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President. joining me now is steve schmidt, msnbc political analyst and former senior adviser to the mccain campaign. and steve kornacki, host of msnbc's "up with steve kornacki." steve kornacki, a warm enough reception for a guy who was banned from cpac last year. >> although, you know, when they was banned, there was always some question last year about how happy was he to be banned? and maybe he was -- there was a request put in to be banned. his political operation last year is to roll up as big a possible margin as you can in a blue state so that in 2014, he could go to cpac, he could go ...

Conservative minds to be won over by 2014, won a state where barack obama won by 17 points. it's politically safer to be here this year than last year. >> one of his accomplishments he mentioned in a state of the budget address in new jersey that he didn't mention today at cpac was that he has greatly expanded the medicaid rolls in new jersey by adopting and accepting the expansion of medicaid under president obama's affordable care act. >> no doubt should he be a candidate for president, his fellow governors standing on the stage who voted against it will certainly remind him of that position...

Therefore everything is ed snowden's fault, certainly not the nsa. meantime, russia is facing its own spy scandal. russian operatives gave goody bags a the the recent g-20 summit containing usb drives and phone chargers. those were actually designed to download information and send it back to russia. world leaders from countries including the united states, china and germany all gathered in russia. a kremlin spokesman denies the allegations, of course. the european union is reportedly now investigating. the last time those lovable losers from boston as they used to be called, the red sox, ...

These ladies are noodlers. they get into the water and grab themselves as huge cat fish with their bare hands. just a really good grip. one of them, 19-year-old lucy, won a tournament this summer noodling a 72 pounder. >> you don't understand the rush. like, people think we are crazy. and maybe we are. it's more interesting. it's more fun. there's nothing like sitting in a boat and being bored. why not go to the fish. >> the sport was illegal in texas until a couple years ago. the girls have a great time. it's a rush. >> i'm thinking it might be an "erly day" "early start." can we do that in y...

A former florida congressman allen west says there is a deeper issue that needs to be addressed. >> why do we have 15-year olds selling drugs? why would they turn to this type of behavior against someone who turned them in? jesse jackson called the state of florida an apartheid state. where is his voice on this? al sharpton led all the mars. where -- led all the marches, where is his voice? >>gretchen: we're going to meet ocean 16 this afternoon. the new jersey group who won a third of the powerball jackpot is going to hold a news conference today. the group of nine women and seven men collect...