look, first of all, back up and say you pointed out the interview with the huffington post. evidence, it is a friendly outlet. he did it very strategically. in terms of very personal, that is harry reid. when he went after alan greenspan, he called him a partisan hack. when he went and president bush, called him a liar and loser. apologized for loser, not for liar. he goes for the jugular. that's what he is doing now. he is an old boxer and likes to be a political street fighter. he knew full well he was going to be questioned over and over again on who his source was. and he said he told people close to him who i have spoken to that he didn't care, he is not telling who the source is. i did speak, have to tell you, i did speak to one source close to senator reid that claims to know who the bain investor is that he spoke with, insists it is a credible person and this person if we knew the name would understand they would have the authority and ability to know about romney's tax returns. whether we'll find it out ever, who knows. they're doing it on purpose so this is the dis

telling the huffington post harry reid made a statement that is true. somebody told him. it's a fact. jay carney side-stepped a question whether the white house agrees with pelosi. >> i haven't seen that statement. >> the white house also played defense on "washington post" report that could undermine the administration's claims it's getting tough with iran. shortly before joining the white house steph in 2010, david plouffe got $100,000 speaking fee from a subsidiary of the mgm group, which does business with iran's government. the white house insists questions about the company ties to iran were unknown at the time. >> criticism, mr. plouffe, now, for issues and controversies that developed much letter is misplaced. >> but the republican national committee notes media reports dating back to 2005 show the company was doing business in iran. meanwhile, the white house fires back that the top bush officials gave paid speeches to ubs and credit suisse which also did business in iran. bret? >> bret: ed henry live on the north lawn. thank you. more obama voters than mccain vo

james peterson is director of african studies, and sam steen is a political he had for for the huffington post and a contributor to msnbc. i want to start with james on this. what do you make of this? they're running it relentlessly and throwing in bill clinton him here. they make him the good guy and obama the bad guy. i see race here, and i don't see it all the time. i see welfare queens and food stamp talk. it's the same ol -- it's not even code. it's direct. my thought. yours? >> it's pretty direct. no, you're right here, chris, and i'm glad that we can move beyond this ad. this ad has been debunked this ad has been debunked across the board. joe scarborough came against the ads as being inaccurate. why are they used? there are racial codes inherent about public assistance and welfare. we can talk about the history of welfare queens and the ways in which welfare has been racialized historically. once we realize they're not accurate, we have to conclude that the romney campaign has a sinister strategy here about welfare and public assistance being only used and exploited and fraudulent

look, first of all, back up and say you pointed out the interview with the huffington post. evidence, it is a friendly outlet. he did it very strategically. in terms of very personal, that is harry reid. when he wanted to go after greenspan, he called him a partisan hack. when he went and president bush, called him a liar and loser. apologized for loser, not for liar. when he doesn't like somebody he goes for the jugular. that's what he is doing now. he is an old boxer and likes to be a political street fighter. he knew full well he was going to be questioned over and over again on who his source was. and he said he told people close to him who i have spoken to that he didn't care, he is not telling who the source is. i did speak, have to tell you, i did speak to one source close to senator reid that claims to know who the bain investor is that he spoke with, insists it is a credible person and this person if we knew the name would understand they would have the authority and ability to know about romney's tax returns. whether we'll find it out ever, who knows. they're doing

look, first of all, back up and say you pointed out the interview with the huffington post. evidence, it is a friendly outlet. he did it very strategically. in terms of very personal, that is harry reid. when he went afteral and greenspan, he called him a partisan hack. when he went and president bush, called him a liar and loser. apologized for loser, not for liar. he goes for the jugular. that's what he is doing now. he is an old boxer and likes to be a political street fighter. he knew full well he was going to be questioned over and over again on who his source was. and he said he told people close to him who i have spoken to that he didn't care, he is not telling who the source is. i did speak, have to tell you, i did speak to one source close to senator reid that claims to know who the bain investor is that he spoke with, insists it is a credible person and this person if we knew the name would understand they would have the authority and ability to know about romney's tax returns. whether we'll find it out ever, who knows. they're doing it on purpose so this is the di

[applause] our second guest this the chief of a know well huffington post -- aol huffington post media group and one of the authors of one of the frequently cited media brand on the internet, "the huffington post." de internationally syndicated columnist and author of 13 books, she has written extensively on the development of the internet and the need to include an engagement, to include trust, and to include authenticity and new forms of media appeared please welcome arianna huffington. [applause] our third guest is a journalist and internet safety advocate who has been following the development of the internet since its early inception. from 2010 to 2011, he served on the president's own mind safety and technology working group where he chaired the educations of a committee and wrote the education section of the group report to congress. presently, he reports daily for cbs news and kcbs appeared please welcome dr. larry magid. [applause] incidentally, before i forget, please remember that our program this evening runs until 9:00 p.m.. it usually ends at 8:30 p.m., but we have two fu

the editorial director for "huffington post" and cinch a a "huffington post" cynthia tucker. here is what this guy said in an interview. he was answering a question about pregnancy as the result from rape. >> seems to me first of all from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that down. but let's assume that didn't work or something. there should be some punishment, but the punishment should be in the rapist and not attacking the child. >> what do you think of that when you hear that said by a united states congressman by the way? not just a candidate for senate. this fella is already in office. representing about 6 or 800,000 people. your thoughts. >> it tacks my braet away, chris and lest we think todd akin is some ultra conservative creten, let's not be fulled into thinking that. that has become the view of the republican mainstream. i first heard this nonsense in 2003. on the floor of the georgia senate. don thomas, a republican speaking in favor of an antiabortion bill stood up and said basically t

sam stein rights for the huffington post. let me ask you about this. is there any truth to the charge that we are getting rid of work as a requirement for welfare payments? >> no. absolutely no truth to it. if you look back at this memo that came out in july, it basically says that the hhs won't consider any waivers of that significantly reduce work. in fact, the only way you can get a proof of waiver it increases work about 20%. as far as i can tell, there is no difference between romney's stance and obama's stance. >> sounds terrific. >> these ads are running. i was watching the olympics today. they are running during the olympics. so this is their new -- >> this is willie horton stuff. not is your pryingly white house press secretary carney took to the podium today to correct the romney ads. let's watch. >> from a policy standpoint, let me say that this advertisement is categorically false. it is blatantly dishonest. this administration's policy will strengthen the program by giving states the opportunity to employ more effective ways to help people

(laughter) roads told the huffington post that mitt would model his leadership on superstar president james k. polk. (laughter) good-bye, boring mitt romney! hello polk-mania! james k. polk! come on! one of america's 44 best-known presidents! (cheers and applause) there's polk fever here tonight. (laughter) i mean, you probably know him best as the man who invented the mullet. (laughter) and mitt's campaign manager isn't the only one pointing out mitt's polk-ritude. >> he will be like polk. here's a guy who ran and said he would do four things: he was going to reform the treasury, he was going to lower the tariffs, he was going to resolve the oregon border dispute and he was going to admit texas. and he did these four things, served one term and got out. >> stephen: it's a perfect comparison! because mitt romney has also said he'd do four things as president: "you'll find out later." (cheers and applause) well, like polk... (laughter). (cheers and applause) now, like polk romney will continue the priorities of the polk administration. like slashing the bloated tariff of 1842! or, as i

with us today, howard fineman with "the huffington post," nbc's kelly o'donnell, "new york time's" helene cooper and national journey's major garrett. welcome, all. it's not your regular august, now, is it? first up, mitt romney picked paul ryan to shake up the race into a campaign about big ideas but two men known for discipline found themselves knocked off message a bit. an unforced error when they couldn't explain the daylight between medicare plans. both parties have demagogued this issue over the years, whether bill clinton's ads against bob dole, or more recently, republican attacks against democrats in the 2010 midterm election. when mitt romney brought out the white board thursday to clarify his plan, he was baited back into talking about his own tax returns. >> i did go back and look at my taxes and over the past 10 years, i never paid less than 13%. >> the obama campaign was quick to respond. "since there is substantial reason to doubt his claims, we have a simple message for him, prove it." howard fineman, calling mitt romney a liar on this? >> they don't believe him. >> are th

we have political editor and white house correspondent for the huffington post sam stein. >> hi, sam. >> and katty kay, great to see you again. it's been a while. and the executive editor of bloomberg news, al hunt. hello, al. >> al is very upset. >> why? >> well, the dancing horse. >> refalca. >> and al had money on this. . >> i've always been on the offspring of argentinargentinau. >> you keep your palm beach weekends as a child to yourself, okay? >> i didn't have any. >> okay. >> and "time" magazine contributing editor john pea meacham. hello, john. >> he's our

again, this is your piece on "the huffington post." we've not had any indication that that is governor romney's perspective at all. >>> the diplomatic showdown between britain and ecuador after ecuador actually grants asylum to julian assange, founder of wikileaks. >>> first, there's a lot going on on this thursday. here's things we just thought you should know. president obama and mitt romney agreed to suspend all campaign ads on the anniversary of 9/11. new york based group my good deed made the request in order to honor the victims and their families. this, by the way, is the third time presidential candidates have agreed not to show ads on sense september 11th. >>> bill clinton meet bill clinton. the former president had lunch today with a ugandan boy named after his honor. he reunited with the boy 14 years after their first meeting. look how much he's grown. >>> and a band wants mitt romney to stop using the song "panic switch." saying, "while you're probably inadvertently playing a song that describes your whole campaign, we doub

here with us, cofounder of the huffington post ariana huffington. >> wow. all i can say is wow. >> at your oasis you serve up mint romney by bliss. >> stop it. stop it. >> did you use it on louis? >> yes. we have a choice of mint romney or eau balma. i prefer the mint romney body lotion even if i'm voting for obama. >> you had a panel done and msnbc was involved. >> it was a panel to focus on the biggest jobs crisis. it hasn't been exactly front and center at the convention -- the jobs crisis. and what we can do without waiting for washington to come up with solutions. what can the private sector, not for profit foundations do but to change the narrative around jobs creation. and also to give real commitments like you see the president of the rockefeller foundation announced yesterday that they are committing $1 million for the most innovative job creation idea. the ford foundation committed $150 million over the next five years to close the skills gap. >> oh, wow. >> we had a foundation meeting to provide a challenge to $150,000 to provide jobs for not for

(laughter) roads told the huffington post that mitt would model his leadership on superstar president james k. polk. (laughter) good-bye, boring mitt romney! hello polk-mania! james k. poke! come on! one of america's 44 best-known presidents! (cheers and applause) there's polk fever here tonight. (laughter) i mean, you probably know him best as the man who invented the mullet. (laughter) and mitt's campaign manager isn't the only one pointing out mitt's polk-ritude. >> he will be like polk. here's a guy who ran and said he would do four things: he was going to reform the treasury, he was going to lower the tariffs, he was going to resolve the oregon border dispute and he was going to admit texas. and he did these four things, served one term and got out. >> stephen: it's a perfect comparison! because mitt romney has also said he'd do four things as president: "you'll find out later." (cheers and applause) well, like polk... (laughter). (cheers and applause) now, like polk romney will continue the priorities of the polk administration. like slashing the bloated tariff of 1842! or, as i

the democratic leader in the house is fanning the flames too - telling the huffington post, harry reid made a statement that is true. as for republicans - they're now hitting democrats where it could hurt most - the president's credibility, accusing obamas campaign of orchestrating reid's controversial political attack--pointing the finger at obama advisor david axelrod. a spokesman for the republican party noted to c-n-n, reid first accused romney of not paying his taxes last tuesday hours after axelrod visited senate democrats, r-n-c spokesman sean spicer telling c-n-n, you've got to wonder if the so-called source is axelrod himself. hours after meeting with axelrod, reid comes out and makes baseless accusations. in an email, axelrod called that completely false and said he never had any such discussion. instead of pointing fingers in every direction, they can put the whole matter to rest by simply observing the standard george romney and a generation of candidates have set by releasing the returns, axelrod told c-n-n. the wordds out that he hasn't paid any taxes in 10 years. democra

james peterson is director of african studies, and sam steen is a political he had for for the huffington post and a contributor to msnbc. i want to start with james on this. awhat do you make of this? they're running it relentlessly and throwing in bill clinton him here. they make him the good guy and obama the bad guy. i see race here, and i don't see it all the time. i see welfare queens and food stamp talk. it's the same oel -- it's not even code. it's direct. my thought. yours? >> it's pretty direct. no, you're right here, chris, and i'm glad that we can move beyond this ad. this ad has been debunked aacross the board. joe stcarborough came against te ads as being inaccurate. why are they used? there are racial codes inherent about public assistance and welfare. we can talk about the history of welfare queens and the ways in which welfare has been racialized historically. once we realize they're not accurate, we have to conclude that the romney campaign has a sinister strategy here about welfare and public assistance being only used and exploited and fraudulently used sometimes by pe

former federal prosecutor jeremy timpkin and sam stein of the huffington post. thank you very much both of you. >>> coming up, the only thing that might distract from taxes. might for, like, i don't know, five minutes. mitt romney's vice presidential choice are here. and bill o'reilly, who loves, loves calling for boycotts against things all the time, whole countries like france. now doesn't want people organizing a boycott against chick-fil-a. that's coming up. this is new york state. we built the first railway, the first trade route to the west, the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there's a new new york state. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. a place where innovation meets determination... and businesses lead the world. the new new york works for business. find out how it can work for yours at thenewny.com. [ feedback ] attention, well, everyone. you can now try snapshot from progressive free for 30 days. just plug this into your car, and your good driving can save you up to 30%. you could even try it w

and so "the huffington post" story i guess is out today, media matters did a whole big study earlier in the summer where they laid out all of the money including all the things you just showed. exodus international is the pray the gay away organization. that's where the problem is. you can't -- you can say that you don't believe in same-sex marriage and you have issues with gay people, but to then use the money from your company, from your philanthropy to then do harm to those people, that's a whole other issue. >> and every american has the right to not eat at chick-fil-a. and i think that -- that's the greatest thing about being an american. all of that being said, i don't understand why chick-fil-a has taken this specific stand given that culturally no one can deny there's a statistical shift towards the support of gay marriage in america. >> but i think -- and i agree with you meghan, all of us have our rights to express ourselves. all of us should be protected by that. but when you look at the research council and what his president says and the fact that chick-fil-a puts millio

huffington post says that his mother said he had mental health issues. a colorado judge has refused to lift the gag order in the case of the theater shooting suspect. james holmes is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 50 others. the judge said some documents will remain sealed to avoid jeopardize in the ongoing investigation. >> china will be hosting a meeting today with syrian officials to try to work out a solution to the civil war. it is considering separate talks with opposition figures. during the fighting, an estimated 20,000 people have died in just the last 18 months. a magnitude 7.7 earthquake hit the waters off of far eastern russia today. it struck about 100 mi. off the coast of an island. no reports of any injuries or damages >> california came up nearly a half billion dollars below budget projections in july. the comptroller released a report yesterday saying several areas came up short including sales tax spending appeared on track and taxes came in above projections. a state bill to close the corporate tax loophole is moving forward

and laura basset, journalist who covers women's issues for the huffington post. thank you both for being on the show tonight. >> happy to on it thank you for having me. >> congresswoman, does paul paul ryan have a todd cane problem? >> he does does. as a matter of fact the whole gop in the house has that problem. hr 3 was passed with every single republican voting for it. that's the bill that redefined rape. >> when you say redefined -- paul ryan was the original co-sponsor. >> when you say redefine rape paul ryan and akin co-sponsored, that's when they said forced rape. explain to me what rape is that is not forced? >> reverend, i can't fathom those minds. obviously if there is an oxymoron it is legitimate rape. i -- absolutely cannot tell you what the thing about. can you believe that congressman akin is on the science committee? >> no. that -- that i didn't know. let me go to you, laura. they are saying legitimate rape, they are saying forced rape, i mean, it is -- total -- not only misconstruing of what rape is, but is an insult to women who have already been

former federal prosecutor jeremy timpkin and sam stein of the huffington post. thank you very much both of you. >>> coming up, the only thing that might distract from taxes. might for, like, i don't know, five minutes. mitt romney's vice presidential choice are here. and bill o'reilly, who loves, loves calling for boycotts against things all the time, whole countries like france. now doesn't want people organizing a boycott against chick-fil-a. that's coming up. this is new york state. we built the first railway, the first trade route to the west, the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there's a new new york state. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. a place where innovation meets determination... and businesses lead the world. the new new york works for business. find out how it can work for yours at thenewny.com. >>> at the beginning of a hearing today in the house of representatives on a republican bill to make english the official language of the united states, the senior democrat on the committee, john con

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let's turn to howard fineman, editorial director for the "huffington post." i find this rather amazing. does the romney camp, howard, really believe that it can win on medicare? >> well, i think they're trying to make a virtue of a necessity at all costs here, ed. my sense from talking to people in and around the camp is they settled on paul ryan for a host of reasons, perhaps. the catholic vote, the midwest, et cetera. i don't think they chose him because they wanted to lead with this issue. that just doesn't make sense. but they're trying to make a virtue of it desperately. i spoke with ed gillespie who is an adviser, former republican party chairman, what he said to me is we want to deal with the issue now. we know that democrats are going to attack us on it. let's do it now. let's try to neutralize it and get back to the economy later. but that doesn't make sense to anybody who looks at any polling who knows that the big issue in the campaign is what to do about the future of the economy. i think they're talking through their hat a little bit on this one,

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he writes -- for more, we're joined by ryan grim, bureau chief for the huffington post. he connects the dots in his latest three titled, "mitt romney started bain capital with money from families tied to death squads." ryan grim, welcome to "democracy now!" if you could carefully laid out the story, and set the stage in el salvador in the early 1980's, what was happening there, the carnage. >> sure. in 1980, there was land reform instituted by the of salvador government that started to parcel up some of the farms, some of the coffee plantations and the other land holdings of the elite and it also nationalized the international coffee trade, so they did not nationalize the industry, but just before the export of it. so the oligarchs responded with a vicious and brutal campaign that included death squads and in the first year or two, until something like 35,000 people. over 10 years, killed about 70,000 people. the u.n. has since calculated about 85% of the killing was done by these right-wing death squads, so this is not one of those dirty wars where both sides were equal

let's turn to howard fineman, editorial director for the huffington post. i find this rather amazing. does the romney camp, howard, really believe that it can win on medicare? >> well, i think they're trying to make a virtue of a necessity at all costs here, ed. my sense from talking to people in and around the camp is they settled on paul ryan for a host of reasons, perhaps. the catholic vote, the midwest, et cetera. i don't think they chose him because they wanted to lead with this issue. that just doesn't make sense. but they're trying to make a virtue of it desperately. i spoke with ed gillespie who is an adviser, former republican party chairman, what he said to me is we want to deal with the issue now. we know that democrats are going to attack us on it. let's do it phau. let's try to neutralize it and get back to the economy later. but that doesn't make sense to anybody who looks at any polling who knows that the big issue in the campaign is what to do about the future of the economy. i think they're talking through their hat a little bit on this one

joining me now, msnbc's krystal ball and "the huffington post's" sam stein. krystal, as this day as unfolded and akin has dug in, it seems now that he is ready to go the distance in this campaign. how worried do you think republicans should be about that? >> well, i think they should be very concerned about it. i mean, frankly, this seat, holding on to this seat for claire mccaskill is really going to be a long shot, if she got any sort of normal, reasonable candidate in the race, she didn't get a normal, reasonable candidate in the race, though. she got todd aakin. and this really harkens back to what happened in 2010. republicans were perfectly happy to ride the tea party wave, as long as it was providing them with momentum and energy to make gains in the 2010 midterm elections. but even then, it wasn't without a cost, as we recall, sharron angle, ken buck, et cetera. but when you let your party be taken over by nut jobs, essentially, occasionally those nut jobs are going to run for office and they're going to say nut jobby things and it's going to screw up

joining us now from washington, our huffington post reporters, christina wilkie and jason cherkis. great to see you guys. jason, talk to us a little about how fernstrom, who sounds a little wild, fits into the broader picture that we have, this broader narrative that mitt romney's team is staffed by sort of buttoned-up suit wearing data driven private sector bain employees. >> i think that he fits in the role in that he's not that way. i think that romney appreciates fernstrom sort of attack dog mode. i think that as a journalist in boston pointed out, in many ways, romney is very much in the corporate world when he was in bain, he was sort of an attack dog, you know, bottom line kind of guy. i think that's where he and fernstrom sort of make that connection, that fernstrom is often his own -- often romney's voice and i think romney approves whatever fernstrom says and does and they kind of have each other's back in that kind of way. >> christina, we talked earlier in the program about maybe a lack of discipline or strategy in tackling some of the bigger, incendiary topics in mitt

joining me now, msnbc's krystal ball and "the huffington post's" sam stein. krystal, as this day as unfolded and akin has dug in, it seems now that he is ready to go the distance in this campaign. how worried do you think republicans should be about that? >> well, i think they should be very concerned about it. i mean, frankly, this seat, holding on to this seat for claire mccaskill is really going to be a long shot, if she got any sort of normal, reasonable candidate in the race, she didn't get a normal, reasonable candidate in the race, though. she got todd akin. and this really harkens back to what happened in 2010. republicans were perfectly happy to ride the tea party wave, as long as it was providing them with momentum and energy to make gains in the 2010 midterm elections. but even then, it wasn't without a cost, as we recall, sharron angle, ken buck, et cetera. but when you let your party be taken over by nut jobs, essentially, occasionally those nut jobs are going to run for office and they're going to say nut jobby things and it's going to screw up

look, first of all, back up and say you pointed out the interview with the huffington post. evidence, it is a friendly outlet. he did this very strategically, and in terms of the personal, that is harry reid, and when he wanted to go after alan greenspan, he called him a partisan hack and when he wanted to go after president bush, he called him a liar and loser, and apologized for the loser and not the liar part. he goes for the jugular. that's what he is doing now. he is an old boxer and likes to be a political street fighter. he knew full well he was going to be questioned over and over again on who his source was. and he said he told people close to him who i have spoken to that he didn't care, he is not telling who the source is. i did speak, have to tell you, i did speak to one source close to senator reid that claims to know who the bain investor is that he spoke with, insists it is a credible person and this person if we knew the name would understand they would have the authority and ability to know about romney's tax returns. whether we'll find it out ever, who know

. >> when are pressed on the comment they back tracked telling the "huffington post" i don't know the political party of the source and beyond the fact that he was an investor with bane can tal. the obama campaign is seeing an opportunity to question romney on his taxes produced this ad yesterday. >> i'm barack obama and i approved this message. >> was there ever anything lower than the 13.9%. >> i haven't calculated. i will have to look. >> did he pay 10%, 5%, 0? we don't know. we know he had $7 million in fictional losses as part of a tax scandal, one of the largest tax avoidance schemes in history. isn't it time for romney to come clean? >> he told senator reid to put up or shut up about his source. >> the lawyer for the shooting suspect said his client is mentally ill. the 24-year-old is charged with shooting and killing 12 people and injuring 58 more in the premier of the dark knight rises. he was seeing a psychiatrist who studies schizophrenia. he was accused of orchestrating an elaborate assault. he bought several guns and 6,000 rounds of ammunition and set up sophisticated boo

the huskton post has been weighing -- huffington post has been weighing in on this. the recent one came in around 3 hours ago. we have 32 new tweets on it. also conservative blogger weighed in on what's happened in perry hall and check that out under the hash tag of perry hall and this is the power of social media. we are seeing this. much of the information about the school shooting was coming out through places like facebook and twitter. also, one person this morning that guidance counselor beinghailed a hero. >> he is charley. that school employee who stepped in and stopped the shotter. linda mentioned this earlier. he's identified by students and friends as jesse wasmer a guidance counselor. students say he stepped in to break up fights at the school before. this is not the first time he has stepped in to end a violent situation. and now a facebook page has been set up thanking him and right now it has more than 13,000 likes. >> when yo hear of a tramming -- you hear of a trank i did like -- tragedy like this and a hero doing something like this it balances every

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