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I want to bring in carrie den. carrie, good morning. >> good morning, jose. >> let's start with marco rubio. how does he take over the headlines from hillary clinton today? >> i think for all of the talk last week when it became very clear hillary clinton was going to be announcing over the weekend there was lots of talk abouting this stepping on rubio's toes surely there are fewer headlines about marco rubio in comparison to hillary clinton because of the timing but i think he has two advantages by making his announcement tonight. the first is this means he gets to be the first republican wit...

Out gay. did something happen there inn there? you ask yourself a big question. >> talking about what this means for ben carson. political editor carrie den. good morning. >> good morning. >> what does this do for political viability after exploring a run for the presidency? >> nobody wants a negative connotation, a lot of people are picking up on. it's important to note ben cars sn not like a jeb bush chris christie or scott walker. a haven't unusual candidate. not held elected office before. he's a former neurosurgen and popular with very very very conservative voters and also this is not so...

As i'm the one speaking power to the president, he managed to force this meeting to the president, he was in front of the air force one with obama and now he gets to be the guy that says i'm the voice that we need bigger border security. i'm a pragmatic border-state governor, i know how to handle it. >> it seems at least he's trying to fill that vacuum of i've led, i have the experience, i'm not all talk, here is a real accomplishment, and let me show you what i can do. >> as we talk about the 2016 field, i think there are at least a couple other governors who have to be ahead of the tack, giv...

Carrie den, and you wrote this wonderful story. as i travel around these small towns, some of the papers literally print the press releases that are doled out by members of congress and by members who are in the state house. there is no filter. >> that's true. that's the big problem with this. as coverage declines in the state capital, as the new industrial changes, we're seeing less and less accountability. that means not only do politicians get to spend their spin directly to citizens without any kind of filter, but the interest groups do, too. as we have seen this decline in political journ...

Gavel to gavel. >> every two years, you the citizens of arizona elect a new state legislature. now find out a little more about the men and women who represent you. >> in these segments we like to visit with members of the house or senate and talk about issues they've been working on, and how it could very much affect you. >> not every state is the same. california and texas still have a strong press corps. 19 states have fewer than ten full-time el 30% of the daily newspapers assigned any type of report to cover the state legislature. that number is lower when it comes to television, just 14%...