in one way or another, all of these folks that are running could qualify as a tea party candidate. i don t think there is a pure tea party candidate. we don t expect there will be one. really? all of them would be accepted into you re right. i guess it s difficult to sort of define it right now. but a chris christie would be considered a tea party candidate? would a jeb bush be considered a tea party candidate? on particular issues, each of these folks have their weaknesses. i don t think anybody has an appetite for a third bush presidency. i don t think we re looking for a dynasty. he s the prime proponent of common core, not generally accepted in the tea party movement. he has a lot of weakness there. let s talk about governor christie here, esther. there s the rollout of that internal report that we mentioned, the governor did he s done two national interviews over the past few days. there was that press conference yesterday. he took in the game with his family last night.
washington bridge lane closure scandal. the brain trust is here. john rolston, nevada political reporter, mark mecklor and esther armah. john, let me start with you. the event has brought out names like former florida governor jeb bush, ohio governor john kasich, wisconsin governor scott walker in the last couple of days. what does it say about who s not there? well, i think the ones who are impressed by a guy with $40 billion are here. the only one who s not here who is very interesting that he s not here is rand paul, of course. who is much more of an isolationist and wouldn t be a favorite of sheldon adelson. he claimed to have some family business.
i m craig melvin. you re watching msnbc. chris christie is in las vegas right now where he s betting that a scandal won t hurt him with one of the deepest pockets in the gop. new jersey s governor set to speak in a few minutes. if yesterday was any indication, he will not be trotting out that i m sad and disappointed line anymore. mojo, swagger, whatever you call it, does he have it again? now we re having an aftershock. it s definitely a good, healthy aftershock sequence. a 5.1 magnitude quake along with a slew of aftershocks strikes southern california. it s the second earthquake there in less than two weeks. now experts say there could be a sign of something bigger. also, a firsthand account of what it takes to sift through 40 feet of mud and muck when we talk to a had you had and wife team searching for loved ones in washington state. and no european citizen in no country of the european union can feel safe in the present condition. nervous ukrainian leaders i
presidential bid, he has a reasonable point to make that if that s all you have to do is to be against something, you re not talking about what you re for, which is a theme that senator cruz talked about the other day and he got in trouble with that one because he disrespected former senator bob dole. and john mccain as well. you ve been a number of times. i don t think you ve ever been to cpac. you correct me if i m wrong. you have to go, esther. you ll have a great time. if you haven t read the daily beast piece, it s humorous in terms of describing the scene this year. like i would trust the daily beast . but in the past, you admit there s been a great deal of fiery rhetoric used. of course. this year, michelle caudle noted that things appeared to be different. for the most part, the major speakers stayed even keeled and nonhysterical, every now and again, you got the sneaking suspicion that they got the same
at least you know they have been adequately assessed before they can go. we have to protect people s rights but let a health care professional make that determination, not a police officer necessarily and not someone who can just think they can look at someone and determine their dangerousness. thank you for talking about that. the brain trust is here, by the way. our weekly gathering of the best and brightest. lynn sweet with the chicago sun times, esther and amy. i want to pick up where dr. taylor left off there. she said something that i ve heard before. when you know in your family when you have someone who is mentally ill, has a history of mental illness and everyone in the family knows this and no one really does anything about it it s just sort of a wink-wink, nod-nod, oh that s just cousin