address given by florida senator and board certificateified minority marco rubio. >> rubio with the republicans have probably one of best communicators since ronald reagan. >> all eyes on our rising star. i might say our only star. >> stephen: no pressure marco, you are just the egg from which the new republican party will be born so we should put all our egg into one basket and then count our chicken before it hatches and while we're at it why not make the a hand basket and take it some place really warm. >> i'm marco rubio. i have the honor of responding to the state of the union address on behalf of my fellow republicans. the favorite attack is that those of white house don't agree with them only care about rich people. one of things for growth is the emergency industry over the next decade. [laughter] nothing has frustrated me more than false choices like the one the president laid out tonight. [ laughter ] >> stephen: don't worry, senator rubio, nobody noticed that you gave a speech. [cheers and applause] now, folks -- [cheers and applause] i think -- i say personally i think i

definitely appeared senator rubio was a bit nervous at times. getting dry mouth, finally taking a drink of water. you feel for this spot. remember the louisiana governor bobby jindal had tough time delivering the spon response, rubio pushed back on the president's theory of government and talked about his story, a family of immigrants and this is the first time such a high profile speech will be given in two languages by the same person, as i mentioned at the top and it shows a sign of how crucial senator rubio has become in the g.o.p. efforts to draw more hispanic support and possibly rebrand the party. he talked about the efforts to change entitlement reform and tax reform and really get the country moving again. we'll bring back our panel, juan williams, columnist for the hill, nina eastton, syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. >> when reagan was inaugurated he said within ten minutes government isn't the solution, it's the problem. and that was the theme of the rubio speech and set sort of ideological contrast. obama is a man of governm

rubio turned it to gold. he received more twitter followers and said i'll drink water in all my speeches. he has been raising money, eric, with branded water bottles at $25 a pop. what a great way to hand a situation like this and just be self-deprecating. >> eric: first, like to point out, dana, i pointed your theory out it was a no win situation. that response for contenders should turn it down. watergate, al not so sharp sharpton said it's watergate and zero dark thirsty. he spent more time talking about rubio's water issue than benghazi. that is scary and sad. if i'm marco rubio, i go what happened there? did i really need to lean way over out of the shot to grab sip of water from bottle? he has dry mouth issues. we spent time with him in tampa. every time he gets up to speak he needs to drink. that is okay. but it was so awkward. it was awkward. >> andrea: wonder if chronic dry mouth is covered under obamacare. there was only a minute-and-a-half left of the speech. you brought up al sharpton. he is also

rubio did not adjust his speech the take out the complaints. so senator rubio in his response last night ended up complaining about things said by president obama that president obama actually did not say in the speech that everybody had just finished watching right before marco rubio got to take his turn. mr. rubio's whole windup was about how president obama had just spent his state of the union address defending big government and demanding even bigger government. this president thinks the only solution to everything is bigger government. and that might be an effective response to a yay big government speech, but instead it seemed like a non sequitur, because this is the speech that senator rubio's comments actually came after. >> it is not a bigger government we need. >> senator rubio also complained with a sarcastic twist that the president needs to put out a medicare plan already. tonight would have been a good night to do that, huh, mr. president. the problem is the president had just put out a medicare plan, a plan he described in the a

senator rubio. last night's g.o.p. response will likely be remembered for the one thing, it was quickly dubbed the sip heard around the world when the sweaty and poorly lit marco rubio awkwardly took a sip of water. he was asked about it earlier today. >> i needed water. what am i going to do? you know, it happens. god has a funny way of reminding us we're human. >> john: it's funny that he was blaming god that we're human. another way is that we make mistakes and last night senator rubio made his share. one of these mistakes? trying to change history. while trying to prove his point government-bad. private sector-good. >> the major cause of the downtown was the housing crisis caused by policies. >> how they suffered from government policies. here to join me now to talk about the rubio debacle the one and only rick ungar. >> john: it was like the third act of awakessening. >> the water pailed in comparison to the nervous ticks that were taking place before it. how often do you get a "saturday night live" sketch being w

rubio's come? >> well, the big problem visually is he just didn't seem like he was ready for the big stage. he was sort of sweating. you could tell his mouth was dry. there was the awkward water grab. it's not so much the water itself, it's that he seemed nervous. he did not feel presidential. and i imagine someone like a chris christie who would have gotten up there and would have had that swagger, would have commanded the room. so i think that is unfortunately the lasting impression. and the other piece you pointed out, this is the man who is supposed to be the new face of the new republican party. and his personal story is very compelling. but the actual meat and substance of what he was saying is the same warmed over tired mush i've been hearing all my life. there was nothing new there. >> okay. that's a fairly damning indictment. thank you, krystal. angela, we heard rubio talk about his rhetoric by mentioning student loans. here he is talking about medicare. take a listen to this. >> it pays f

you have seen rubio up close. is he the guy? >> rubio is really good. and i saw him a couple of times. there are a couple of events on the campaign trail where he and either obama or biden would be speaking at the same type of event, you know, speaking the same city hours apart, and he has sort of the same thing that obama has, where the first time you see them, you think that they are speaking directly to you and you show -- it sort of goes beyond -- doesn't feel like a partisan speech, feels like an uplifting sort of america coming together. speech. you know, he's obviously much more conservative than the president or most any democrats but his presentation is very good. he is extremely polished speecher. he did an event with buzzfeed. he is fluent in the, you know, in sort of the details of the east coast/west coast rap wars. he is very versetal. he is not somebody like talking about john kerry earlier who sort of feels like he is from another planet sometimes and rubio is very good at talking to almost whatever audience he is in front of. >> you wer

what did senator rubio say about guns? unconstitutionally undermining the second amendment rights of law abiding citizens is not the way to do it. republicans are not giving you that assault weapons ban. what did he say give gabby giffords a invite, newtown a vote. if the president gets what he asks for tonight, members of his own party are the ones more at risk. that's not saying he shouldn't push forward. if he believe its, push for it. >> in many ways what we heard is same old same old argument we have been having about the size of government, the role of government in our lives. marco rubio says the truth is every problem can't be solved by government. i think at a certain point you have to i understand could of move away from that argument as the governor was saying and you have to talk about, okay, government has to do certain things. it needs to be smarter, not necessarily larger. this is a debate that's going to continue. i agree with the speaker. paul ryan there although i think he wants your former job, i am not

rubio brings the truth last night. i'm hydrating just like the senator. and what rubio was saying before and after his water cooler moment it wasn't so funny. that's coming up right after i finish my drink. >> a lot of water. but we're showing all of these democrats, pat, they're all drinking water. you give speeches and i drink water during speeches. >> sure you always have and tell the folks, have a bottle of water beside the podium, a glass of water and worried, i do a lot of gesture, knocking it off sometimes. >> sean: exactly, exactly. i have the same problem. a lot of hand waving, you know. >> exactly right. >> sean: all right. >> look, it does show that they're piling on the guy and they're very concerned about the guy, but this is going to continue, but it's not a bad thing to have marco rubio be hit behind the line of scrimage on the first time out. he's a young guy an asset, an attraction and he'll do just fine and this thing will be over in a week. >> sean: a lot of the democratic narrative talking points, they can't say he's rich. they can't s

esto se pudiera convertir en el trago de agua más famoso, nos cuenta lo que pasó a el senador marco rubio en el discurso. >> comenzamos. >> este es su noticiero univisión con jorge ramos y maría helena salinas. >> en la basílica de san pedro dijo que renbunciaba por el bien de la iglesia y todo esto por los preparativos del 28 de febrero y mediados de marzo y pablo monsalvo está en roma. >> tomé esta decisión en absoluta libertad. >> por primera vez, el papa benedicto xvi enfrentó a los fieles de la iglesia y miles de personas se acercaron para obasionar y les pidió orar por el próximo papa. >> estaba bien, con paz y físicamente bien. >> lo esperaba más bajo, pero bien. >> fue un escenario y apareció en tres oportunidades y al caer en la tarde fue largamente aplaudido para oficiar su última misa y en medio de tanta actividad, muchos se preguntan qué legado dejaraa el papa. >> joseph ratzinger confía que su renuncia no perjudirá a la iglesia. >> deben pasar entre 15 y 20 días para este proceso y podemos esperar que comience cualquier día. >> amanece una nueva era para el

what tupac is to rubio, rubio is to the gop. he's a human band-aid on a gaping bullet hole. most of his message is not that much different from romney's failed assault on big government, but he's not an older white man so maybe this time it will work. but the gop doesn't understand that voters see through the window dressing. they see through the new face pushing old policies. they see through the tupac loving senator whose anti-gay marriage and pro-life and anti-science and pro gun rights and who voted against the violence again women rights. if pac were alive, he would be battling rubio and the rnc.

the marco rubio thing. you just feel like it is emblematic of a party that's not confident in its ideas right? >> yeah. the guy looked like he was sweating so much. i haven't seen anybody that nervous for a major speech in a long time. it was just -- you know, you get the sense that the guy -- that this really is a show. they don't necessarily believe what they're saying because you can't believe some of this stuff. that they could really be the powerbroker of the republican party. >> stephanie: again, you know, the president not to sound partisan, i just thought it was a magnificent speech. it is hard to top kind of the emotional power of the whole section about guns, don't you think? >> yeah. that's one of the things i liked about his speech. progress lives enjoy. this was the first speech where i felt like the president said i tried the bipartisan and it hasn't gotten me anything. i'm going to go over the heads of the pundits and the media and spoke right to the american people. i'm going to reinforce to

he, marco rubio. he blocked an effort to freeze stunt loan rates. he did, marco rubio. he said in 2011, he said, rubio, that medicare has weakened us as a people. so with all of that pagsz last night, his record personally, not just his party, is exactly the opposite of that. >> i think the word you're looking for is hypocrite kal. people hear a story and that's why the republican party calls him the savior of the party because they want him to be. he represents someone that represents so many americans. the problem is he doesn't have policies to defend that. it's hard to watch. >> joe, i have to ask you about this one. a lot of people talk about ted nugent to the speech. he was paralyzed in a firearms accident. he criticized the state of the union. nugent was asked by an nbc reporter about it. listen to what nugent said. >> he lied claiming that somehow, i didn't feel sorry for the victims of violent crime. that would take genuine fera gel brain matter. >> now, this is nuge, nt. fine, he is who he is. what was so amazing to me is none of the republican leadership, none

rubio did not adjust his speech to take out the complaints. so senator rubio in his response last night ended up complaining about things said by president obama that president obama actually did not say in the speech that everybody had just finished watching right before marco rubio got to take his turn. mr. rubio's whole windup was about how president obama had just spent his state of the union address defending big government and demanding even bigger government. this president thinks the only solution to everything is bigger government. and that might be an effective response to a yay big government speech, but instead it seemed like a non sequitur, because this is the speech that senator rubio's comments actually came after. >> it is not a bigger government we need. >> senator rubio also complained with a sarcastic twist that the president needs to put out a medicare plan already. tonight would have been a good night to do that, huh, mr. president. the problem is the president had just put out a medicare plan, a plan he described in the a

i won't say anything that is like marco rubio is wrong. i don't always agree, but this is not about he and i. this is about the tea party. >> the first settle hint that he may not be one of them. it may not be a head to head matchup. next stop, des moines. up next, the preview from both sides of the white house. house majority and still to come, the promises and pitfalls of the second term state of the union. the vatican in uncharted territory as the pope prepares to step down. the short list of candidates is starting to emerge. we are live in rome with the political jockeying and the latest on the pope's health. we will pick up the coverage after the break, but 50 a look ahead. today's politics planner. we know the big thing. a lot of under the radar. you are watching the damy run down only on msnbc. [ ship horn blows ] no, no, no! stop! humans. one day we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... not so much. but that's okay -- you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insuranc

what tupac is to rubio, rubio is to the gop. he's a human band-aid on a gaping bullet hole. most of his message is not that much different from romney's failed assault on big government, but he's not an older white man so maybe this time it will work. but the gop doesn't understand that voters see through the window dressing. they see through the new face pushing old policies. they see through the tupac loving senator whose anti-gay marriage and pro-life and anti-science and pro gun rights and who voted against the violence again women rights. if pac were alive, he would be battling rubio and the rnc. all right. that does it for requesting the cycle." martin, it's yours. >> you've pumped us up. it's monday, february 18th. president's day and the president is about to return home to washington where republicans are waiting to greet him with a cold shoulder and a wet blanket. >> i'm in palm beach, florida, not far from the president. >> the president of the united states sf supposed to lead. >> there's no leadership on the other side of the isle. >> if you want to look at ways

look, i'm a long-time rubio skeptic. i'm sorry, but i've never drank the kool aid that he is the greatest thing ever. people overestimate his fabulousness because he has the image components the right needs. but substantively, that was marco rubio last night. >> joy reid, great to have you on "the ed show." thank you so much. >>> president obama, well, would have made ted kennedy very proud last night. next, i'll tell you why $9 an hour minimum wage is just the beginning. "the ed show" congressional committee tells us just how president obama's fix it first idea could be the republicans' worst nightmare. we're right back. >>> why this volume of amendments on just the issue to try and raise the minimum wage. what is it about it that drives you republicans crazy? what is it? >> six years after ted kennedy asked the question, not a whole lot has changed. republicans are still opposing efforts to raise the minimum wage. and last night president obama called on congress to take some action. >> tonight let's declare that in th

the republican response by marco rubio. what were your thoughts? >> i was on my way to the studio when -- . >> you miss that had part. i'm t it's fair. i know it's late. thank you for being with us, appreciate it. >> good to be with you, sean, thank you. >> sean: we're going to have more on the state of the yun skbrin reaction from former new hampshire governor john sinunu. stay with >>> tonight a propose a fix it first program to put people to work as soon as possible on urgent repairs like 70,000 bridges across the country. >> more government spending welcome back to "hannity". that is the president talking about getting americans back to work. i can't help but think this sounds like not so shovel-ready jobs the president joked about that never came to fruition. here with reaction former new hampshire governor john sinunu. governor, let me play a quickmont yablg. i figured he'd been talking about jobs let's take a look at the time line he's talked about jobs a lot. but 8.3s million fewer americans nrt labor force now. so let's take a trip down me

there is no passing an immigration bill without marco rubio. how could the white house be working on a draft without republican input? >> jon, you know, the president has always approached this question of immigration reform from four principles. one, let's make sure that the border is secure. two, let's make sure that we enforce on businesses who are gaming the system, enforce their requirements to live up to the law. three, make sure that we are reforming legal immigration so that we can use it to make sure that those who have come here legally have a reasonable option. and we've not proposed anything to capitol hill yet. we've got a bill. we're doing exactly what the president said we would do last month in las vegas which is we're preparing. we're going to be ready. we have developed each of these proposals so we have them in a position so that we can succeed because the fact of the matter is, jon, you know as well as i do, going back to 2001, this has been a priority for many conditions. so let's make sure that they get this done and they'

not even marco rubio's. >> that is exactly right, and of course, marco rubio's response was written long before the speech was ever given. it was not really a response. but they're still married to attacking a straw man. they're not actually wanting to engage on the policy substance, because the substance on it, the policies, everything he advocated for which has been called liberal and aggressive, all of those things, is also very popular. are you going to be the one who says we don't support paycheck fairness or pre school for children? it is not the place where they want to be, so instead they have to say president obama just wants big government. he doesn't think that the pirate sector can do anything good. he is a socialist, mao and castro, as well. >> howard dean, what would you have advised the republicans to try to embrace in the president's speech, without sacrificing their principles? were there things you thought if the republicans would meet them half way, on some of the things? >> sure, that, i'm going to pay the president the highest compliment you can pay, i think, which i

rubio may be a great communicator. though i do believe he embellished the history of his parents coming to this country, but what does he have to communicate? the party is in disarray about a message, and even if he moves in a very cautious republican way on immigration, all the polls show that the median latino voter is more liberal, and believes in government in the way that this party certainly -- >> i feel like one thing that's been overlooked in this thing about him is the face -- you go down to miami, and the latino community is not monolithic. it used to be little cuba down there, and there's guatemalans and hondurans. >> if you are talking about border crossings. >> there's another way to think about this. the lessons being drawn from the 2012 election are raw. the conventional wisdom is that republicans had just been better on immigration, they would have flipped the hispanic vote and would have won the election. that's not really accurate. there's all host of problems that the republicans face. elsewhere and

the republican response by marco rubio. what were your thoughts? >> i was on my way to the studio when -- . >> you miss that had part. >> i'm sorry, i didn't hear it it's fair. i know it's late. thank you for being with us, appreciate it. >> good to be with you, sean, thank you. >> sean: we're going to have more on the state of the yun skbrin reaction from former new hampshire governor john sinunu. stay with >>> tonight a propose a fix it first program to put people to work as soon as possible on urgent repairs like 70,000 bridges across the country. >> more government spending welcome back to "hannity". that is the president talking about getting americans back to work. i can't help but think this sounds like not so shovel-ready jobs the president joked about that never came to fruition. here with reaction former new hampshire governor john sinunu. governor, let me play a quickmont yablg. i figured he'd been talking about jobs let's take a look at the time line he's talked about jobs a lot. but 8.3s million fewer americans nrt labor force now. so

it looks like republicans led by marco rubio are still playing games. joining me tonight los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. he is with us this evening on "the ed show." mayor, great to have you with us. i appreciate your time. >> great to be with you, ed. >> is marco rubio is a good leader for the republicans on immigration reform, in your opinion? >> well, let me say that i'm heartened that over time he's said that he agrees that we need a comprehensive approach to immigration reform and not just a piecemeal approach. i'm also heartened that they haven't -- that speaker boehner and mr. cantor haven't rejected it out of hand. i'm not surprised by that i do believe there is momentum in the senate, and i think there will be support in the house to move comprehensive immigration reform ahead. i have said, and many of us believe that it has to include a pathway for citizenship for the 11 million undocumented, not just for the dreamers, that it has to be earned, of course. you have to get at the end of the line and have a criminal background check, lear

rubio. manuel lloyd francia joins us. welcome back independence the war room. >> great to be back. michael: we'll get to gulp gate or the actual watergate in a little bit but did marco rubio do what he was asked to do by his party last night? >> you know, i thought i had reached a point where i would not be surprised at all by marco rubio, having been able to study a lot of his career. i was surprised at his tone in this speech. he's at his best when he is having a kind of soring rhetoric that inspires people. i was spiced to see him take a little bit of a whining tone is how i would put it when he complained about the president criticizing republicans for their positions. i mean, that's what happens in washington, one party lays out a position the other party criticizes it, they try to lay it out. i didn't expect that from him. he seemed very uncomfortable in the role of attack dog. >> which doesn't bode well for him as a national candidate where he will have to attack and attack and attack

look, i'm a long-time rubio skeptic. i'm sorry, but i've never drank the kool aid that he is the greatest thing ever. people overestimate his fabulousness because he has the image components the right needs. but substantively, that was marco rubio last night. >> joy reid, great to have you on "the ed show." thank you so much. >>> president obama, well, would have made ted kennedy very proud last night. next, i'll tell you why $9 an hour minimum wage is just the beginning. "the ed show" congressional committee tells us just how president obama's fix it first idea could be the republicans' worst nightmare. we're right back. [ female announcer ] switch to swiffer 360 dusters extender, and you'll dump your old duster. but don't worry, he'll find someone else. ♪ who's that lady? ♪ who's that lady? ♪ sexy lady, who's that lady? [ female announcer ] swiffer 360 dusters extender cleans high and low, with thick all around fibers that attract and lock up to two times more dust than a feather duster. swiffer gives cleaning a

jeb bush and marco rubio. republican strategist anna navarro calls it the nature mare scenario for everyone here and adds if she was faced with it, i would get into the fetal position and lock myself in a room for nine months. joining the panel now is newly promoted buzz feed political editor mckay. i almost called you buzz feed. welcome. why not? you are one. don't tell ben smith. you have a new story about marco, and you talked to a lot of folks in florida who say, surprisingly, actually, that he is a rising star, but that he hasn't quite gotten there yet. he is still -- i won't say an empty suit, but they're looking to see more leadership from him, which given the current state of the affairs in the republican party is not an easy lift. >> no. yeah, absolutely. it's interesting because, you know, rubio is giving the state of the union response tonight. he is on the cover of "time magazine." he is everywhere. he is having this moment, and i think for a lot of national pundits and political reporters, the cho