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. >> and journalists t.j. holmes tweeted that he was pulled over while driving while black. tonight, holmes will weigh in on the race debate. [ male announcer ] it seems like every company has a facebook page these days. but where's the relationship status? well, esurance is now in a relationship...with allstate. and it looks pretty serious. esurance. click or call. mitt romney was asked a very simple yes or no question about his taxes this weekend. the question, was there ever a year when you paid less than 13.9%? >> i haven't calculated that. i'm happy to go back and look. but my view is, i have paid all the taxes required by law. i don't pay more than are legally due. >> ain't got a calculator that big. so romney's endured weeks of pressure about his taxes on every network and in every major newspaper, everyone from president obama to george will has weighed in and romney says he just hasn't had the time to check his tax rate. let's bring in joy-ann reid, jon bramnick, and emily tisch sussman, executive director of the young democrats of america. mr. bramnick, i've got to

i'm talk with journalist t.j. holmes. stay tuned. >>> welcome back. as many of you quo, i have been a university professor for nearly a quarter century, but you may not know that before that as a kid in the ghetto of detroit, my schoolmates teased me. they predicted what i would become long before i would know my destiny. i won a couple of spelling bees and later a few contests as well. so i guess you could say my love for words started when i was knee high to a tadpole. back then when i didn't know a word my mama used to tell me, look it up in the dictionary. boy, those were the days when a kid actually had to turn to a physical volume that contained the wonder of the worded world. now you just google it. the merriam-webster dictionary was my favorite along with the oxford english dictionary. tonight, i want to introduce you to the dyson-ary. get it? each night this week, i'll define a word in his political, cultural, and moral context. tonight's word is obfuscate. here is a quick example. >> i can tell y we follow the tax laws and if there's an oppo

. >> t.j. holmes, thank so much, my friend. >> that's "the ed show." i'm michael eric dyson in for ed schultz. "rachel maddow show" starts now. welcome back and good evening, rachel. >> thanks, michael. nice to see you. thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. it is honestly great to be back. first lady michelle obama has been attending the olympics in london. all this past weekend long, and that has led to some rather amazing photo ops. this is first lady michelle obama at a let's move exercise session that she held with local kids and u.s. service members' kids in london before the opening ceremonies last week. there she is at the same event with british soccer star the very handsome david beckham. here is michelle obama giving a preolympics pep talk to women's basketball team. this was kind of a stunning moment. upon meeting the u.s. wrestling team, the american wrestler asked first lady michelle obama if she could please pick her up. i'm guessing from the picture that the first lady answered in the affirmative and this history-m

. >> t.j. holmes, thank so much, my friend. >> that's "the ed show." i'm michael eric dyson in for ed schultz. "rachel maddow show" starts now. welcome back and good evening, rachel. >> thanks, michael. nice to see you. thanks a lot, my friend. thanks to you at home for staying with us for the next hour. it is honestly great to be back. first lady michelle obama has been attending the olympics in london. all this past weekend long, and that has led to some rather amazing photo ops. this is first lady michelle obama at a let's move exercise session that she held with local kids and u.s. service members' kids in london before the opening ceremonies last week. there she is at the same event with british soccer star the very handsome david beckham. here is michelle obama giving a preolympics pep talk to women's basketball team. this was kind of a stunning moment. upon meeting the u.s. wrestling team, the american wrestler asked first lady michelle obama if she could please pick her up. i'm guessing from the picture that the first lady answered in the affir

t.j. to take over as guardian. t.j. described to the court, deception, one aunt arranged for a person to pretend he was a doctor. that doctor advised katherine to change her travel plans to see her sons in concert in albuquerque. a family member was at the airport to pick her up. she never arrived. attempts to reach her were unsuccessful. that confrontation at the calabasas estate that summoned deputies, they were not authorized to enter, that they had to forcibly get through security gates and a secured perimeter. a reunion between katherine and grandchildren set off a new wave of angry tweets from the children who believe they were tricked. 15-year-old prince wrote, after speaking with her, i realized how misguided and how badly she was lied to. i am really angry and hurt. prince sent out a text message he believes he was not supposed to view. after the children had earlier asked to see their grandmother, instructions between reebie and janet, please don't let them. this is miriam hernan