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What's also interesting and what has shifted is that a few years ago when rand paul staged a filibuster like the one we just saw from him, he was joined this was about drone strikes. he was joined on the senate floor by ted cruz and by rub owe. i think the politics within the republican party have shifted so much since then largely because of the rise of isis that again, he is really finding himself much more isolated even than he would have a couple of years ago. >> you bring up ted cruz. your colleague did a column about ted cruz's shifting position on syria. he was the reason why the presid...

And the soccer world's governing body is holding elections. voting is underway and it's expected to re-elect its long time leader. current fifa president was not indicted and he says he's not responsible. he's looking to win an unprecedented fifth term. i'm joined by grant wall. explain the politics of fifa. >> you have to consider who the voters are and the voters are the 209 national soccer federations from around the world. one country one vote no matter how small or large your country is. the world cup last year had nearly $5 billion in revenues.

Presidential candidate for 2008. you know? you just wonder it's very hard. he hasn't been governor in a decade. it's been a long time. is he too far removed? he's a three term governor and he's very moderate on social issues. some would call him liberal on social issues. you could look at it in some ways saying it's going to provide some idealogical diversity. >> how do you get past the primaries? >> how do you get past the primaries and how do you get into the debates? >> let's take a look at rick santorum on "morning joe" today. he is another candidate who is trying to soften his social issu...

Policy. they also see this as a way of going after hillary clinton's tenure of secretary of state. >> the whole republican rational, they may not have their own policies but they do know that the president's numbers on handling foreign policy are low and they will do their very best to tie his former secretary of state to his handling. but again the actual policies that barack obama has pursued, the actual choices he had made are quite popular. >> thank you both so much. senator rand paul will be joining chris matthews tonight on "hardball" on msnbc. and for the second year in a crow the scrip...

The board there. a plan to put a statue honoring the former speaker in the illinois state capitol has been put on hold. a judge should be appointed to the case today and we expect a initial appearance sometime next week. >> more to the story still developing. mike thank you. >> you bet. jon: fox news alert now. fifa delegates voting today for the organization's president even as soccer's governing body is embroiled in a huge corruption scandal. the long-time incumbent refuses to withdraw from the election despite the arrest of several top officials. his only challenger, a current fifa vice pre...