we also have chris robinson. in just a moment we'll be speaking with mark, ceo and chief investment officer of morgan creek capital. nicole, looking at this behavior in the markets today and yesterday, on thing going because people are halfway out the door, still means whooshing record after record. >> it is. i giggle as i see them because we have these guys around and they've made some great calls. we been in the business for decades or more than a decade. there are times where there right in times where you feel like a peel back could be coming by for hard to engage. seen new lows today and new highs such as you would pocket agenda. -- hewlett-packard. while some feel like a pullback could be in order, the s&p 500, just two points away from a record intraday high. a closing i did is probably what we'll see at the close at these levels so we are hovering around some highs. there is room to pull back. that range continues to narrow, almost like a ping pong back and forth at some point you have to break out either

and michael sam is much like jackie robinson. he's the first person to be in the league that other people can look up to. and you know, it's a great day for the united states. >> chris cooley, you have never stopped being an advocate. you felt you were let go for speaking out in support of marriage equality. what would be your advice to michael sam? does he have to watch what he says and how he handles himself or? how do you see this playing out in that form, in that way? >> well, i think he has an advantage in that the team knows and players on the team know that mike is openly gay and it allows the coaches to set an atmosphere of saying hey, mike is a good football player, he's a gay football player and if you don't like that, then don't let the door hit you on the way out. you're not going to be on this team if you can't handle that. that's on the top down. all mike has to do is go out and play football. he knows how to play, just stay relaxed and go out and do it. >> what about that? what if he ends up making the team, gets a

thoughts as to why chris christie would take time to do that on a sunday afternoon or evening? >> you know, mika, i think he's running for president. i think he's trying to establish a position in foreign policy. i guess the question is not so much sending signals, i would argue, but sending troops. you want to talk about syria, send all the signals you want. that doesn't seem to do much to bashir al assad. >> as much as he's been plagued by bridgegate, he's raised more money than all o other republicans. >> and her got in trouble in march talking about the west bank in terms of occupied territories. i think a lot of people thought that speech was a chance for him to clear that up. and he didn't do it well enough wsh some say. let's move on to steve rattner's charts. that's why we're here today. the latest victim of gridlock in washington. your first chart, steve. americans are driving less. first part of the problem. >> right. we're coming up on memorial day weekend. a lot of people are going to take to the roads. fewer than in the past, because what's happened since the reces

and pulitzer winning columnist and msnbc columnist eugene robinson. let's start with the primary in mississippi. the primary itself is being overshadowed by a growing investigation. this is a horrific story. a total of four men who support tea party candidate chris mcdaniel have been charged with their alleged role for photographing thad cochran's wife who lives in hospice care. blogger clayton kelly was arrested last week for taking pictures of rose cochran and posting them online. it's a video actually. then yesterday three more mississippi men were accused of conspireing with kelly. the jackson clairon-ledger reports that john mary hosted radio show with mcdaniel. and another has reportedly donated to mcdaniel's campaign, hosted a fund raiser, and helped campaign for him. but mayfield's attorney says the arrest is politically motivated. mcdaniel condemned the alleged breach of privacy. his campaign issued a statement reading this. as we have said since day one, the violation of the privacy of mrs. cochran is out of bounds for politics and is repreh