arianna huffington what made her switch? guest: i heard those rumors you were talking about that the president wanted to switch hillary clinton out for vice president joe biden. they seem to be just rumors. there is no evidence of that. from the white house or hillary clinton supporters or joe biden supporters. for now, there's nothing to worry about. it looks like joe biden will stay on the ticket. over time, arianna huffington was republican and conservative. she realized it was not in line with where she was. she likes to say that the website is beyond left and right. there are issues like the housing crisis and the war in afghanistan which are not democratic or republican issues. we go for the issues that unite us and said of divide us. host: your publication and others said that the vice president will visit during the republican national convention. guest: people would like to see hillary clinton as vice- president or president. joeublicans enjoy seeing biden speak because he speaks of the cup. that's what a lot of dem

>> caller: we're talking about the huffington post. i have not found stories that the huffington post has done that have been in-depth. >> host: ms. terkel. >> guest: sure. i'm sorry you feel that way, and the specific issues you're talking about, check out pieces by zach and ryan who have done investigative reporting on the issues. i know we have a lot of content on the site, and when you're on the page, it's easy to be distracted by the kitten singing the cute song on the way to finding other things, and we have a lot of content on the site. dig deep into the site and find them. we put a loft the quality content right on the front page. we splash a big headline that is the news story driving the day, and there's a big headline with related pieces, and we try to highlight the up vest gaitive works. sorry you have not found it, but don't give up on the site. >> host: is there a kale -- cable channel in the future, but what about the live venture? >> guest: not that i know. i think right now, we're expermitting with streaming television

. >> harry reid's rumor turns into a huffington post headline. he said an investor told him romney didn't pay taxes for ten years. the big panel weighs in next. >> i'll reopen the dyson-ary and teach republicans the real meaning of independence. >> and has the election of the first black president been good for race relations in america? dr. james peterson has answers ahead. >>> there was one year when you paid about a 13.9% tax rate. was there ever any year when you paid lower than the 13.9%? >> i haven't calculated that. my view is i have paid all the taxes required by law. i don't pay more than are legally due. and frankly, if i had paid more than are legally due, i don't think i would be qualified to become president. >> if i don't hustle and exploit you for all i can get you for, i don't deserve to be in the oval office. mitt romney says he doesn't recall if he ever paid less than 13.9% tax rate. of course, we have to take romney at his word since he's only released two years of tax returns. now, senate majority leader harry reid said he kno

you can have partisanship without incredible polarization. >> area and huffington -- ariana huffington, presiding over an oasis of calm. mitt romney prepares to give the most important speech of his political career in the convention hall behind me in tampa, florida. you can get much more news on our website. from all of us here, thanks for watching. >> funding of this presentation was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, union bank, and shell. >> at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies. that's why we're supplying cleaner-burning natural gas to generate electricity. and it's also why, with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol, a biofuel made from renewable sugar cane. >> a minute, mom! >> let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. >> "bbc world news" wa

this began earlier when he told the huffington post what he says a bain capital investor told him. he said he didn't pay taxes for ten years. he went on. do i know that's true? well, i'm not certain. that was harry reid saying i am not certain. you would think not being certain about the truth of an explosive allegation, you would kind of keep it to yourself, right? instead, harry reid went further with local reporters saying he had a quote number of people tell me

the political reporter from "huffington post." >>> the mindset of the man behind the aurora, colorado theater killings. james holmes is expected back in court this morning. public defense lawyers wand investigators to hand over the packet of documents that he sent to his psychiatrist. the package was seized by authorities under a search warrant last week. the defense says it's privileged doctor/patient communication. holmes is charged with killing 12 people and injuring 58 others

reid told the "huffington post," he didn't pay any taxes for ten years. he went on, do i know that is ue? well, i'm not certain. that is harry reid saying i'm not certain. so you would think that not being certain about the truth of an explosive allegation you would keep it to yourself? well, instead, harry reid went further with local reporters say saying he had a quote number of people tell me that, unquote. so it went from one person telling him to now a number of

. >> harry reid's rumor turns into a huffington post headline. he said a bain investor told him romney didn't pay taxes for ten years. a panel will will weigh in next. >>> i'll reopen the dyson-ary and teach republicans the real meaning of independents. >>> and has the election of the first black president been good for race relations in america? dr. james peterson has answers ahead. >>> there was one year when you paid about a 13.9% tax rate. was there ever any year when you paid lower than the 13.9%? >> i haven't calculated that. my view is i have paid all the taxes required by law. i don't pay more than are legally due, and, frankly, if i had paid more than are legally due, i don't think i'd be qualified to become president. >> if i don't hustle and exploit you for all i can get you for, i don't deserve to be in the oval office. mitt romney says he doesn't recall if he ever paid less than a 13.9% tax rate. of course, we have to take romney at his word since he has only released two years of tax returns. but now senate majority leader harry rei

that's why my article in the huffington post. pete seeger, has a long 93-year. >> bill: pete seeger he did good work on the hudson river. he floated up and down. he sang his sock. played his banjo, i have got to problem with pete seeger. i do have a problem with guys like you, doc, going on the huffington post and perpetuating propaganda. now, i asked you twice. i'm not going to ask you again. i don't want to belabor it. you can't give me an example of right wing buffoonery that is on this program. you can't. yet, you put it in writing. you give it to the huffington post which will print anything. and they put it on there. and then people read it and they go oh, that's right. that o'reilly is a right wing buffoon. your students think it. part of the propaganda mill that on both sides. both sides use the propaganda mill. you are guilty of that for a distinguished professor because you have that label out there. you are distinguished. i think that might be beneath you to say that without being able to back it up. >> i think that ja

. >> harry reid's rumor turns into a huffington post headline. he said an investor told him romney didn't pay taxes for ten years. >> i'll reopen the dyson-ary and teach republicans the real meaning of independents. >> and has the election of the first black president been good for race relations in america? dr. james peterson has answers ahead. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >>> there was one year when you paid about a 13.9% tax rate. was there ever any year when you paid lower than the 13.9%? >> i haven't calculated that. my view is i have paid all the taxes required by law. i don't pay more than are legally due. and frankly, if i had paid more than are legally due, i don't think i would be qualified to become president.

we're going to cover everything hot on huffington post. it's real conversations with real people, and i think that's where the future is going. it's all going online. i'm really excited to be part of the "huffington post" family. stay tuned. >> jennifer: we'll keep our eye on you i wish you very good luck in that. that's abby huntsman. thank you for joining us inside "the war room." >> thank you governor. >> jennifer: you bet. up next a great day on the campaign front. we've got mitt and bain. mitt and taxes mitt and the v.p. guessing game. hold on to your hands. we'll be right back with plentntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntntnt >>now let's get some real news. (vo) first, news and analysis with a washington perspective from an emmy winning insider. >>you couldn't say it any more powerfully than that. >> current tv, on the roll. (vo)followed by humor and politics with a west coast edge. >>ah, thank you. >>it really is incredible. (vo)bill press and stephanie miller, current's morning news block. wee

we're going to cover everything hot on huffington post. it's real conversations with real people, and i think that's where the future is going. it's all going online. i'm really excited to be part of the "huffington post" family. stay tuned. >> jennifer: we'll keep our eye on you i wish you very good luck in that. that's abby huntsman. thank you for joining us inside "the war room." >> thank you governor. >> jennifer: you bet. up next a great day on the campaign front. we've got mitt and bain. mitt and taxes mitt and the v.p. guessing game. hold on to your hands. we'll be right back with plenty of mitt. [ ♪ music ♪ ] over time, grease and residue get stuck inside. for an intensive clean use finish dishwasher cleaner. it's taking out the trash for your dishwasher. hershey's drops. a lot of hershey's happiness in little drops of milk chocolate. and cookies n creme. pure hershey's. hey joe? yeah? is this a bad time? no, i can talk. great -- it's the 9th inning and your hair still looks amazing. well, it starts with a healthy scalp. that's

. >> harry reid's rumor turns into a huffington post headline. he said an investor told him romney didn't pay taxes for ten years. >> i'll reopen the dyson-ary and teach republicans the real meaning of independents. >> and has the election of the first black president been good for race relations in america? dr. james peterson has answers ahead. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >>> there was one year when you paid about a 13.9% tax rate. was there ever any year when you paid lower than the 13.9%? >> i haven't calculated that. my view is i have paid all the taxes required by law. i don't pay more than are legally due. and frankly, if i had paid more than are legally due, i don't think i would be qualified to become p

going to connect here with jordan schultz from huffington post, still trying to go. while we are doing that, dan? the big news to me over the weekend with the olympics was, they only -- >> they had a huge weekend. >> yeah. >> so i think the biggest headline overall is andy murray lost his last three grand slam championents and wimbledon a month ago against roger federer. rep representing switzerland on central court at the old england club and won. >> yeah. >> in front of the prince and kate middleton and very very impressive performance. three straight sets. >> no doubt about it. okay. are we okay peter? all right. and dan, we thank you. ? >> sure. >> the real deal here sports delumnist for the huffington post jordan schultsz his blog is called the skwhultschultz report. jordanz, his blog is called the schultz report. jordan jordan. jordan? okay. hello, peter. >> hey. try again. >> all right. >> jordan schultz. are you there? >> yes. i am here. >> there we go. we foupdz you. hey, jordan. good to talk to you. a little technical difficulty on our end. sorry about that

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

[laughter] arianna huffington, the darling of the left, or else i like to say one scary broad. she pulled off with few progressives thought possible. she sold the huffingtonpost.com to aol for a reported $315 million, and she got a reported $100 million out of the deal. $350 million for the huffington post. and the 9,000 loggers who spent six years working for her for free, guess how much they got? a big fat nothing. zero. zero of the $100 million she reportedly got. the full amount was in typical progress fashion was hysterical. one blocker said we made the huffingtonpost.com we are being abandoned. another disgruntled sucker rb stuart road he regrets estimating an estimated $25,000 worth of content and then a slap in the face for the slavery victims he said arianna not only sold her soul as well as her ship of slaves, but still deceives her demise of this act of greed and exploitation. when arianna huffington sold the post to a well she made her a leftie fan base so upset i didn't know whether to shove her or give her a high five. when in reality, she knows all about corporat

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

the huffington post uncovered how chick-fil-a has been spending their charity dollars because they give to a lot of different causes. one of them, one of of their causes they took up was gay marriage and they gave about a million dollars to groups that fought to keep same section-sex couples from getting married. at that time, my wife and i, because at the time, my kids were younger, and they are still young but they were too young to grasp the concept of gay marriage at this point. we said, no more chick-fil-a. i cannot overstate how much i loved chick-fil-a growing up. we had chick-fil-a. i grew up in south carolina. it's big in the south. we ate chick-fil-a a lot which may tell you something about how i was a young fat boy eating chick-fil-a. we have a chick-fil-a in my neighborhood. we used to go there all the time especially for the kids. my kids' school had fundraisers there. it's great. no more. we went to no school fundraisers held at chick-fil-a. we have been doing that about a year and a half. we knew they were fighting to keep gay people from getting married. that being said,

former federal prosecutor jeremy temkin and sam stein of the huffington post, thank you very much for joining me tonight. >>> coming up, the only thing that might distract from taxes. might for, like, i don't know, maybe five minutes. mitt romney's vice presidential choice. 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 the ♪ [music plays] ♪ [music plays] to drive a car filled with as much advanced technology as the world around it. with the available lexus enform app suite, you can use opentable to make restaurant reservations... search with bing... and listen to pandora. presenting the 2013 lexus gs, rx and the all-new es, the leading edge of the leading edge. during the golden opportunity sales event, get great values on some of our newest models. this is the pursuit of perfection. get great values on some of our newest models. i wish i could keep it this way. [ dr. rahmany ] you see, even after a dental cleaning... plaque quickly

amanda terkel of "the huffington post," thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> great. thank you. >> you can watch the very last word online at our blog every night, thelastword.msnbc.com, featuring david cay johnston and other guests on this show, the people who get to say a few more things that they wanted to say that they didn't quite get to say in our little time period here on the air. >>> fury on the right. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. huey long once said fascism when it comes to america will call itself antifascism. what do we call this hard right in the country? not conservatives. they're the ones getting hit by this hard rightward swing in republican politics. last night in texas a cheered on hero of the tea party right beat governor perry's candidate and now can't be stopped. suddenly conservatism isn't good enough. you have to be on the farout fringe, where people don't believe in abortion, where same-sex marriage is the work of the devil, where government is bad, another neocon race to

. >> joining me now, howard fineman, "huffington post" editorial director and msnbc analyst and david cay johnston, pulitzer prize winning columnist for reuters. david, take us through this tax argument that's going on now, between the two campaigns. >> well, the president is doing something that his predecessors did not, and that is, explaining how this really works. so if you make less than $200,000 a year, if you think you should pay higher taxes, so that people who make $1 million a year can pay less, romney's got a really great plan. i don't happen to share that particular view, but -- and the savings are pretty big at the top. the average would be about $1,600 a week that you would save. the president's making it very clear, you will pay for this. you will have to pay for this at the bottom. and i think that's hurting romney very badly. romney's argument is to come back and say, no, this will create jobs. and the problem we have with that, of course, is we have 12 years of experience, now, with tax cuts to create jobs and it didn't work. >> howard fineman, you have seen what we'

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

former federal prosecutor jeremy temkin and sam stein of the huffington post, thank you very much for joining me tonight. >>> coming up, the only thing that might distract from taxes. might for, like, i don't know, maybe five minutes. mitt romney's vice presidential choice. 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 the ♪ [music plays] ♪ [music plays] to drive a car filled with as much advanced technology as the world around it. with the available lexus enform app suite, you can use opentable to make restaurant reservations... search with bing... and listen to pandora. presenting the 2013 lus gs, rx and the all-new es, the leading edge of the leading edge. during the golden opportunity sales event, get great values on some of our newest models. this is the pursuit of perfection. i wish i could keep it this way. [ dr. rahmany ] you see, even after a dental cleaning... plaque quickly starts to grow back. but new crest pro-health cl

here's how it appeared in the huffington post. saying he had no problem with somebody being really, really wealthy, harry reid sad up in his chair a bit before stirring the pot further. a month ago, he said a person who invested with bain capital called his office. he said, he didn't pay taxes for ten years. he didn't pay taxes for ten y r years. do i know it's true? i'm not certain, said reid. but he hasn't released the tax returns. how would it look. his wealth, not a chance in the world. it's a lot more than that. you would do well sphyou don't pay taxes for ten years when you're making millions and millions of dollars. very soft spoken guy, mild mannered guy. even for somebody who is usually hyper, that is a little unhinged. an unnamed single source making a phone call to his office with a wild accusation that the senate majority leader then puts on the record to reporters even though he admits it's just heresy and he doesn't know it's true. that's outrageous. it's weird. it rightfully got senator reid roasted by john stewart

amanda terkel of "the huffington post," thank you very much for joining me tonight.

reid told the "huffington post," he didn't pay any taxes for ten years. he went on, do i know that is ue? well, i'm not certain. that is harry reid saying i'm not certain. so you would think that not being certain about the truth of an explosive allegation you would keep it to yourself? well, instead, harry reid went further with local reporters say saying he had a quote number of people tell me that, unquote. so it went from one person telling him to now a number of people and then today, he went even further. >> so, the word is out that he has not paid any taxes for ten years. let him prove that he has paid taxes, because he has not. >> and now on the floor of the senate he says the word is out, and the word is out because senator reid put it out. not anything that anybody can check, such as the name of the source, but this is what john mccain told us today. harry reid said on the floor of the senate reiterated this idea that mitt romney has not paid taxes for ten years and i quote on the word on the floor that he has not paid taxes and let him prove th

michelle richardson and senior tech editor of "the huffington post," bianca boscer, thank you for your time tonight. >> chick-fil-a opens a location in a state you've never heard of. viewfinder coming up next. she's every 5-year-old who ever jumped in a pool and didn't want to get out. ♪ ♪ every coach, every rival who ever pushed her. she's the tip of a spear that goes all the way back to the beginning. it's amazing how far you can go with a little help along the way. td ameritrade. proud sponsor of the 2012 u.s. olympic team. >> eliot: coming up, the unrest in syria continues but first, colbert re-creates olympic gymnastics, shepard smith doesn't seem to appreciate appreciation day and the real reason mitt romney won't release his tax returns. when it doesn't fit anywhere else, we put it in the viewfinder. >> we now know that the romney campaign will not release anymore of the candidate's tax returns. ♪ >> receipts. the receipts, where are they? i know they're in this closet. >> mr. romney, please show us your returns. >> the taxes. and 2001 to 2010, the taxes. where are they? i

those are pictures on "the huffington post" of her. you know what -- b.s. you know who i'm talking about. >> no, no, no. let me tell you what you should be reading. we have an entire section called "opportunity." what is working. we partnered with linkedin and we have a thermometer that shows job creation, every day. what are the areas where there are job openings? we have an enormous amount of positive stories around business and job creation. and as i said, we may want more infrastructure spending than you want or conservatives may want. but the reality is that there's a lot we can do right now that's bipartisan. by putting the spotlight on what is working and helping those entrepreneurs scale their businesses. >> how much was stock? >> 25%. >> wow. yeah. seemed like a good deal at the time. back to $34 today almost. all right. >> and we're paying a dividend. >> we don't want the capital gains and dividend rate to go up, right? >> i don't know. i don't know. i don't know how arianna feels on that. you keep a lot less of that dividend. >> and also, you kno

in a tweet trump said kerry on huffington is unattractive both inside and out i fully understand why her former husband left her for a man who made a good decision you know i don't know what's worse the fact that the donald things people care he that he has you know what he has to say or the fact that republicans actually listen to. and a very very ugly tom smith a week after congressman todd akin made his mind blowing legitimate rape comments smith the republican senate candidate from pennsylvania said something almost as ignorant in an interview with an a.p. reporter yesterday smith compared getting pregnant from rape to having a baby out of wedlock smith thinks that getting pregnant as a result of a brutal sexual assault with major life time psychological effects is the same thing as having a baby through consensual sex you think every republican in their brother would be watching their words after a gaffe but i guess not so again we have another republican who is just completely out of touch with women and sexual assault and that is very very ugly. after the break sheldon adelson

joining me now, the huffington post's sam stein, msnbc's joy reid, and father james martin. he's a jesuit priest and author of "the jesuit guide to almost everything." we were discussing in the green room my father was a jesuit seminarian for seven years. i feel like i knowou already, father, it's good to have you here. to you, father, for the political strategy right off the bat here. in all seriousness, father, i'm curious to get your reaction to that ad because what was striking to me about the ad and what's striking to me about going on this issue was that there was a huge fight over this provision of the affordable care act and whether religious institutions like universities would have to cover preventative care including birth control for free. and that was a political battle that was waged and i think actually the democrats won that political bat until purely political terms. but it just seemed a strange thing to me to be trotting out now in august in a general election campaign. do you feel that the symbolism there and the picture of the pope and the be not afraid a

joining me now, the huffington post's sam stein, msnbc's joy reid, and father james martin. he's a jesuit priest and author of "the jesuit guide to almost everything." we were discussing in the green room my father was a jesuit seminarian for seven years. i feel like i know you already, father, it's good to have you here. to you, father, for the political strategy right off the bat here. in all seriousness, father, i'm curious to get your reaction to that ad because what was striking to me about the ad and what's striking to me about going on this issue was that there was a huge fight over this provision of the affordable care act and whether religious institutions like universities would have to cover preventative care including birth control for free. and that was a political battle that was waged and i think actually the democrats won that political bat until purely political terms. but it just seemed a strange thing to me to be trotting out now in august in a general election campaign. do you feel that the symbolism there and the picture of the pope and the be not afraid

in a tweet trump said carry on huffington is unattractive both inside and out i fully understand why her former husband left her for a man who made a good decision you know i don't know what's worse the fact that the donald things people care he that he has you know what he has to say or the fact that republicans actually listen to him and the very very ugly tom smith a week after congressman todd akin made his mind blowing legitimate rape comments smith the republican senate candidate from pennsylvania said something almost as ignorant in an interview with an a.p. reporter yesterday smith compared getting pregnant from rape to having a baby out of wedlock smith thinks that getting pregnant as a result of a brutal sexual assault with major lifetime psychological effects this is same thing as having a baby through consensual sex you'd think every republican in their brother would be watching their words after a gaffe but i guess not so again we have another republican who is just completely out of touch with women and sexual assault and that is very very ugly. after the break sheldon

here's how it appeared in the huffington post. saying he had no problem with somebody being really, really wealthy harry reid sat up in his chair a bit before stirring the pot further. a month ago, he said a person who invested with bain capital called his office. harry, he didn't pay any taxes for ten years reid recounted the person as saying. he didn't pay taxes for ten years. now, do i know that that's true? i'm not certain, said reid. obviously he hasn't released the tax returns. how would it look? his wealth, not a chance in the world. it's a lot more than that. i mean, you'd do pretty well if you don't pay taxes for ten years when you're making millions and millions of dollars. very soft spoken guy, mild mannered guy. even for somebody who is usually hyper, that is a little unhinged. right? an unnamed single source making a phone call to his office with a wild accusation that the senate majority leader then puts on the record to reporters even though he admits it's just heresy and he doesn't know it's true. that's outrageous

we were just talking to jordan schultz from "the huffington post." i forgot to ask him about today's main olympic event. dressage! >> trot, trot. >> rafalca ann romney's horse makes his olympic debut rafalca. still trying to figure out by the way how this is an olympic sport. >> let me tell you something there are a lot of olympic sports that aren't actually sports. skeet shooting, no. >> well. >> there is some skill. very skilled people. and athletic? i could shoot a gun and be 500 pounds. >> that's a sport. dressage is a sport. back to dressage in a moment. golf not an olympic sport. >> because golf is not a sport. it is a game. >> but skeet shooting. >> i agree. golf shouldn't be an olympic sport. skeet shooting shouldn't be an olympic sport. >> this is a 52-year-old man riding rafalca today. >> it has nothing to do with your athletic prowess to ride a horse and jump a horse and make a horse dance you know? which is what dress an horses do. it is dancing horses. >> i'm in complete agreement. >> it takes real skill and talent to teach a horse and t

editor and chief of "the huffington post" media group arianna huffington, her new venture huff post live went on-line this week. it's amazing. >> thank you. >> incredible. >> thank you. >> everybody should log on. yeah. you were on too. do you know that? >> we also host msnbc's "the last word" on msnbc, lawrence o'donnell. >> hello, lawrence. >> good morning. >> making history on this msnbc -- >> what did i do? >> you're up to something. you know. >> looking very cute in glasses. >> i have a plan. >> really? >> it is -- >> he has a plan. >> i agree with arianna, whatever you say. >> that's actually a good plan. that always works. >> okay. >> so as we heard mitt romney is calling comments vice president joe biden made in virginia yesterday, a new low in the election. the vice president described the damage he says romney's policies would cause by deregulating wall street. >> what they value and look at their budget and what they're proposing. romney wants to let the -- he said in the first 100 days he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules. unchain wall street.

that line, our attention in the huffington opposed. chairman of the financial crisis in corey commission phil angelides. he is joining me now in a fox business exclusive from sacramento, california. you are calling them sopranos monsters or at least their behavior. >> troublesome at best. those words, money laundering, id --ing direct. a set of banks to build cities and towns. wells fargo and ubs and j. p. morgan, price-fixing, barkleys and assets of other banks. pretty disturbing that we are four years out of the financial crisis and we do seem to have a pervasive ethical problem coursing its way through wall street. liz: look at the bailouts. if these banks want to take risks that is fine but don't put it on our shoulders because we build a lot of these names out and some were very much don't by the state depending on royal bank of scotland but why haven't we seen any criminal things? anybody let away in handcuffs? everyone has been given a pass and i wonder if it is in the lobbyists they paid to worm their way inside the beltway and

nancy pelosi jumped into the fray and she told the "huffington post" quote harry reid made a statement that is true. someone told him it is a fact. whether he did or not can easily be disposed off. mitt romney can release his tax returns and show whether he paid taxes. so is nancy pelosi on to something? was harry reid's actions out of bounds welcome here to help us answer that are two politicalled inners who have seen their share of cover. susan kennedy chief of staff to former california governor republican arnold schwarzenegger and also here political reporter joe garofoli, i welcome you both back inside "the war room." joe, was harry reid wrong? >> 's way out of bounds. maybe i'm looking at it from the journalistic point of view where you have to point up what you say. >> some coke bottled glasses from a by-gone era. these are not journalists. this is a political campaign. and of course he's going--you don't have to prove that someone told you that he didn't pay taxes. all romney has to do is release his taxes and he can dismiss this in a heartbeat. >> when do you stop---- >> here

sports colonist has been reporting on the olympics for the huffington post. >> i think that's why ryan lochte and potentially michael phelps see an opportunity with "dancing with the stars." >>> next, an inside view, can phelps and lochte cut it in hollywood. >> fell eppphelps is not the mo eloquent guy on camera. but they both connect to the audience. michael phelps, an actor or commentator, he'll have a great career ahead. >> he's just not very likable. >> ceo of 5wpr said that a more stable environment. >> if he settles down, his brand would go to a high eer place >>> usain bolt's appeal internation pally, he's a dominant athlete. he's also been kind of a comedian. showing up in football commercials >>> next an olympic surprise. >> gabby douglas. someone wanted to say hello to you. >> oh, my gosh. >> that's gabby douglas embracing lauren scruggs this morning on the "today" show. in her first interviewing since losing an eye and hand, she called douglas the most inspiring olympic athlete. >> she's a doll. >> thank you. >> the former model has received a prosthetic eye and hand. >> th