not just the ego, but your ethos. what makes you you. >> let's take a listen. >> thanks to this change, i believe we move closer to achieving the goal at the foundation of the values that america is all about. equality, equal opportunity, and dignity for all americans. as secretary of defense, i am committed to removing all the barriers that would prevent americans from serving their country and rising to the high e69 level of responsibility that their talents and capabilities warrant. these are men and women who put their lives on the line in the defense of this country.

that's what should matter most. i want to thank the repeal from the team and the service secretaries. the cleaves from all of the efforts to make the change consistent with the standards of military readiness and effectiveness and unit cohesion and with the recruiting and retention of the armed forces. all of the elements have been met in review that they conducted. over 97% of our 2.3 million men and women in uniform have received education and training on repeal as a result of these efforts. we also want to thank the comprehensive review for the work they did on the report that laid the ground work for the

change in the policy. above all, i would like to single out the person who is next to me at this table. admiral mike mullen, his courageous testimony and leadership on this issue. i think they were major factors in bringing us to this day. let me also if i can give you an update on the defense budget and where that stands at this point. as you know, the department -- >> to leon panetta, marking this historic occasion at the end of don't ask don't tell. i have colonel jack jacobs including a war vet who fought in iraq and did not reenlist as a result of don't ask don't tell. we see the shoulder of mike mullen, but leon panetta said it was part of the testimony given by that admiral that may have

changed this game. i remember he talked about how he served with men who were gay and they have a place at this table to fight for our country. men and women. >> anybody who has been in combat, i you don't care when the shrapnel is flying around what anybody's orientation is. we fight for each other under the most difficult of circumstances. it was admiral mullen's testimony. it was inevitable. sooner rather than later. there a lot of people, officers both retired and on active duty who thought the sooner we get this, this is a problem in not resolving the issue about gay and lesbians serving in the military. let's get it resolved and out of the way and move on to what we need to get done. >> absolutely. my father served the country in the army for 31 years and he said when it came to african-americans in the army,

he said when i was a young man i felt the country was behind what was happening in the military and felt the embrace of other men who fought alongside of him in vietnam and korea, but he got out of the army and saw a different side of the nation with segregation and other things that were going on. do you believe now that this really will resonate in places that we are not ready to accept the end of don't ask don't tell? >> they don't know a gay or lesbian person. they don't have direct knowledge. when they served next to them and they finally come out to them, they have an example, that is what a gay or lesbian service member is. i know on that level and i have no problem with that. >> thank you for your time for the service to your country. also we are following other breaking stories out of georgia why where a few hours ago where the board of pardons spared the life of convicted killer troy

davis. davis claims he was wrongly convicted in the 1989 murder of a georgia police officer. the board said it considered the totality of the information presented before making its decision. she set to be execute bide lethal injection at 7:00 p.m. local time tomorrow. >> this is a civil rights violation. and a human rights violation in the worst way. to execute a man with this much doubt does not bode well for any of us. this is a new era. >> i am joined by al sharpton, host of politics nation. reverend al, you have been tuck bei talking about this on your show. troy davis is set to be executed. what is your reaction to the board a few hours ago? >> well, i think it's

outrageous. i have been involved in the case with the network and as we say we have been talking about it on policies nations. when you look at the facts, tameron, that this man was convicted with no physical evidence and no dna. he was convicted basically on testimony of nine witnesses. seven of whom recanted their testimony. some say they were coerced. we had an expert that talked about how some of the witnesses were brought together to the scene and some were only shown one photo which was troy's. with this doubt, how do you execute a man? i think it is absolutely an outrage. it is also very telling. here we are with all of the heads of states from around the world in this country that we watch tomorrow night the possibility of executing a man who has not clearly found beyond

reasonable doubt to be guilty of this capital crime. i do not think it bodes well for the nation. >> why do you believe the board -- again the board said they reviewed the information, what do you believe is behind the decision? >> i don't know. i don't think we should get into name-calling. i think can we have a precedent where when you have the only level of evidence, the eyewitnesss and they say no, we were wrong or no we were coerced, it can cost your life. that is say threat to all americans. i am going to atlanta and we will be there all day. i was there over two years ago standing in the courtyard with his mother and they stopped it. we are praying for a miracle. maybe the da can withdraw. i don't know what can happen, but we intend to stand and raise this issue. >> you have also offered your thoughts and prayers to the family of mark mcfail and have

not left them out of the equation. they believe the right man is behind bars and they are caught in the system as well. you mentioned family members in this. >> oh, no. they have lost a son and a brother. no one should be able to get anything but total sympathy and identify with them. they are clearly victims. i think this man should not be execute and compound the wrong that was done to their son and father. >> thank you so much. we will have much more on politics nation 6:00 only here on msnbc 6:00 eastern time. big developments at the united nations where leaders gathered for the opening session of the general assembly. president obama met with hamid karzai hours after the murder of afghanistan's former leader in a suicide bomb attack in the country. the president helped set up the afghan government and the killing will not deter the u.s.

from helping the country's people live freely. >> for a day of continuity of efforts. >> they met with the koubl on a speech. they promised that the world will stand with them. as they reshape their country following the fall. the president also cautioned there were difficult days ahead and the embassy will open in tripoli. this week the american flag that was lowered before the embassy was attacked will be raised again. >> joining me now with foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. let's talk about what's happening in afghanistan. they will give perspective to the former leader of that country. >> they are investigating what

happened. they are hearing for early reports and they could be wrong. the suicide bomber actually came for a meeting with former head of the transitional peace council, trying to negotiate with the taliban. he was perhaps a known member of the committee and blew himself up and killed the president in his home. >> this was expected to have an impact on whether he would be able to attend at the un. >> he was here or most of the way when he heard about this attack. he met with president obama today and will be going back in the morning. i don't know that he will be able to deliver his speech. it just e enforces the tragedy and how long it is going to be before we can meet our schedule of redeploying withdrawing by 2014 and the fact that there have been so many recent attacks in kabul. it makes it more critical. >> let's transition to libya.

the president attempted to take a victory lap there while also offering up caution. >> there is a long way to go, but libya at least they have pinned down the forces. the gadhafi forces. gadhafi is no longer in power and not here in new york at the general assembly with a 90-minute speech and all of the other performance that went on connected with gadhafi. libya has a way to go. six months and one day after the joint un nato military action that the u.s. participated in. it's not over yet, but it is certainly a success at least in terms of the military and the political and diplomatic. under cutting a lot of what the president is trying to accomplish here in new york is this showdown between the palestinians and the israelis. that is not resolved today. >> what are the negotiations happening behind the scenes?

as you pointed out, that is the big event and the big topic here. what will happen with the resolution. >> behind the scenes and the u.s. trying to work out negotiating strategies so far unsuccessfully. if they cannot change president obama's mind, he will go to the security council and demand state hood. he will not get it. >> thank you so much for joining us. watch "andrea mitchell reports" at 1:00 p.m. eastern. coming up, the althoughor of a controversial new book defends dysfunction in the president's white house. >> everything is solid as a brick. the latest on the back and forth between the author and the white house. the obama administration striking back and richard wolf on president obama will join me live with his thoughts. then what happens when you don't

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a new poll out comes with bad news for president obama. the white house is pushing back

against a new book by a pu let'ser journalist. several high profile staffers are saying he took their comments out of context including white house communications director who was quote the as saying this court will be in place for a workplace. they are there for a hostile workplace for women. he defended his book on today. >> joining me now is political analyst richard wolf has written two books and one focusing on the campaign and the president's time in the white house. what do you think of this book. >> i haven't read it. it came out today. the back and the forth is

fascinating. it gets you into how it put this is work together. the reporting exercises are always difficult. there is an accumulation of small errors here that keep me awake at night. generally the picture he portrays of a dysfunctional team was very much in line with what i read. what he wrote about in his book before that. >> what do you make of that and the extreme push book back to his surprise what he articulated today and he didn't see this coming. as he pointed out, he spoke with people like anita dunn after the fact.

does the thesis hold up and is there a credibility question about the other errors that people have and job titles are wrong or the names are missteled. >> with that said and the things you pointed out, does this book and i don't want to put you in an awkward position, is that enough for you to question the credibility given the research you did for your own two books on this administration and the president? >> i cannot speak about the credibility. he won the prize and he wrote a great book about inner city d.c. those are phenolenal pieces of work. there was a big disagreement where larry summer who is ran it was not on speaking terms with the office of management and

budget. they have lost their jobs. there is that quote saying there is no adult supervision and all of those people got fired. the underlying story here is true. whether or not you agree with everything, that depends whether you were there and what you think of his reporting. >> great having you on. richard has two books. great pleasure having you o. war on germs. a doctor who is on it before. she conducted her own study on germs on playgrounds at a lot of popular restaurants. wait until you hear what she found on the playground equipment. she will join us. plus -- >> giving the federal government more money is like giving a cocaine addict more cocaine. >> wow. house speaker taxes millionaires the a higher rate. you hear him there making the equivalent of a coke addict and spending? did he go too far?

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welcome back, everyone. it is enough to make your stomach turn and dirt and grime and even bacteria everywhere. it is lurking in fast food restaurant playgrounds across the country. this is some of the video she took at one play area and posted on you tube. erin is a professor who specializes in child development. she was so disgusted by what she saw at a play grund, she spent her own money for tests. the results were shocking and she has taken her crusade on the road. thank you so much, professor, for your time. >> thank you. >> you are a hero to a lot of people. parents and germphobes out there. i believe you looked at about 50 different play areas? >> so far it's just under 50.

>> what you have found so far? >> so far we found bacteria that can cause meningitis, acceptsis, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, skin and eye infections and ear infections, abscesses, boils. >> please stop. i'm going to faint. i'm not kidding. you were inspired obviously by your pork and you are a mother of four. what was the moment? did you go on a playground and see something icky and think to yourself when was the last time they cleaned this thing? >> absolutely. i have four kids and i stopped for emergency restroom break for my son and he said can i go down the slide on the way out and i said sure. my middle one followed him in and i followed them both in for safety. it was immediately evident that it hadn't been cleaned if ever. it was covered in filth and grime and it was sticky and

black and rotting food and an old band-aid with blood and curse word, f this and f that and stuff spilled and tracked through the playground. it smelled. it was an awful sight. i complained repeatedly and when it was evident over a month, they had no intentions of making creeks, i enlisted the help of a colleague who is a microbiologist and i reached out and we started swabbing and i looked all over arizona and all over the country. >> the only place that was clean at least in the 50 you tested was a chick fill a you found. 1 out of 50. mcdonald's said they put customers first and taking the concerns very seriously. they spoke with you and assigned a team to review the report. burger king said they havedaley and monthly cleaning of the pads and foam and chuck e cheese said

they use sanitizer to clean up the equipment, but the problem still exists and we are not singling them out. these are restaurants that are giving out statements. i know there is a push for stricter standards in the battle to keep these playgrounds clean. >> right. i would say mcdonald's hasn't made any corrective changes. there hasn't been anything done to address the problem. burger king has one of the highest levels of mold i have seen and lots of broken equipment. chuck e cheese has garbage and there has to be a standard that requires sanitization and disinfecting. they are growing at enormously high levels at numbers indicateda as too numerous to count. there is problems with equipment in disrepair. climbing calls held together with duct tape and string. broken windows and missing

screws and third floor platforms. without that in place, they are dangerous. they represent a risk to children. >> thank you so much, professor, for joining us. again, i think a lot of parents appreciate you taking action and revealing what's happening at the places you tested. >> we have information on the twitter page. senator alexander and the republican leader. will two american hikers in prison be released. we'll tell you what happened. we will get the latest on tehran. we will have the information on the twitter page as well as facebook on the mom who is waging the war against germs. bl

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welcome back to "news nation." giving up his post, why lamar alexander is stepping down as leader of the confronts. new set back, two americans jailed in iran. they hit another snag in the bid for freedom. a new study shows how facebook created hundreds of thousands of jobs and added billions to the u.s. economy. plus crowning achievement. miss universe joins us live a week after her big win. lovely lady. and a surprise from republican senator lamar alexander of tennessee. the third-ranking republican in the senate. he stood on the floor and resigned as republican conference chairman in january. >> a reason for doing that is this. stepping down from the republican leadership will liberate me to spend more time trying to work for results on issues that i care the most about.

>> kelly o'donnell joins us live and interesting comments from the senator liberating here. what more did he have to say? >> lamar alexander has a reputation for liking bipartisanship and it's not so easy to achieve. being the number three in leadership in the senate is a very big job within the party and for people who love politics. this was a surprise shake-up. he said he would like to be one of the voices who could try to work with the other side and bring about deals that might be on issues that are not the big political story of the day. he had once been secretary of education. that's an issue that is dear to him and not a lot in our day to day politics. i noted his use and you used it in the clip. the word liberating. when you are in the leadership, you have to fall in line with the main message, the main set of goals and this would be a way for him to get out of that. still work to do the things he cares about.

he will run for reelection in tennessee and the governor of tennessee. this is somebody with a long time in public service and what it also does is shakes up who will take his place. he has been talked about that some day a candidate in south dakota puts his hat in. everyone watching john corn on in charge of senate republicans, he might be someone moving into leadership as well. the number two will retire in january 2013. a big mix up on the prominent faces in the gop party. >> kelly o bonle live. thank you, kelly. john boehner used particularly colorful language in his attack on the president's plan to raise taxes on millionaires. take a listen. >> giving the federal government

more money would be like giving a cocaine addict more cocaine. >> joining me now is cnbc's correspondent john harwood. john, does congress have a coke habit? i'm not sure where he was going with that. we get the point, he doesn't like what he heard from the president. >> he was reaching for that colorful language because he and other republicans in congress, democrats in congress too came back from a very difficult august when their ratings went down as the president's did. now all of a sudden they have this feisty president coming at them on jobs with a proposal to tax millionaires which is popular in the polls and trying to figure out a way to push back. the anti-spending argument is the best thing the republicans have going for them because right now with unemployment at 9%, the economy growing slowly, a lot of people look at the deficits look at the stimulus plan and what it did and didn't

do and see spending as evidence of the problem itself and not a cure for the problem. >> it's not like the interpretations of the poetry. it's math. i saw this article that said listen, the president's math is all wrong and the rich don't pay more. break it down. >> it's math, but also values. the income in the country had a tremendous shift up the income scale. the people have doubled their share of national income. the top 1% over 30 years. there is clearly a shift and the president is saying the wealthy are doing better than the middle class and the working poor so i'm going to hit them for the money we need to fund the government. on the other hand, because of the shifts, many people no longer make enough money to have

income tax liability. the same people who have a lot more income are also paying a higher proportion of the federal income tax builds. republicans say that's not fair. you shouldn't fund all of the government on the backs of a small group of people even if they make a lot of money. that's the core of the argument and the president thinks he has the high side. 80% of the american people say they support a sur tax on millionaires and 60% want to get rid of the tax cuts for people over 250,000. they have an argument to mobilize the public opinion to his benefit. >> john harwood, thank you, john. heard breaking testimony in the connecticut home invasion trial that tops our look at stories around the nation. dr. william pettitte who lost his wife and two daughters took the stand in the trial of the man accused of the deadly home invasion. pettitte is the only survivor of the attack, defense attorneys

for joshua say although he did plan to break into the home, dhee not have a weapon and never planned to kill anyone. the codefendant was convicted last year and sentenced to death following the first round of testimony in his trial. officials say how many an remains found in a california canyon are those are nursing student michelle le. a new study from the university of maryland shows businesses created applications for use on facebook and created more than 180,000 jobs. they also contributed more than 12 billion in wages in benefits and forecast that more growth from ap-making firms is on the way. a new snag in the release of the two american hikers jailed in iran for more than two years on spying charges.

it comes more than a week after iran's president told ann curry that shane bauer and josh fattal would be released within days. we have the latest from tehran. >> josh and shane's freedom remains on hold. i spoke to their iranians earlier trying to finalize their bail arrangement that he had been unsuccessful. the second judge was meant to sign off and didn't come to work today. the lawyer was told that the judge would be back from holidays and he didn't come to work again. the case seems to have lost the sense of urgency here in iran and analysts said it may pick up as the assembly draws to a close. back to you, tameron. >> thank you very much. the gop's top crop of hopefuls criticizing president obama's foreign policy as the annual

meeting of the united nations general assembly convenes. rick perry blasted the palestinian authority's attempt to gain recognition and attacked the mideast policies. >> simply put, we would not be here today at this very precipice of a dangerous move. if the obama policy in the mideast was not naive and arrogant, misguided and dangerous. >> also minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann weighed in, denouncing his visit to the u.s. >> i call upon president obama to stop him from coming to the united nations. when mad men in position was power like this make wild and genocidal threats against another nation lick israel, we should listen to them and we

should take necessary counter measures to stop them and their evil intent. >> i am joined by ken vogel. i should admit romney said over three years, they have been throwing israel you should the bus and undermining negotiations. let's talk about the comments regarding israel and this possible resolution or the veto from the united states. can these candidates pick up track? rick perry talked about appeasement today. >> they believe they can. it will be harder to come at foreign policy and military affairs type issues than in 2008 when he was veried vulnerable on a short-term senator who didn't have a ton of experience. with the killing of bin laden and afghanistan. it's going to be harder to make the case that he is weak on foreign policy, but israel and palestinian issue is one place in which the republican candidates believe they can come

at him and show him to be insufficiently supportive of a key u.s. ally. >> the comments from rick perry, he was standing with leaders and he's accusing the u.s. of isolating israel. some of the rhetoric here certainly by the president's supporters can be seen as dangerous and extremely exaggerated for political gain here. again, i go back to this, how does rick perry capitalize on his comments and trying to hit the president hard when we know that if this resolution comes up, by all accounts they will provide a veto to it. >> that's right. it's a tough one to figure how this particular fraping of it around this vote which the u.s. and the obama administration has been close to what the candidates are saying they would be gives them much traction. however they call into question

his statement that the 1987 borders is israel and the arab neighbors should be the basis for negotiations for peace settlement and they disagree with that. rick pery in particular has disagreed with president obama's urging and the israeli state to stop settlements in the west bank. there places in which they can find some daylight and seek to capitalize on it to suggest that a president perry or president romney or president bachman would be more supportive of israel and tougher on o rab neighbors that president obama. >> thank you so much. we appreciate you joining us. >> up next, the most buzzed about contestant on danci"danci with the stars". did chaz bonoey first danz live up to the hype? we will find out. here's things that we thought you this shabout. rick perry got an unexpected guest. charlie rangle had choice words

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>> pa. >> i'm martin bashir. republicans hopping mad over the president's calls for tax reform on america's wealthiest men and women. rick perry takes manhattan and we talked to cornell west. why he wants someone on the left to challenge president obama in the primaries. stay with us. back to tameron. in the scoop for you. chaz bono's performance on this premier of "dancing with the stars." there you have it. chanz got 17 out of 30 and ranked in the middle of the pack before his first episode of "dancing with the stars." some said they would boycott saying a transgendered person did not belong on prime time. the most common words associated with chaz bono are great, good,

understands, and relate. and we have a stunner for you. let's roll the tape. that is the stunning miss universe of angola. she received her crown last week in brazil. the 25-year-old said she is committed to raising hiv awareness and fighting discrimination and those affected by the virus. he are pleased to have layla with us in studio. that was your big moment. has it soaked in? >> i was like oh, my gosh! miss universe. i am going to new york and be able to show the world that angola is not what everybody sees on the tv. we used to live in war for 30

years, but now it's almost nine years. nobody knows that. >> you have a platform to tell the world about your country. >> to show the world that african women can be beautiful and intelligent and hardworking. there is so much about africa that the entire world doesn't know. i'm going to be able to show it. i'm very proud of myself. >> we are proud of you. we know one of the judges said when you walked out on stage each and every time the audience was captivated by you. did you feel that energy? >> yeah, i could feel that energy. i'm very thankful to everybody who was cheering for me. they really made a huge difference. we could hear the people cheering for me and i really have to win it. i really have to win.

people want me to be miss university of 2011. i want to win this competition. >> your schedule is very busy. you are kind to come on "news nation." you are on the way to singapore. >> i am going to the airport at 9:00 and going to singapore performula one car racing. i have another trip to indonesia. this is going to be a busy year for me. i'm so glad i'm going to have a busy year. >> the home coming to angola in december. >> yeah. my people. they can't wait to get me. >> we are so proud of you. congratulations. >> thank you so much. thank you so much. >> we will follow you as you educate the world about your country that you are proud of. >> i am so proud to be the first miss universe from angola. it's huge in my country and huge in africa. >> for the latest entertainment news, a special edition of the scoop. logon or be a fan on facebook.

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