in wyoming. people like my great grandfathers who came as ranch hands. people like my grandmother who was raised in the salt creek oil fields and was the first female deputy sheriff. >> her first mistake may have been moving her family to jackson, a resort town. basically unwyoming to the rest of wyoming. senator enzi, a friend of former vice president dick cheney, weighed in yesterday on his new challenger. >> well, she said that if i ran, she wasn't going to run, but obviously that wasn't correct. >> what's your relationship with her? >> i thought we were friends. >> here's what you need to know. cheney's going to have a lot of national money but she won't have the republican establishment per se. they plan to back enzi in this race. by the way, cheney holds two press conferences today. one at casper at noon and another at cheyenne at 5:00. this is going to be a fun one for us political junkies to watch. up next, more on the battle brewing. john barrasso joins me next. and it's tradition, senat

attorney for wyoming and currently serves as attorney general to the state of wyoming. the breadth of his experience, his understanding of the law and the role of a judge as well as the thoroughness with which he approaches his responsibilities, well, mr. president, they will serve him well. the people who know him best, his peers, uniformly praise his intellect, and diligence. his former boss, u.s. district judge alan johnson said in a letter to senator enzi, again and again local defense attorneys stkpresed their appreciate -- expressed their appreciation for the fair handed and temperament treatment they received from greg phillips. we are fortunate in wyoming to have greg phillips nominated for the bench. i have no doubt as his career continues he will become a successful and respected member of the tenth circuit court of appeals. i strongly encourage all members of the senate to join senator enzi and me in voting to confirm greg phillips. thank you, mr. president. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr.

monday to thursday at 6 eastern view today our wtf america series visits the great state of wyoming, dick cheney's home state where fracking, the hydraulic drilling practice that turns the earth into a planet-killing non-equity production of stomp was thought to be the blame for polluting the town of pavilion wyoming. thanks to fracking the town's drinking water came in several delicious flavors including methane-mint arsenic-orange, creamy copper and red velvet vanadium. but then the epa investigation abruptly stopped and was turned over to the state of wyoming whose research is funded by encana the same drilling company whose wells are accused of causing the contamination of

why is wyoming significant? >> her father is from wyoming. she is trying to make the case that she is not a carpet bagger. that's the number one question she's getting asked while in wyoming. she moved her family near jackson. she's been doing all the town halls and all the sorts of things as a candidate. so she's been showing up everywhere. but the first question she gets asked why not virginia where you've been living for quite some time? you went to college in colorado. you've lived in wisconsin. you were here as a kid but does that give you the right to say that you're one of us? gwen: i have two words for that, senator hillary clinton. very this the classic tea party vs. establishment contest the way we've seen others and the fact that a throft establishment has quickly rallied around senator enzy is that good or bad for him? >> that's a great question. because in some ways this is really as i said much more about liv chaney the fact that she wants to be in united states senate. she's trying to move him out of the way rather than trying

though she's never lived in wyoming. she's from d.c. you know, it worked for dad when he was in dallas. why not? there have been rumors for a while in wyoming that liz cheney might try to pull something like this off. the local paper in cody, wyoming, "the code by enterprise" editorialized that she seemed nice enough, they sure liked her dad, but it was ridiculous she would run for any office in wyoming. "liz cheney the former state department official and ongoing fox news commentator increasingly is looking like she plans to run for that seat even though mike enzi seeks re-election for the fourth term. if she does, it will be the end of her in wyoming politics." a california group this summer is promoting her gop candidacy, says the cody newspaper. that's going over with wyoming people like a lead balloon and only serves to remind folks that cheney is a wyomingite in address only. until last year she had never lived in the state." the paper continued "we don't like the term carpet bagger but has a place in politics for

>> well, he is he a big deal, obviously in wyoming. he is, fair to say that he is worshipped in the state of wyoming and has lots of connections. i think it certainly will help. look, she has got her own career. she has done her own thing. she has already been successful. >> bret: that is it for the panel. stay tuned for the animal world's version of an amazing get away. you're not made of money, so don't overpay for at insurance. geico, you're not made of money, see how much you could save. [ babies crying ] surprise -- your house was built on an ancient burial ground. [ ghosts moaning ] surprise -- your car needs a new transmission. [ coyote howls ] how about no more surprises? now you can get all the online trading tools you need without any surprise fees. ♪ it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> bret: finally tonight, fight or flight. when it comes to a cheetah vs. an impala, the impala always chooses flight. and it was a wild chase all caught on camera. a group of impalas chased by two cheetahs i

mike enzi of wyoming thought he was friends with the cheney family. then again, so did that guy who got shot in the pace. we begin tonight four days since the jury declared george zimmerman not guilty with an american right wing working

. >> john: we conclude our wtf wyoming week with a look at cindy hill, a tea partier elected as head of the wyoming department of education who allegedly engaged in cult-like practices, made workers cry and threatened employees with a knife. when asked to comment on this, tea party officials apologized for not making cindy hill their woman of the year. you see according to a 18 5-page report, the regime had a better human resources office than her office. what if her worker said he preferred to being in combat than work for ms. hill. he wished someone would send someone to find hill. the only problem is while hill wouldn't be crazy about the exterminate part as a tea partier, she has no problem with the extreme prejudice. martin sheen was busy. the report accuses hill, that was an apocalypse joke. at first i thought big deal, brainwashing. no surprise she would make her

her run for the senate could put wyoming on the political warpath. and lindsey graham wants tonight consider a boycott of the russianen olympics next year if putin grants edward snowden asylum. finally why so many people are angry with this cover on the rolling stone. i think i'm angry. this is "hardball," the place for politics. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. "rollin about the zimmerman trial pr here she is, she spoke yesterday in a stump like speech to delta sig mag that's sorority. here's what she said about the death of trayvon martin. >> my prayers are with the martin family. and with every people in loves someone who is lost to violence. no mother, no father, should ever have to fear for their child walking down a street in the united states of america. >> looking strong. hillary clinton there. we'll be right back after this. . . and we've made a big commitment to america. bp supports nea

i am running because i know wyoming needs a strong voice in washington. someone who knows how to get things done and isn't afraid to fight for what's right. i will never compromise when our freedom is at stake. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was the daughter of former vice president dick cheney. liz cheney violating reagan's 11th commandment thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow republican. hitting mark enzi for being part of the old guard. that refers to the deal enzi helped broker on health care in 2009. enzi who has a 92% lifetime rating from the american conservative union said he thought he and liz were friends and had this to say to nbc's kelly o'donnell yesterday. >> she said that if i ran, she wasn't going to run but obviously that wasn't correct. >> did she call you, sir? >> no, well, he called me a long time ago and said she was considering it. >> what's your relationship with her. >> i thought we were friends. >> cheney's trying to turn enzi into the newest version of robert bennett. and richard lugar. conservative senators who were prima

he said somebody who's from wyoming should know that. one of the issues with liz cheney is she spent so much of her professional life in washington, d.c., area. >> and this is part of the audio from that conversation that you had with senator enzi. let's listen. >> she said if i ran she wasn't going to run but obviously that wasn't correct. >> what's your relationship with her? >> i thought we were friends. >> that was pretty pointed. i thought we were friends. >> it's so awkward. this is the first thing that jumps to mind is it's so awkward. honestly, andrea, i think he was taken aback by it. we knew and jonathan wrote a great story about this. we've known since liz cheney bought a home in jackson hole, wyoming, last year that she wanted to run for office. she's been out there. she's gone to sort of all the local county dinners and gatherings so she was looking for a time to run. enzi talked about retiring in the past, talked about retiring this election cycle. he didn't decide tow retire. jonathan's point is well taken. look, what is d

lived in wyoming. he had just moved there. the fact that wyoming has more senators than congress people. everything about this story makes you not like the senate, and really have to relive what you--what we all should be embarrassed by the bush-cheney years. >> she'll never beat mike enzi in a primary. you don't challenge uncle mike, particularly when the man has never cast a vote you can disagree with. >> is her father giving her terrible advice, i'm sure she wouldn't have done this and made this i am i am petulant imii ami am petulant claim claim{^l"^^}. >> she's no hillary clinton. she's not the celebrity that hillary was to be able to topple an incumbent. >> john: but anyone who can go on fox news and say we were not attacked by terrorists during bush's term and come back, that shows mojo. >> it's an excuse to get her on national television. even if she doesn't this is her her, she's on sunday shows. >> john: i think she'll be kept busy. >> let's go back to czechoslovakia. >> john: don't go away.

you have 20-pound wolf pups being shot in idaho and wyoming. in wyoming, you can go to national forest land and trap and stare wolves. you can kill wolves however you want. [gunshot] been signed off by the department of the interior and the state of wyoming. >> a lot of the big fans of yellowstone wolves are following the lives of the actual individuals. they are the attraction. these become the stars of our show. so without them, oh, wow, and then to have them hunted, it is even harder for our guests to understand good they could influence decision about visiting the park in the future. wolf hunting and hunting in general are both extremely important to people in montana. it is interwoven into the traditions we observe, the pathways of our daily lives throughout the year. it is something that we zealously protect. hunting is very important, a very important way in which to put food on the table for many families. a good-sized elk can feed a family of four or more if it is a larger elk throughout the year. that has been the traditional way in m

senate in wyoming. cheney made the announcement yesterday, just minutes after fellow republican mike enzi declared he will be seeking re-election next year, setting up a potentially bruising primary fight. >> i'm running because i believe it is necessary for a new generation of leaders to step up to the plate. i'm running because i know as a mother and a patriot we can no longer afford simply to go along to get along. >> in challenging enzi, who was first elected in 1996, cheney will be taking on the 11th most senior republican in the senate, a move that may not sit well with some of the gop establishment. senator enzi sounded surprised by the move. >> well, she said that if i ran she wasn't going to run, but obviously that wasn't correct. >> what's your relationship with her? >> i thought we were friends. >> joining me now is msnbc political analyst jonathan alter. he's also the author of the new book "the center holds: obama and his enemies." thanks so much for being here this afternoon. >> my pleasur

the people of wyoming need to know they're being used. >> you were out in wyoming with her. >> i went to a rodeo with her when i was out there to interview her father. don't underestimate her. this is a tough race. enzi is not the kind of guy who she can run against and say he's lost touch with wyoming. he never went to washington. this is going to be a tough race. she made it clear, her father is not going to be out on the campaign trail with her. she wants to prove she can win on her own. that's tough. >> senator enzi is not senator luger. he's the most ideological conservative senator in the senate. it's how to run from the right. he's too old, been there too long, he compromises too much, he doesn't compromise that much at all. >> it's about the cheney brand. >> the people in wyoming, i've been there a lot, i know liz, she's talented and smart and bright. but there is a sense of politeness and decorum and she jumped the line. >> growing up there, so i talked to my aunt patty sue, memory lane's bowling alley in rawlings, wyoming. i have other family there that are building business

some political news out of wyoming. stand in line. what line? there's no line in politics, but liz cheney has decided to go after a very popular incumbent. are we going to see the sort of followup on tea party versus establishment? >> it's tea party versus tea party. this is an extremely conservative guy who won in an extremely conservative state. >> what's liz cheney's argument? >> she's ambitious. she's younger than he is, and she wants to be a senator. he happens to have the job she wants. she has every right to run. you look at the cheney mind. most people in the state don't want her to run. she just moved there yesterday. she spent the bulk of her time in virginia for the last 20, 30 years. she's not a wyoming resident. she comes in with a ton of baggage. but she is a cheney. she's going to raise a ton of money, have her father's network behind her. it's good for us. >> and this comes with approval ratings for congress at record lows and the senate's top leader threatening to go nuclear. "the new york times" nate silver saying republicans h

there is a sense in wyoming she's not really from wyoming. she's got a famous name and will take on a well liked senator. mike enzi is not a squish. he's not too moderate. he votes very republican. he has a very republican state. >> bill: been there 18 years. >> 1997. people like enzi. so this idea of what is essentially a washington carpet bagger coming back to wyoming because she has a famous name, you know, puts some people off. >> bill: may add -- rand paul said i knew she was running for the senate. i'm just surprised she's not running from her home state of virginia. >> particularly when you have a democrat on the ballot there. you could take -- is she afraid of going against a tim kaine? what's the calculus there? so folks are looking at that. but she does have a very famous last name which is going to help her raise a lot of money. mike enzi's not a strong fund-raiser. i think he had maybe $150,000 in his campaign coffers so far. he copped to it yesterday when asked, look, that's never been my strong suit. but remember he's from wyomi

let's go to wyoming. there was breaking news. alan simpson said the fact that there is a primary in wyoming is that it's going to be disastrous for the g.o.p. >> it's going to cost them a lot of money. it will cause a lot of pain. it will cause each candidate dick cheney's daughter and the incumbent say things that are really white wing. but in the end wyoming is the smallest populous in the country, and it will take an a lot for a democrat to be elected. >> michael: the governor of wyoming, he raised a strong candidate statewide there is a chance if he steps. >> that would be good. i've worked on two campaigns in wyoming over the last 20 years and they have some really good democrats, some who are truly good public servants but he's the only one that may have won in the last 20 years. >> michael: what does it mean if elizabeth cheney loses. >> it could mean that dick cheney may have come to an end. >> michael: ahead of rush holt frank palone, is the race over? will he be the next senator from new jersey? >> i would go to vegas a

she bought a house in wyoming, just last year. she has been there growing up with her father, and her mother who have been from wyoming, in fact, she said in her video announcing her candidate circumstance her family goes back there to 1852. so, she clearly wanted to run for the senate. mike enzi decided he was going to stay in though he's a third-term senator and decided now's the time to do it. better strike while the iron is hot. we'll see how hot it is. >> it's going to be intense. more with dana on the story later in "the situation room" as well. thanks very much. >>> coming up this hour, here in cnn's newsroom, attention all shoppers out there. retailers may be tracking your movements in department stores. we'll explain what's going on. >>> if you walk around with your cell phone when you go shoppinging guess what in big brother may be watch you more than you think. pamela brown is joining us in new york, she's got details, shocking details i must say, retail tracking. pam, we know surveillance cameras are watching all of us

the question that the primary voter in wyoming will ask themselves is listen. at the end of the day the cheney name is a household name in wyoming and everyone knows everyone there but mike enzi has done nothing wrong. in fact, he has been an unbelievable senator from my interest and the question becomes should i reward him again in the primary? this is a question about who do you like most? is it mike enzi or is it miss cheney? because money has nothing to do with this. it really is about personal here. >> robert and margie, i'm sure we will talk about this race again. thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> checking the news feed. if you live in the northeast, mid-atlantic or great lakes you don't need me to tell you it's hot out there. it's day three of the heat wave and supposed to continue. bill karins a chance for every state to heat at least 90 today. an intern working with christine queen mayoral candidate fainted and hit her head on the sidewalk during the event. >>> the luxury cruise ship that cap sised off italy last year killing 32 people. the man

>>ifill: wyoming is a big state but politically it's small. is there bad blood between the cheneys and the enzis,. >> not at all. i had a long chat with dismart enzi, he first got to know dick cheney when enzi was a mayor of a town called gillette. they were fly-fishing friends, they go way way back. it is a small political state in the sense everybody knows one another. i asked the senator if he had heard from cheney, he said no, but if his daughter had not expected to run. he has not yet heard from his old friend. >>ifill: not from her either. not that she has decided. >> that's right. you mentioned oarl challenges other challenged incumbents have been taken out by tea party. >> the show horse or workhorse, he's a workhorse, behind the scenes, consensus oriented senator who votes conservative down the line. you can't find many votes that are not conservative but one area he may be vulnerable is he imposed a measure to support internet sales. the vulnerability we're seeing this with cheney's comments already is that he worked with democrats,

she doesn't have to be a long-time resident much wyoming to run in wyoming. there should be more challenges to incumbent senators. make them work. they're terrified. they raise a lot of money for election and they do everything they can to not have to face re-election. i would not be a loose cheney voter if i was a wyoming resident, by any stretch of the imagination, but i got no grudging about her seeking office. >> i want follow up on that. first, is there something good or revealing revealing about the primary challenge to republican tea party challenger. if liz cheney is a tea party challenger, what would be the impact of having another cheney in the national government again? >> well, again that's unclear. first of all michael tomasky missed a golden opportunity when referring to wyoming resident to say a wyomingite. >> how did i do that. >> having a cheney back in the u.s. senate, back in the u.s. spotlight. liz cheney when she was a surrogate for her father when he was running for vice president twice was really hateful red rhetoric. and what is curiou

she's been in and out of wyoming a bit. and i've seen her at several meetings. but i can't say that i know her. i fished with her dad. he and i have anchored the one fly-fishing contest before. >> have you heard from the former vice president? >> no, i haven't. >> if you had a chance to speak to him about this issue, what would you say? >> if he doesn't need to speak to me, i don't need to speak to him about it. somebody asked me if he was going to support his daughter. being he's going to support his daughter. i would support my daughter if she were running for something. >> cheney is expected to raise big money for the primary fight next year. enzi who says he does not talk about his opponents did make it clear he doesn't believe that will go over so well in the cowboy state. >> the first time i ran for this office, i announced in april for an august primary and had eight opponents in that primary. wyoming people don't like a long campaign. they don't like all the negative ads. i never do negative ads. but anybody that's from wyoming would know that. >> i tell

if you add the next six together, wyoming produces more coal than all of them combined. and what is happening on state and local government? well, the state governments are running their own programs, especially here in the east. developing, controlling their own reclamation programs. and that's led to great production. unfortunately, we have had a war on coal since president obama was inaugurated. president obama told a group of people in san francisco, the same folks he told them about what we cling to if pennsylvania, guns and god, but he told them, you know, you can build a coal-fired power plant if you want after i'm president, but it'll bankrupt you. and his agencies, the epa which is out of control today, is moving forward with that. and then just a few days ago they really announced their war on coal, and they were quite clear about it. yes, indeed, it is a war on coal. it is a war on coal. strategic and critical minerals, you rarely hear about this topic, but it was a hot topic for president reagan. president reagan talked about it. nixon and ford didn't want to

i say, if people at home don't like it, and i know my county commissioners in wyoming just hate this, how can we make sure that we're taken off a list and they're not included in a list because there doesn't seem to right now be any appeal mechanism for removing yourself from the list. what role did senators like you and other senators of rural or western or midwestern states have in the development of the blueway designation? and when did you first learn of it? >> we had absolutely no input or understanding until secretary salazar came out with his executive ruling on this kind of creating it out of thin air, and we have been fighting it ever since through the western senate caucus. the legislative team from missouri as well as your home state of arkansas, very concerned, writing to the new secretary of interior. i expect an investigation in the house to continue into this because government is designed to have checks and balances, and you just should not leave out local people who i believe are the best stewards of the land and make the best decisions. but you can have some environm

it tells you more that he's with the old guard in wyoming. >> so listen. these guys, eliot spitzer, really, like he can't think of anything else in life to do except run for -- he craves the sound of election night applause that badly? that he wants to run for comptroller of the city of new york? >> well, i think he definitely wants to get back in the game. maybe he shouldn't have resigned so quickly. the big difference between i think spitzer and weiner that one new york politico blake zefit pointed out when the news broke was weiner's trying to get a huge promotion and he lost the last time he ran for mayor without a scandal. spitzer's basically in a redemptive mode and he's saying, hey, i will take this lower job. as you point out it's not the governorship, although it's a lot of money. >> they are both addicts. they are both addicted to running for office, getting the applause, the glad-handing and all of that for what they're doing. neither one of them took any time for any kind of interesting contemplative change in their lives once they were relieve

what's the reaction inside the state of wyoming? we're hearing a lot of beltway talk about liz cheney for obvious reasons. mike enzi was a very popular senator. he remains a popular senator. what's the reaction inside the state to liz cheney jumping in? >> with the comment, i don't get why carpetbagging in wyoming is harder to do than, say, in new york, but we'll put that aside. i think it's absurd. she obviously has roots to the state of wyoming. her father is clearly popular there. it doesn't make sense to me. i'm pretty sure he would want to take back the sexist undertones obviously. >> a politician considers an run for the white house, and we're not talking about hillary clint be. we'll talk peter king about a potential bid. also, a man who knows a thing or two about presidential campaigns. plus, nbc news capitol hill correspondent luke russert. first, a check on the forecast. >> let's put a positive spin on this heat wave. there's a good chance that today will be the hottest day till next summer. this is coast to coast today. w

zero heartburn. >>> wyoming senator john barrasso is not convinced the federal government's national blue way system can be trusted. i spoke to him before the department of interior withdrew the white river blue ways project. senator, we've had a lot of reasons to have doubts about the federal government, some of their motives and what they're doing, from benghazi and the irs to dealing with the press and the nsa, now they're saying, trust us. this is going to be good for you. we're here to help you. should land owners in the ozark area designated the blue way, should they be concerned? >> i think they should be concerned, governor. first, let me thank you for your leadership in calling national attention to this very important issue. i agree with you. the people that love the land the most are the best stewards of the land are the people that live there locally. what we see here is a washington power grab. it's unauthorized. it's unilateral. the secretary of interior can go in there and designate some area as a blue ways, and it's not just the water, it's that entire watershed. they

this is up to the people of wyoming. they don't need a texan coming in there. >> carl rove, you are disloyal to someone already in the senate. mike enzi has to finish like i'm not going fishing with that guy. >> that is not a full throated endorsement. >> what does this do to the party? is this a big spat? >> i hope so. i love to see them fight amongst themselves. i think the important thing historically is to think about what that to the wig party? right? they had the know nothings, they basically killed the wig party. you're seeing the same exact thing happen to the republicans. they have tea party, the extremists who are basically now, a cannibalism. >> i think she is a player on the national scene. i really do. thank you for joining us. >>> detroit gets rocked by bad republican policies. we'll look at how the city's bankruptcy is impacting middle class workers. and more bad news for chicago public schools. chicago student shawn johnson joins me to discuss the latest blow to public education. but next, i'm taking your

she has never lived in wyoming. she did not even go to school in wyoming. her connection is her parents. >> like robert kennedy in new york state. but she has not been the attorney general. she may win, but there's a long history of people trying to do this with famous names coming to the state. they have lost. >> hillary clinton in new york state. >> we will see. political a local scientists said, it has not worked in the past. it might now. these are different times. >> this is a generational thing. i am closer to him than her. i like her. i do not like her politics at all. but she is tough. i think she would be welcomed the presence in the senate. >> she would bring a sense of collegiality. [laughter] was to no longer belong to get along. when john kennedy sought the nomination in 1960, there was a vacancy. the last time i checked, there is not a vacancy. >> she is the first upstart to every challenge? >> i just wanted the analogy. >> the last word is "no vacancy. " there will be a vacancy your next week. see you next week. >>> from washington, the mclau

she has never lived in wyoming. she did not even go to school in wyoming. her connection is her parents. >> like robert kennedy in new york state. but she has not been the attorney general. she may win, but there's a long history of people trying to do this with famous names coming to the state. they have lost. >> hillary clinton in new york state. >> we will see. political a local scientists said, it has not worked in the past. it might now. these are different times. >> this is a generational thing. i am closer to him than her. i like her. i do not like her politics at all. but she is tough. i think she would be welcomed the presence in the senate. >> she would bring a sense of collegiality. [laughter] was to no longer belong to get along. when john kennedy sought the nomination in 1960, there was a vacancy. the last time i checked, there is not a vacancy. >> she is the first upstart to every challenge? >> i just wanted the analogy. >> the last word is "no vacancy. " there will be a vacancy your next week. see you next week. ♪ >> hello from brussels and

this has been sizzling under the radar since she moved to wyoming a year ago. kind of a clumsy roll out. i'm not sure she won a whole lot of friends. what she's got going for her is 100% anti sentiment. one thing enzi has going for him is he's got a name and he's been in that office since the mid-1990's. he's a good retail politician. he's not really into campaigning, but that state really appreciates handshakes. who knows, she could really pick him off. this is wyoming the primary is the general, if she wins in the primary, next up is senator liz cheney. cenk: i love this other quote she gave. "we have a defend what we believe in. snooze fest, typical republican talk. we have to not be afraid of being called obstructionists. because that's what we really needed. someone who's more obstructionists than the current slate in the senate, right? >> but see, there in lice the crux of the problem. the day after, you have republicans basically giving up however temporarily on the obstructionist agenda, confirming some of obama's nominees have been held in check a long

and we actually went out to wyoming this past fall to shoot deer and antelope. and we did. >> justice kagan did, in fact, kill a deer. she says she has come to enjoy hunting, especially with justice scalia. and as a kid from the upper west side of manhattan, she had no prior experience in it. >>> up next for us here tonight, how more and more teachers are teaching without any students in the room.

she has a great name recognition in wyoming. very conservative state where her father and her name and her father's policies, you know, may be more popular than they are broadly across the country. >> bill: what's her beef with enzi? >> i don't think she has that much of a beef really. i think she wants to be a senator. she moved her family back there with the intention of running. he's not exactly somebody who's made a big name for himself nationally all though he seems like a perfectly nice fellow and capable legislator. she wants the job. she figures this is her chance. this is her move. >> bill: we're talking with beth fouhy senior editor for politics and national news at yahoo! news yahoo.com. yesterday at the briefing, dominated by questions whether or not by edward snowden possibly getting asylum in russia that the united states is going to boycott the upcoming summer olympics -- i think they're summer olympics, nine months from now in russia. lindsey graham is the only person who's floated this. why has it become such a

wyoming i have to tell you is a fascinating place. they willal do nothing but accept her because they need all the residents they can get. i hate to tell you, in my extensive research or as i call it my me very much i learned the fact wyoming has three representatives in congress. i don't mean three congressmen or women. i mean two senators and one kong person. it's one of the rare states that's almost outnumbered by its congressmen, but the thing is, as i understand it, that would be a margining error, a rounding error in a place like california. they need everybody they can get. their full house of represent tins would fit in this studio. it would fit in my new york apartment. >> i'm sure it would. kevin blyer, "me the people" is the book. thank you so much for joining us. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] this is kevin. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for him, he's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. i was okay, but after lunch my

the republicans have learned nothing, but will probably win in wyoming. >> a cheney in wyoming that's a shoo in. this is now for her power move to happen. in order to go further what's 16 momsynonymous with the word cheney? tort you are. >> the wyoming senators, you remember alice simpson the cranky dude, how he bragged about his grandfather shot in the face like apparently if you're going to be a republican politician you have to shoot someone in the face. >> and brag about it. >> don't encourage liz. she just might do it. when we come back, oh, look at this! who's ahead in new york? is it spencer? by the way here's the fun fact about this. who are the two groups in new york that have put spitzer ahead? you might be shocked by one of the answers. come back, we'll tell you. >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration refor

wtf wyoming. dick cheney is a huge booster of his daughter's candidacy despite the fact that enzi has been dick cheney's fly-fishing buddy for decades d is great to know cheney is not only capable of shooting his friends in the case, he also has no problem stabbening them in the back. guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> john: on june 24th, president obama announced a plan to address climate change, pledging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. now, part of the president's plan involves moving away from coal and investing in natural gas which the president described as cleaner and safer. but i

markos before you go i have to get your take on liz cheney in wyoming. salon wrote a place, the republican party has to hit rock bottom, liz cheney is perfect. does she have a chance of winning this primary? it ends like the republican establishment is lining up behind ensy, right? >> there is always a chance. but the establishment is definitely lining up behind ensy. and wyoming -- there's like 17 people that live in the entire state and they all know each other. literally -- when i go to montana people walk in -- i have a group of people. we walk into a cafe in butte or a cafe in white fish they all know each other. so the sense that this person has lived in new york for decades just shows up because her dad happened to live in wyoming and she has the cheney name, and what she has done is disrespected ensy. i don't think that plays very well, but she is calling him senile. she is calling her a carpet bagger. the entertainment value will be fantastic. >> stephanie: sit back get some popcorn. all right. they you markos. >> thank you. >> stephanie: here i

mike enzi of wyoming thought he was friends with the cheney family. then again, so did that guy who got shot in the pace. we begin tonight four days since the jury declared george zimmerman not guilty with an american right wing working overtime to create a counter narrative about black racism, white victim hood and persecution. a dead black teenager and a shooter found not guilty is a parable for reverse racism toward white people. yet another example to justify fear of the black other. leading the charge is the right wing group perhaps most invested in making sure there are millions of people like george zimmerman walking around fearful and armed. the national rifle association. fresh off their victory of a concealed law in the latest hold out state in illinois, the nra is attacking attorney general eric holder for these comments he made yesterday at the naacp convention. >> it is our collective obligation we must stand our ground to ensure that our laws reduce violence and take a hard look at laws that contribute to more violence than they prevent.