gary trudeau, international all-time comic genius and of course dozens of papers across the country, not just in texas, dozens of papers across the country felt they had that shield their readers eyes that week. and frankly that's part of why the internet will live and physical papers will die. but texas is not the only state with a forced ultrasound law on the books. it was lars year that bob mcdonald earned his governor ultrasound nickname when he signed into law a version of the mandatory ultrasound law. he tried to distance himself from the bill once it earned him lots of protests and national attention and of course the nickname. but then there's the also the great state of oklahoma a state that passed the mandatory ultrasound bill back in 2010, in addition to requiring the ultrasound even if you do not require it, and your doctor does not want you to have it. the oklahoma law session that the doctor had to show you the ultrasound screen and had to describe to you everything that the screen could pick up. most of these laws do not require women to watch, do not require them to l

they come out of gary trudeau's head. you know, they're not strictly based on anybody. so he's cruising to re-election. he find out the duke basketball coach. >> mike she chef ski. >> digger man kuzzy is a pea party ktd. we have 11 episode, the first three are available now. they're going to be released one a week for eight weeks after this week and so some people can see that develop. >> how does this compare to the washington you know. >> i kind over like it. i think the way it sharened and showed members of congress. i don't think all pebs of congress are real boobes. they are funny. i was looking at the john goodman character to when i covered the house of representatives, there is a high level house of representatives members who i walked no a room once and i was you know made up a little more than i usually dress up. he was like, you look better than you usually do you are kind of hilarious. three, sometimes people are people are real life. >> it's seen as almost exactly. >> that's terrifying. >> with the a id to john goodman. >> what is your take? >> i can see ho

i'm executive produce we are creator gary trudeau and elliott webb. you just saw mark consuelos and jar martinez, a florida senator and his super pac good friend, john goodman, matt milloy, clark johnson, cynthia nixon, a lot of great stars in this production, and i think for anybody who, you know, likes to watch msnbc has any kind of interest in politics, you might want to check it out. three episodes are available right now on amazon for free. and the other eight episodes, which we've already shot, are going to be available one a week for the next couple of months if you subscribe to amazon prime, which gets you free shipping. >> get people hooked with those first three. >> also, i mean, amazon prime is a great deal. so it's part of the brave new world of online television. it's a little bit like being in cable news in the early 1980s or in network television in the early 1950s. it's a very exciting thing for me to do. but i'm not quitting my day job. still on msnbc. >> happy to hear that. lynn sweet, jonathan alter thanks for your time this afterno