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Jury that is weighing possible criminal charges against the governor of texas. the issue is whether perry abused his power last summer when he carried out a threat to veto $7.5 million in funding for prosecutors in the states public integrity unit. that unit is run by travis county district attorney, a democrat and also someone convicted of drunk driving last april. upon her conviction, perry called on her to resign. when she didnt, he axed the funding for her unit. at the time, the public integ...

Editor-at-large and senior political analyst mark halperin and david corn. mark, rick te perry, how much o big deal are the potential charges? there potential statutes that have been violated. bribing a public official, abusing ones position by misusing public funds, and coercion. >> lets get the msnbc paddy g wagon and load the governors andest governor and est ex-governors into it. take away one variable. i think hes been pretty straightforward about what hes doing. she was arrested. he wants ...

Holds, she does investigate corruption monday staamong stat officials. so i dont think hes trying to hide anything. in the scheme of scandals, controversies and the context of 2016, i dont think rick perrys candidacy will rise or fall on this assuming there is no indictment and it is being looked at. so well let the legal process play out. but this is not a hidden hinge. hes been very straightforward about why he did it. >> david, just because its not hidden, does that make it less worse? >> it ...

>> would you consider testifying? >> im not going to talk about that. >> how about scott walker? >> jeb bush. >> bush is a paid director to a giant hospital other than which supported president obamas affordable care act. >> republican party base is unified in their hatred of obama. >> jeb about your doesnt come with package. >> it is an act of love. >> should not the do what governor rick perry did. >> i dont think you have a heart. >> he should not do what governor rick perry did. >> sotomayor...