evidence. now it turns out he was right. left leaning watchdog group asked the fbi and the senate ethics committee on thursday to investigate whether mcconnell s staff members, senate staff members, violated the law by using senate resources for doing campaign research. now, mcconnell aides have said the work was done on weekends, it was not done in the office. the research take place on february 2nd, a saturday. progress kentucky s treasurer confirmed to nbc thursday that he had resigned from the group after the publication of the audio, but he would not comment on his motivation for quitting. all right. if it s friday, then it s time for our road to 16, 2016 roundup, if you will. in the past 24 months, we ve tested the personal popularity of seven potential presidential candidates and we ll look at them with key voting groups. the group of seven includes marco rubio, paul rand, chris christie, ryan should be the nominal front-runner, and that s
i knew what was in the tape, and then when i heard the mother jones article, i said, i know who that is. i don t think they were trying to make money off of it. they weren t trying to get famous off of it. i don t even think they were planning on using it. conway says two activists, part of a group called progress kentucky bragged to him back in february just hours after they had recorded it. conway, with who was interviewed by the fbi on thursday, says he didn t think of telling anyone about the recording when he first heard about it, because he was unaware that the two activisted hat potentially committed a crime. and he asserts he is making this public to protect democratic candidates in kentucky in 2014. i did not want their silly mistake, their overzealous behavior, to hurt the party which i love and care about and our candidates. whether it s a candidate running for county surveyor next year or a candidate running for u.s. senate. because senator mcconnell wants
where you have plenty of debate, plenty much amendments offered and nobody feels they don t know what s in the bill and that nobody mid way through or near the finished line gets surprised whether it s a political surprise and all of a sudden they have to act like oh, i didn t realize it s so bad or a legitimate surprise where they thought the bill was one thing and it turns out it s another. the senator is right and while some people and especially people who want this to happen are going to worry that extra time means people can defeat it. if you rush it you ll kill it fun lose rubio over substance you ll lose the bill because i think kit pass in the house and senate but they have to lead the the needle. great to talk to both of you. have a great weekend. investigators are focusing on two liberal activists in connection with the secret recordings of senator mitch mcconnell and his campaign team strategizing about a potential ashley judd accommodate decide. democratic official say
resolving the tension? think china certainly a very key part of that. i think that s why you see secretary kerry doing a few things on this trip. first, he s reassuring our allies like south korea and japan we ll stand by them. also work china where we have mutual interests to maintain stability on the korean peninsula and china is very important in that they can bring unique kind of pressure on the north koreans to bring them back in line with their international obligations. i think why the diplomatic part is so important and why this trip bisek kerry is so important. former cia spokesperson marie harf. thank you. just ahead a top democrat in kentucky accuses progress kentucky of making that audiotape. it was made at senator mitch
there at the border? reporter: one concern of law make,, gregg is trust. that the administration is not being concise or honest about border security fearing it would jeopardize that immigration reform deal. so this group of concerned citizens are filling the void they say, recording activity on the arizona-mexico border. we haven t been in the area for several hours. we re getting inundated where we re at. this is on 4. you have targets out there. are you kidding me. we broke a record. reporter: for all the talk in washington about border security, this is not a picture you re seeing. pictures of illegal immigrants streaming into the u.s. some carrying waters. others are carrying drugs. left side of the bird. reporter: the images are captured by a group of private citizens who operate a web site called secure border of intelligence. they hide cameras. motion activated and designed to catch wildlife. they catch illegal