republican challengers for november. and two-term republican governor scott walker is seeking the nomination for a third term, facing the most challenging political environment in his career. in minnesota, former republican governor tim pawlenty is trying to get back his old job. joining me now, nbc news national political correspondent steve kornacki at the big border. and swrer jeremy peters from t york times. let s talk about wisconsin, jeremy, and paul ryan s seat, an open seat. that s right, paul ryan is stepping down, that will be an open seat. republicans have a pretty good chance of holding onto it because of a weak democratic challenger who is favored to get the nomination there. i think the bigger story, though, andrea, is the republican senate race, which
expected to land on earth on wednesday. nasa is investigating how a satellite failed to reach orbit and crashed into the pacific ocean and investigating what went wrong with glory. as it was known. those are your headlines. clayton: millions of dollars down the tube. let s talk about wisconsin, this morning. because, another democratic senator has come out of hiding. if you will. making an interview appearance, and, john fund of the wall street journal, said this may start to happen and you may see democratic senators, maybe making their way back to the capital. and that has not happened yesterday but he spoke out, listen to chris larson. it could end and we d be happy to get home and happy to start working on the next budget, and, we d be happy to start working across the aisle, with our colleagues. but that cannot happen until the siege on public workers, the siege on workers rights, ends. dave: look, no agreement looks close and the governor, scott walker is not backing dow