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Did this all come about? was there a three a.m. phone call to the editorial board in which vladimir putin said, hey, i've got this great piece, i'd like you to run it? >> well, we do know that the pr firm of kevin channel which has earned approximately $50 million from vladimir putin's russia since it was hired to improve his image in 2006 offered in this to the new york times, and because "the new york times" is not foolish and understands news when it sees it, immediately grabbed it and put it on the page. the new york times believes in the first amendment. putin had something to say, and, i...

Complimenting jesse helms? he served at the pleasure of the republican establishment, the republican establishment could take that away if he was a public liability. that's what they did, the white house led the coup. got behind bill frist, orchestrated a coup where bill frist replaced lott. what ted cruise is and how ted cruise defines himself away from the establishment. the establishment they're squishes, i'm the conservative, purist. the problem for the republican establishment from a pr standpoint is what can they take away from ted cruz. if they go after ted cruz on something, they say t...

And approving of it and saying, i wish we'd had more of that, was enough to cost trent lott a big chunk of his career. is ted cruz safe in complimenting jesse helms? >> well, he's safe in the sense that what trent lott had, the position he had an the prnl est he had, he serve at the pleasure of the republican establishment. so the republican establishment could take that away from him if they decided he was sort of a public liability for that. and that's what they did. the bush white house led the coup. got behind bill frist, orchestrated a coup where bill frist replaced trent lott as a republ...

Egypt's descent. john mccain has been opposed to the continuation of aid to that country. the two men both recently went there to egypt as emissaries for the administration and are calling for further action. those live pictures from cairo, egypt. before we end this hour, we want to look at what stories will make headlines in the next 24 hours. chris is back with us now. chris, you'll allow us to indull engine a little lit of light sports fair. president yankees and a-rod, his first crack at boston. more importantly, the boston fans have their first crack at him. >> you've got that right. i ...

Street. >> and you know, congresswoman, from a pr standpoint, that sounds good. but think, when i think about what happened with the drug sentencing. that did not work. and there was no thought to the fact that these kinds of laws would be disproportionately affect african-americans or people of color. we've got it on the screen. 2.3 million incarcerated. total african-americans incarcerated, nearly 1 million. the rate of incarceration for african-americans, nearly six time the rate of whites. it is not as simple as to say, let's just broad brush, apply one solution. >> no. absolutely not. and...