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a hoax or just another example of show and tell capitol hill style? i'm chuck todd. joining me to provide insight and analysis this morning are radio talk show host hugh hewitt, helene cooper of "the new york times." maria hinojosa of "latino usa," and chris cillizza of "washington post". when republicans seize control of the senate and expanded majority in the house in november after four years of divided government in capitol hill, the party's leadership made a few promises. no longer would they be the party of no and no longer would we see governoring crisis to crisis. if this w...

Some effect, particularly on primary voters. i would like to think we're beyond that. but i can tell you i was just having a conversation before i walked in here today with another statewide official just talking about the various whisper campaigns that we have known about at a statewide level in the last few years on various topics and it's sadly not uncommon in the state of missouri. >> think there is a big lesson to be learned out of this or is this a personal tragedy? >> in talking to the people in missouri politics, who i think really have a soul, there is a lesson to be learned in this. ...

Welcome back. a shocking political story out of the state of missouri this week involved leading candidate for governor in 2016, his apparent suicide and questions over whether the politics of personal destruction have gone too far. we sent kevin tibbles to missouri to find out what happened. >> reporter: missouri state politics turned very personal and tragic on a day that began with what seemed to be a harmless voice message to the editorial director of the st. louis post dispatch. >> tony this is tom calling. if you can have a reporter here at my house at 2:30. >> reporter: at issue was tom...

a hoax or just another example of show and tell capitol hill style? i'm chuck todd. joining me to provide insight and analysis this morning are radio talk show host hugh hewitt, helene cooper of "the new york times." maria hinojosa of "latino usa," and chris cillizza of "washington post". welcome to sunday. it's "caught on camera: labor pains." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. when republicans seize control of the senate and expanded majority in the house in november after four years of divided government in capitol hill, the party...

Being the republican party of missouri governor or being elected in that state with what he describes as a derogatory whisper campaign that he was a jew. what happened in this case with this apparent suicide has been so shocking and mysterious, that the editor that got that voicemail not only decided to release it publicly but he published a summary last night of what had been off the record conversations he had with tom schweich over the course of the next week. he says i have no idea why he killed himself, but he made it clear that he wanted those allegations about the whisper campaign again...