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We just went online and found round trip plane tickets from washington, d.c. to los angeles we are $600. good deal. how does american spend $800,000 flying our defense secretary back and forth to his west coast home? president obama making a late night tv appearance later. a couple of them this week in an effort to connect with young voters. why he needs to do that, and why critics think it is no laughing matter for a sitting president to hit the comedy circuit. >> i want to issue a quick spoiler alert. later today i am getting together with jimmy fallon. [cheers and applause] >> and the dave ...

student debt. one in three for the gop. john boehner sounding the alarm saying there's a one in three chance they could lose control of the house. secret wiring, listening devices. we're not talking cia but football. new orleans saints general manager under fire this morning over allegations he eavesdropped on rival coaches. still on duty. a shocking turnaround, sanford police chief bill lee tries to resign and is denied. outcry and disappointment from trayvon martin's family has a florida town this morning trying to move forward. drying up. medicare and social security in ma...

Back to "hardball." now for the sideshow. first up, thank your lucky stars. that's not what a lot of republican voters are thinking when they think of the choices for the presidential candidates. for those in the comedy circuit, it's pure gold. a gold mine, if you will. hollywood veteran david steinberg who directed "seinfeld" and "curb your enthusiasm" appeared with steve carell last night. what trio does he think has a place in presidential politics? >> this is a gift from god to comedians from the likes of which is unheard of. it will be a ship of fools that is unbelievable. i used to have ...

>> bill: american people are being set up. it's poke, poke. you're a dad. if you spank your kids or discipline kids whark is the first thing do you after you discipline them? >> make them watch your show. >> bill: that is what you do? you hug them. >> yes. yes. >> i hug them for days. only making you watch this for your own good. that is what you do. america just got spanked okay? a lot of americans feel like wait a minute, what happened? they don't listen. we feel like we've been spanked whachl should the administration do? doesn't hug us, instead, introduces some of the most contentious legi...

>> bill: american people are being set up. it's poke, poke. you're a dad. if you spank your kids or discipline kids whark is the first thing do you after you discipline them? >> make them watch your show. >> bill: that is what you do? you hug them. >> yes. yes. >> i hug them for days. only making you watch this for your own good. that is what you do. america just got spanked okay? a lot of americans feel like wait a minute, what happened? they don't listen. we feel like we've been spanked whachl should the administration do? doesn't hug us, instead, introduces some of the most contentious legi...