jersey that now look much more, the prospects seem much brighter than they did 24 hours ago. What about the picking of candidates . Its very hard for Party Leaders like the one well talk to in a second to pick their favorite candidate but there are candidates who look better going in the general election than others. You can be very left, for example, in, some parts of the country and successfully and other parts youd better not do that, trim your sail a bit going into say places like texas or western pennsylvania. You can be prochoice but be careful how you say it, for example. I think the way lamb said it personally prolife. Dont be too militant in that area in certain parts of the country. What do you think . You need a candidate that fits the district. The candidate you want to run in california is different from the candidate you want to run in ohio. So that is something that i think the party mounting the challenge, Democratic Party this time, has to be pretty sensitive to. The question is, will they have that big tent strategy where democrats backed conor lamb even though he said he was not in favor of nancy pelosi as their leader and not in favor of gun control, not in favor of banning assault weapons. This is a question for the Party Going Forward how flexible theyll be on some of these issues that have been litmus tests for party up to now. It will be interesting if he says he wont vote pelosi when you runs in the next district where you has to run for a full term. Hes not going to get to vote for pelosi in this term. That props is meaningless. Sorry, mr. Lamb. Tom perez, thats a great question. Are you ready to do whats necessary . As he once heard in a great movie, to win 218 votes in the house . Find candidates who may not pass the litmus test of the real progressives but pass the test of the voters in that district . Conor lamb is a great example of what were doing. Ive known conor. Conor lamb has to does whats best in his district. The beauty was, chris, this wasnt about nancy pelosi. The republicans are they say it is. The republicans tried to make it about the reason he won is because he was fighting for those mine workers who didnt have their pensions. Health care was the number one issue, chris, in that district. And they vote fod for democrats. Health care in pennsylvania, because health care says to a wife of somebody working or a woman, middle aged woman, if the husband loses the job, that means no health care. It means in all families, you lose your job, you lose your health care. With obamacare, its even more fragile sometimes. What ive been learning, this is not an aberration. This is a continuation of a trend. Weve seen it in state special elections in 2018. Weve won special elections in kentucky, wisconsin, New Hampshire, in florida. The list goes on. The common denominator is we are fielding spectacular candidates. How many conor lambs you got in your pocket right now . A tremendous stable of remarkable candidates. In texas, we can take on Pete Sessions and elect the first two latinas to congresses in texas. Mr. Chairman, you found the new jack murtha in this guy, the perfect guy for southwestern pennsylvania. In the wake of last nights loss, House Republican leaders are working on messaging. Heres what they had to say earlier today. Its important to also talk about what would happen if nancy pelosi became speaker again. Last week we got a good glimpse of that because the democrats laid out their alternative to our tax cut plan. They get the majority. If democrats get the house and senate, their bill will raise taxes. 40 million in the hands of real people in our communities will go a lot further than if it was just sitting in washington, d. C. We need to execute. We need to get our message and make sure our candidates arent massively outraised and outspent on tv. Susan, give me a sense what the republican message will be to lose in a safe district for them thats not safe . Last nights results should be very concerning to republicans. If 2017 was the canary in the coal mine, last nights result is the first case of black lung for the republicans, theres no question. Now what republicans need to do is focus on their district. When they Start Talking about nancy pelosi in a swing district, the other candidate will talk about donald trump. There were a lot of very good points brought up earlier. How far to the left will some of these candidates go in a swing district against a republican. And that will be the challenge for the democrats. Of course, the challenge for the republicans in swing districts is to run from their home base and not from washington. If they run from washington, people are sick of it. That was part of congressman elect lambs message was he hasnt gone washington. Is the name trump a plus or negative for the typical candidate for reelection this year . Susan . Its a double edged sword. Some candidates need to get the trump base out for them to win. That could be the margin of victory. At the same time, they cant turn all the independents. Im asking you the question, whats better to be for trump or question him . If youre a republican. Depends where youre a republican. If youre a republican from a swing district, you cant talk about trump. Hell bring you down. Even with trump up 20 points two years ago or not even two years ago, trump does not endorse well. His endorsement is not meaningful. People dont care. Thats why his Approval Rating is in the 30s while people think that the economy is doing well and its rating in the 50s. What do you make, tom perez, youre the democratic leader. Im blown apart sometimes by what conservatives and evangelicals will taking from trump. They were so tough on clinton. I was tough on clinton. He wasnt square with us about the monica business. A lot of people said move on, a lot of progressives said that. You can see progressives because they are more tolerant. But when you see a conservative evangelical saying give account guy a mulligan, doesnt that amaze you . Does that is work with Stormy Daniels stuff and firing your secretary of state like hes a criminal, treating him like a bum. Is that bad behavior hurting had im . You usually get one mulligan every 18 holes. Not one every hole. I think whats happening now and why you see donald trump becoming such an albatross is that people understand that hes dishonest. Hes deceitful. He promises were going to deal with the dreamers and then he turns around and does the opposite. He promises on common sense gun violence. Then he literally turns around and does the opposite. He pronlss im going to help workers out and in green county where you have all the coal miners hes screwing them on the issue of pensions. Hes hurting people on health care. Its honesty. The culture of corruption here, and one of the people in this clip on the republican side, catherine Mcmorris Rogers has a great opponent in district 5 out in Washington State, a woman named lisa brown. I believe we can win everywhere. I was out in Washington State recently. Were leading. Congratulations, mr. Chairman. Last night you won a big one in pennsylvania. Thank you, robert costa. You could talk a lot more about pennsylvania and thank you mr. Chairman and susan page. Coming up, one day after firing his secretary of state by tweet, Donald Trumps planning more changes to his administration. Hes remaking his cabinet in his own America First image. And surrounding himself with people who agree with him. Yes men and yes woman. Let trump be trump. Of course, thats ahead. Plus, students across the country are leading the fight for common sense gun laws. Today they protested washingtons doing nothing on guns with a nationwide walkout. Like the kong gres gres has walked out, too. Will it force congress to act . Trump says he hires the best people and likes to listen to many different gaenz when it comes to his actions, its the opposite. The west wing is a revolving door. If you Say Something he doesnt like, youre gone. Whats this say about trump as a leader . No link in there. Finally a big thing that happens 50 years ago tomorrow. This is hardball, where the action is. Ke most of you, i just bought a house. Oh very nice. Now im turning into my dad. I text in full sentences. I refer to every child as chief. This hat was free. What am i supposed to do, not wear it . 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According to the Washington Post, the president as rash decision to go it alone on tariffs and north korea having shaken and learned the west wing staff. With less dissent from his closest advisers they say trump has been liberated to manage his administration as he did his private business. A person who has spoke it on the president tells the Associated Press that trump in recent days has told confidantes he feels emboldened and less willing to put up with disloyalty around him. There are signs more departures could come from the white house possibly including h. R. Mcmaster who has butted heads with the president. The uncertainty is feeling anxiety feeling it within the west wing as one official tells axios, this is the most toxic working environment on the planet. This atmosphere is ripping people apart. Theres no leadership, no trust, no direction. And at this point, theres very little hope. Meanwhile, it was announced today gary cohn will be replaced by larry kudlow, the long time cnbc anchor and economist. Joining me is karen bass of california and phil rucker White House Bureau chief at the Washington Post and an msnbc political analyst. First the news, phil. You guys know whats going on. You have been sniffing out trouble for a long time now. How many more heads . It seems like trumps kawing it hunting season. He said on the driveway a couple days ago, yeah, im almost where i want to get. In other words, more heads to go. So chris, i was just talking to a few senior white house officials this afternoon about this. Theres a feeling there will definitely be more departures and changes to come. In part because the president is more than a year into this job. He has a clear sense of who he thinks is doing a good job in the cabinet in the senior staff, who is doing a bad job, who he gets along with and ho doesnt. One official said think of it as a thinning out of the inner circle and he is going to try to rely on people who he feels like get him and understand him. And so thats why youre seeing a move like replacing Rex Tillerson with mike pompeo at the state department, someone the president has a real Comfort Level with. You know will, just thinking back to our best president s that succeeded politically. Roosevelt had harry hopkins. Reagan had jim baker. They relied on certain people. They relied on certain people all the time. They needed a con sill aere. You dont know what this is going to lead to, mr. President or the consequence you havent considered. You need somebody to secondguess you, not challenge you all the time but be a bigger brain for you. Does trump think his brain is enough to answer all the big questions, make all the Big Decisions without help . Is that what he thinks he can do . I think he does. He feels like he knows how to do the job now. In the first few months, he was managed by people like mattis and tillerson and john kelly who is now the chief of staff, the sort of generals around him. He now feels like he can make these decisions on his own and will look to get rid of people creating distractions that create bad headlines and bad political optics for him. The first place to look would be the va where secretary shulkin seems to be under a lot of heat right now. And maybe out soon. I was thinking of all the president s i admired. Kennedy i admired. He had ted sorenson around him. People need people. I dont know how you operate. Absolutely. You need somebody to check is that a good idea . Am i going to cancel that meeting . Is that a smart meeting . This guy doesnt think he needs advice from anybody. The problem is if you add to that the fact that he doesnt read, he doesnt want to have briefing memos, he doesnt want information, he comes into the job with very little knowledge and so he has experts around him like mattis and mcmaster and he doesnt want to listen to them. So who he is going to have at his side . Basically his friends, donors, people, his kids. It is like the romanoffs. Ive said that a million times. Tillerson and cohn join staffers and cabinet member who have resigned for been fired. Only 14 months old. Accord to an analysis by a senior fellow at the brookings institution, his turnover rate was 34 , higher than all recent presidencies and more than double the record during the Reagan Administration during his first year. Its not an ideological problem here. Its just a problem. When you get your head rolled by tweet, you know it, phil, and youre in africa and the only thing that stops you from being fired while youre there, according to post today is john kelly said give the guy a break. Dont lop his head off when hes in foreign territory. But warn him, im going to do it when he gets home. In other words, trumps inclination was to fire the guy while hes overseas on assignment. Why would he want to do that. He just decided at that moment he had had it with tillerson. Once he decided to make that change, he wanted to announce it. He likes to break his onus on twitter and had to be convinced he needed to wait for the secretary of state to finish his mission. It looks bad. You know what . It looks however it looks, but look, he waited. He waited till tillerson was back in the u. S. For about three hours and then announced it. Go with him on jet lag, get him while hes weak and groggy and then stick it to him. He was sick. He had a bug. We have to think what it looks like to the rest of the world. We know what the president said about the entire continent of africa. This is his secretary of states first trip to the continent. Particularly will be remembered for decades. Exactly. To me, full attention should have been given to this trip. Now what do you think the african heads of state feel . If i were in kenya or ethiopia expecting a trip by the most important country in the world and probably the most important state visit and he gets fired on our watch. Which says you dont consider very much to us. But i have ambassadors in my office all the time who come in and say what is going on in the United States. You know what i say . I tell them beak that Foreign Policy is a bipartisan issue. You have to come to congress because you cant count on the administration. I cant tell them what the administrations position is. I dont think the secretary of state could either. Exactly. Karen bass, great to have you over here. And phil rucker, you guys are doing it. Up next, tens of thousands of students today stage aid nationwide protest. This was impressive today calling for action on gun control. Will this movement force congress to do anything . How is that for a standard . Anything. Ill speak to one of the organizers of the protest. Hes a youngster himself. This is hardball where the action is. Ssential to the health of our communities. Which is why were helping to replenish the mighty rio grande as well as over 30 watersheds across the country. Were also leading water projects in more than 100 communities. And for every drop we use. Were working to give one back. Because our products rely on the same thing as we all do. Clean water. And we care about it like our business depends on it. Thisat red lobsterest. With exciting new dishes like dueling lobster tails and lobster truffle mac cheese. Classics like lobster lovers dream are here too. 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Today where thousands of students gathered in front of the white house. There they are, to protest inaction on gun violence. Exactly one month after Parkland School shooting. The protest was part of a nationwide School Walkout that took place across all 50 states. Listen to some of the students who participated today. Its become evident that students are the one who are dying in these sheet shootings. Its our people. Its us in school. When were trying to get an education. I wont die saying nothing. Im not here because im ready to spread the message to keep our voices being heard. I mean, its a lot of violence going on. Its time for someone to stand. Our youth need to stand up. Were educated. We have goals in our lives. And weve got drives and now we have a purpose. This afternoon, the house passed the stop School Violence act which provides some funding for strength strengthening school security. Threat assessment teams and Law Enforcement training. It does not however address gun control. Its been endorsed by the nra. Im joined by congressman ted deutch who introduced that house bill and student daniel who helped organize the walkout. Lets go to daniel. We dont get noise from you guys, i mean it in a positive sense. Do you think its going to work . Its worked in florida. Theyve raise the age to 21 down there. I there were going to start seeing stuff really soon and these protests will turn into voting movements which will turn into the house and Senate Voting for some actual legislation that will keep us safe. What would you like to see . Are you united . Do you want to raise the age for buying guns to 21, tougher background collection . What do you want . All of that. We need a ban on semiautomatic rifles like the ar15. Like i said last time i was here, those weapons dont have any purpose for civilian use and need to be off our streets. Are you bipartisan . Hard to say right now. But i think that this is a movement. You have trump people with you . Young people who are Trump Supporters with you. I saw a guy with a make America Great again hat. Theyre in the minnesota though. Definitely. Congressman, this bill, is this the best you can do . No, no. Thank you for saying that. Of course not. I did the math. Its 50 million which is a lot of money by any standard. But for a country of this size and 50 states, about a million a state. Are you going to get some guy with a gun standing at the door . Not even that apparently. Heres what you have to remember. Dont let anyone tell you that this is a response to what happened at marjory Stoneman Douglas. Its a good bill. I introduced a bill before the shooting. Its a good small piece of legislation that is a good thing to pass. Its not the response to this. And then dont let anyone kid you because it is. Some minimal things like theres only one door you can come in. Theres somebody there, whether theres a metal detector or somebody armed. I dont mean a teacher but a Law Enforcement type person. Is that where were at, Something Like that at minimum . What do we have as best practices on protecting our students . Theres now i think finally a discussion that i had this today with one of my colleagues from minnesota. How do we ensure there are best practices in School Safety . How do we make sure thats an important debate were having and focus on mental health. But the things that we have to do are the things that daniel and all of those kids who walked out today are advocating. We have to pass universal background checks. You cant get a vote because of this character paul ryan. You know how the house works. If the speaker doesnt bring it up, theres no vote. They wont vote on this stuff. I dont think hell be speaker much longer if he continues to act this way, to be completely honest. 2018 elections coming very soon. You think the democrats will do something if they get in there . Its likely they will. Okay. The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the parkland shooting. Ryan petty, father of one of the students killed asked why the massacre wasnt prevented. Here he goes. The senseless murder of so many including my ownby loved daughter alaina, tests the limits of faith. Nikolas cruz and the deadly danger he posed were the worst kept secrets in parkland. Every relative knew he was troubled. Despite the fact each of these agencies were empowered to take action well before tragedy struck, not one of them fulfilled their duty. Testament of their failure is 17 dead children and teachers. 17 more with life altering injuries. A burden we must bear forever. Daniel, as a student, youre fresh to the experience. Most of us have forgotten what it feels like. Do you think you could pick out the dangering . The kid who just graduated, he was kicked out. He was unpopular. Can you pick out the ones worth putting under surveillance. Why do we need to pick out people . How do you know picking out this guy, nick cruz . Stopping this from happening. If he didnt have access to guns, this would not have happened. Thats the bottom line. If nikolas cruz suppose his parents gave him a gun. One of these people shot the parent and grabbed the guns. If there was no access to guns, this would not have happened. What more has to be said. I hear you. Chris, if you just if you look what happened in the Florida Legislature for the first time in ikd das they defied the nra and passed 21 to buy a gun and three day waiting period, those are the Things Congress should be passing right now. We dont know we can always prevent these but if we had that 21 to buy a gun, he wouldnt have been able to guy the gun where he did. If we had background checks, we would prevent mass killings. After what happened today and the march for our lives in ten days, there is a movement that has been created. These students are going to. Im pushing you because the argument we keep hearing from the right is its all about mental illness. Once they got this guy on trial, they want to execute him. So all there talk about it was mental illness, forget about that. Now they want to they dont think hes mentally deficient. They want to execute him. Heres the thing. Of course, we should talk about mental health. We cant demonize people with him mental illness. They use it as a dodge on gun control. Once they get him in trial, hell want to execute him and dont believe it was a mental case. Thank you, congressman. Youre a forceful spokesman. Daniel gelillo, ive never heard anybody putting together something so fast. President trump said he would hire only the best people. In reality, his administration has proven to be just the opposite. A classic case of do as i say, not do as i do. Youre watching hardball. I needed legal advice for my shop. 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We have the greatest people in the world. We dont use them. Were going to use our smartest and best. Were not using political hacks anymore, thats the people that do these deals. Theyre hacks. We want experts, our finest people. We dont want people b level, c level, d level. We need our best. Since then his administration set a record for turnover. Last week he waived off the chaos engulfing the white house saying he likes to listen to people argue then make a decision. I like conflict. I like having two people with different points of view. I certainly have that. Then i make a decision. I like watching it, seeing it and i think its the best way to go. I like different points of view. And yet, the president continues to get rid of people who disagree with him. His top economic adviser gary cohn was driven out after disputing trumps trade policy. Heres what he said about Rex Tillerson yesterday. Rex and i have been talking about this for a long time. We got along actually quite well. But we disagreed on things. When you look at the iran deal. I think its terrible. I guess he thought it was okay. I wanted to either break it or do something. And he felt a little bit differently. So we were not really thinking the same. With mike pompeo, we have a very similar thought process. I think its going to go very well. Perhaps trumps biggest whopper was what he said repeatedly about his 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton. Thats next with the hardball roundtable. Fees . What did you have in mind . I dont know. 4. 95 per trade . Uhhh. And i was wondering if your brokerage offers some sort of guarantee . Guarantee . Where we can get our fees and commissions back if were not happy. So can you offer me what schwab is offering . Whats with all the questions . Ask your broker if theyre offering 4. 95 online equity trades and a satisfaction guarantee. If you dont like their answer, ask again at schwab. The lsave up to 50 percent onon hundreds of your favorite items. 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Now just 14 months into his administration, theres a special counsel investigation swirling around his presidency. On top of that today, a hearing date was set for the lawsuit adult film actor Stormy Daniels filed against the president and his personal lawyer. Lets bring in the roundtable, eli stokols, political analyst, kimberly atkins, chief washington reporter for the Boston Herald and Peter Emerson a democratic strategist. Kimberly, how is this faring . The irony is replete here. Can you imagine if someone was president when their Campaign Aides have been indicted . Thats what we have right now. Theres been an ongoing investigation. No end in sight. And just one scandal and hiccup and problem after another with this presidency. But the same people who decried how terrible that would be if it were Hillary Clinton largely ignore whats going on on the republican side. I keep wondering whether normal people meaning somewhere in the center or center left or center right, not extreme, how can they justify trumps behavior . His basic bad behavior, the way he treats human beings, the way he treats colleagues firing people by tweet. Its not the way people are supposed to treat your parents tell you dont treat people like that when theyre going to school with you in third grade or youre president. He or she is secretary of state. Nobody acts like that. Donald trump has been in the public life for such a long time, maybe this is baked in with people, the allegations from women during the campaign. They didnt prevent his election ultimately. And i think that. Discounted. Its just difficult to know. In spite of all the controversy and pending investigation, the white house turnover over 40 in the first 15 months, in spite of all of thanks his Approval Rating is in the high 30s or low 40s. Thats a shocking thing given the sort of chaos we see on a daily basis. Peter, why does he get away with everything. They have nowhere else to go. Theyre holding onto the hope of his promises. Make America Great again which translates into jobs and wages for them. Where else are they going to go . The interesting thing is the Younger Generation breaks up their relationships by twitter. So in some ways quite ironicing that trump just broke up with tillerson via twitter when all the young people i know do the same thing. Kimberly, i didnt know that was the new way to send a dear john letter is by tweet. Apparently so. Apparently so. I take your word for it. But look. Thats a safe answer. Look, the donald trump that they have is the donald trump they saw on reality tv, the donald trump who was the brash talking businessman. That is not a surprise. So what they are seeing is something that was promised on the campaign trail. Its not like all of a sudden he has changed. Stormy baked in . Yes. Almost every aspect of this presidency is meant for public consumption whether its the tweets or the appointees to the cabinet in many cases drawn from the ranks of cable television. Thats true. And i think that it is increasingly difficult for the country to tell the difference between entertainment and government and things that actually matter because everybody is consuming this like its a show. The Stormy Daniels episode, sam nunberg episode. Every day there is something. Its just. I dont know. Im going by this. Kimberly, it seems to me people know one thing about the presidency. Its one person that they elect. Its one person. The whole country gets to do it. You pick one person and you have to trust their judgment when theres a crisis like a pilot. You have to trust the judgment of the person up front when theres a crisis. Does his behavior suggest you should trust him . No, and polls show people dont necessarily there have been president s throughout history whats different now, there have been president s that may not have seemed that trustworthy but they had a good team. He is eroding that team and trumpfying that team around him. What well have to see is the polls that subsequently have that because people think, well, you have john kelly there hes a moderating force. How longing will that last . Thats changing rapidly. Youll have somebody. Theyre sticking with us. Up next theyll tell me something i dont know. Youre watching hardball. Sha. And the ones we love. Who never stop wondering what well do or where well go next. We the people who are Better Together than we are alone. Are unstoppable. Welcome to the entirely new expedition. You or joints. Something for your heart. But do you take something for your brain. With an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brainhealth supplement in drug stores nationwide. Prevagen. The name to remember. You have john kelly there hes a were back with the hardball roundtable. Eli, tell me something i dont know. Larry kudlow likely to be named to head the National Economic council. We were talking about all the people who have left. He loves loyalty. And he love the superficial qualities. How do they look and sound on television. Kudlow are remembering back during the transition, he wanted this job that went to gary cohn during the transition. One of the reasons he didnt get it at that time was because trump perceived him not to be loyal enough after the access Hollywood Tape came out. Obviously thats water under the bridge. Thats gone. It cost priebus a lot. Remember daca . We havent talked about that in awhile. Apparently the white house floated another trial balloon of a daca plan to attach the spending bill that has to pass to keep the government funded. Some temporary reprieve for recipients in exchange for some border security. One reason you probably didnt hear much about it is because it was dead on arrival with republicans on the hill. They still want the diversity. They still want the tougher attacks on Legal Immigration which means that there will be a stalemate. Theyre the bad guys, not him. He can change his mind. Peter . So trump is setting yet another example of behavior by another high level appointee in terms of mixing personal business with government business. Barry meyers has been nominated to head the National Oceanographic and atmospheric agency. Hes the owner of accuweather. Hes triggered an inspector generals investigation before his confirmation hearing begins. Three former administrators of noaa have called for his rejection. He fits the pattern. When we return, let me finish tonight with something that happened 50 years ago this week. Youre watching hardball. You know what goes here. And your Approval Rating. Goes here. 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Johnson had just gotten a scare from mccarthy in New Hampshire but johnson had not just won but beat him on a writein without the name johnson even being on the ballot. Bobby tried an 11th hour maneuver to change johnsons war policies in vietnam the day before he and ted sorenson went secretly to the pentagon to talk with clark gifford. Johnson shot it down and decided it would be admitting defeat on the vietnam war issue. Here was bobby that saturday march 16th, the day before st. Patricks day walking into this room that held so much history for him, so much personal history. The permanent subcommittee on investigations where had he worked for and against senator joseph mccarthy, the Rackets Committee where he batsaled jimmy hoffa and the same spot where his beloved brother declared for president in 1960. Again, is he hoped to wait four years for his campaign. He didnt want to divide the democrats now in three directions, johnson himself and eugene mccarthy. He decided finally that morning he had to try. He saw the war tearing the country apart. He wanted very much to hold it together. And that showed and who came out to salute him along the Railroad Tracks when he was carried on his funeral train to join his brother in arlington. Well remember the families of all backgrounds quietly saluting their fellow patriot. Thats hardball for now. Thanks for being with us. All in with chris hayes starts right now. Tonight on all in. Theyre all watching. Because i won this district like by 22 points. Trump country turns blue. This guy should win easily. And hes going to win easily. Tonight, how the democrats flipped a deep red district despite the president s best efforts. Look at all those red hats, rick. What it all means for november. If youre a republican in a safe seat, you better be ready. Then Michael Isikoff and david corn on their new best seller. The suspected russian attack in britain and where the Mueller Investigation will wind up. 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