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Charles and joining us is jonathon alter. we were just talking to congressman gutierrez. in the big perspective, how important is this immigration decision? >> i think its very important politically, not just legally in terms of human rights. its politically important becaused latino vote is so critical in in election. really, in some ways its the whole ball game. in president obama can get up in the high 60% in terms of the latino vote with a strong turnout, he will win this election. if he can...

Either. i dont think you can discount him, and thats a vote he may get in the fall if hes still in there. >> richard wolf, jonathon alter, and erin mcpike, thank you souch many. coming up, they face political reality. raise money for democratic super-pacs on or lose to republicans. thats next. later a major victory for major equality in the courts. lieutenant dan choi and melissa harris perry on todays prop 8 reversal. in wisconsin another bad day for governor scott walker. a former staffer copp...

Totally ignore him. he may drop out of the delegate contest in the early states. hard to see how he fares, because he doesnt have a money either. i dont think you can discount him, and thats a vote he may get in the fall if hes still in there. >> richard wolf, jonathon alter, and erin mcpike, thank you souch many. coming up, they face political reality. raise money for democratic super-pacs on or lose to republicans. thats next. later a major victory for major equality in the courts. lieutenant ...

Donors to donate to super-pacs. jonathon alter and ezra kline have reaction. rush limbaugh says the president is monkeying with the numbers on the latest jobs report. hes going in the zone. the susan gulf of mexico cosan exploding. the head of the komen is caught in an apparent lie. terry oneill will join me for the latest. well be right back.

The money they need and get rid of these super-pacs. >> romney used the power of a super-pac to go from a north carolina loss to a florida win. when house speaker john boehner was asked today about the obama campaign daes decision on super-pacs, he said in. >> another broken promise. >> whether the rules was handed down boehner called it a big win for the first amendment. he said let the american people decide how much money is enough. lets turn to msnbc political analyst and bloomberg view colu...

Win. when house speaker john boehner was asked today about the obama campaign daes decision on super-pacs, he said in. >> another broken promise. >> whether the rules was handed down boehner called it a big win for the first amendment. he said let the american people decide how much money is enough. lets turn to msnbc political analyst and bloomberg view columnist jonathon alter and "washington post" columnist ezra kline. a lot on the table here. first of all, the money war as officially started...

Unbelievable flip flop nom the newtster. he keeps running from his position and running from voters. >> why dont you get out before you make a bigger fool of yourself. >> tonight he raent run from me. the most amazing birther development since donald trump. jonathon alter has details. and my colleague martin bashir on the latest revelations in the arnold schwarzenegger scandal. and this is the story that has me fired up tonight. house majority leader eric cantor caught on tape. red handed. tel...

And said failure to get a deal would be inexcuse able. senator reid and speaker boehner gave brief comments as well. im joined by heather boushey with jonathon alter on the telephone. heather, i want to catch people up to speed on where we are with this budget right now. what happened was there was no budget passed last year. and so the governments been funded by what are called continuing resolution. what is a continuing resolution? >> well, when congress doesnt pass a budget, then they have to...

After the meeting, president obama spoke to the press corps in the white house. he emphasized the possible cost of a shutdown to ordinary people and said failure to get a deal would be inexcusable. senator reid and speaker boehner gave brief comments as well. im joined by heather boushey with jonathon alter on the telephone. heather, i want to catch people up to speed on where we are with this budget right now. what happened was there was no budget passed last year. and so the governments been f...

On that. it would seem to me that the white house would have to give reasons that the new yorkers are giving, not that they are going to get a better outcome. >> please, this is pandering at its best. its not just president obama. i blame the democratic leadership as well. they are -- they could stand up. the democrats lack spine. they lack will, and they look weak when it comes to national security. they deserve our rejection when it comes to this issue again. again. >> jack, thank you. for mor...