dana mill bank of "the washington post." thank you. and who's >> zz. >> zz, thank you very much for joining me tonight. look at. that dog tricks right here on "the last word." you can have the last word on our blog at msnbc.com. don't shoot me. take a shot down here. that's it. zz gets the last bite tonight. "the ed show" is up next. good evening, americans. welcome to "the ed show" tonight from new york. the killing of 17-year-old trayvon martin by a neighborhood watchman is shaking america to its very core. the fallout from this tragic event is far from over. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> we have had some break ins in my neighborhood and there's a real suspicious guy. >> are you following him. >> yes. >> we don't need you to do that. >> almost three weeks after his

death the trayvon martin 911 tapes are out. >> it you see what he was wearing. >> dark, gray hoodie. >> the audio was chilling. the fact the kill canner hasn't been arrested defies justice. >> that was my baby and he was pleading for his life. i don't understand how that is self defense. >> more republicans are scolding their own about the war on women. >> i think we ought to respect the right of women to make choices in their lives. >> joe walsh and bill burton are here. democrats in wisconsin are fighting fire with fire. we will have the major announcement from a new candidate for high office in the badger state. and peyton manning to denver means tebow mania could land anywhere. we will tell you if tim tebow is coming to your city. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thank you for watching. the death of a teenager in florida captured the attention

of the nation and it should. the 911 tapes were released today and they are absolutely chilling. this is a story of a 17-year-old african-american teenager with a bag of skittles and a can of iced tea shot dead by a 28-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer with a nine millimeter handgun. trayvon martin and his father were visiting friends in a gated community the night of february 26th. the 17-year-old trayvon had gone to 7-eleven store during halftime of the nba all-star game. he was walking back when neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmermanpo zimmerman was inside of his suv and called 911. >> we have had some break ins in my neighborhood and there's a real suspicious guy. this guy looks like he's up to no good or on drugs or something. it's raining and he's just walking around, looking about. >> is he white, black or hispanic?

>> he looks black. >> did you see what he was wearing? >> yeah. dark hoodie like a gray hoodie and he had jeans or sweat pants and white tennis shoes. he's just staring. looking at all of the houses. now he's just staring at me. >> zimmerman was still sitting in his suv as the call continued. >> now, he's coming towards me. >> okay. >> he's got his hand on his waistband. he's a black male. something's wrong with him. yeah. he is coming to check me out. he's got something in his hands. i don't know what his deal is. >> let me know if he does anything, okay. let me know if he does anything else. >> okay. >> he's [ bleep ] always get

away. >> zimmerman spent the next 30 seconds calmly giving directions to police on how to enter the gated community, and then this happened. >> go straight and don't turn and make a left. he's running. >> which way is he running? >> down toward the other entrance of the neighborhood. >> okay. >> which entrance is he heading toward? >> the back entrance. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> we don't need you to do that. >> okay. >> so the dispatcher says don't follow him and zimmerman says okay, but zimmerman followed him any way. there were a half dozen other 911 calls that night from neighbors. many of them saying they heard screams from help followed by a shot. this is one of those calls. >> he's yelling help. >> yes. >> what is your -- >> gunshots. >> someone screaming.

i just heard gunshots. >> a black guy is down. looks like he's been shot and is dead. >> trayvon martin died. police didn't arrest him saying they didn't have probable cause but zimmerman claims self-defense. florida has a lenient self defense law and we will get to that later in the show. george zimmerman has called police 46 times. in 2005 he was charged with resisting arrest and battery of a police officer. neighbors said he was fixated on crime and focused on young, black males. his father said race is not an issue. george zimmerman, 28 years old and weighed 250 pound. trayvon martin was 17 and weighed 140 pounds. he has no criminal record whatsoever. trayvon martin's mother says she thinks her son was the one who felt threatened. >> he didn't know who this guy was. he seen him as a stranger.

so he was trying to just get away from the situation. >> this is what she thought george zimmerman was reacting to. >> he was reacting to the color of his skin. he committed no crime. my son wasn't doing anything but walking on the sidewalk. >> trayvon's father was on al sharpton's show just hours ago. >> the family is calling for justice. we don't want our son to be -- we don't want our son's death to be in vain. to call mr. zimmerman the victim is a slap in the face to me and my family. it's a slap in the face to our community. >> police have referred the case to the state attorney's office. the state attorney is reportedly considering a charge of manslaughter, but a decision could take weeks. the congressional black caucus in congress has called op the united states justice department to investigate this as a hate crime. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think.

tonight's question, if the shooter was black and the victim was white, would there have been an arrest? text a for yes. text b for no. we will bring you the results later in the show. i'm joined tonight by charles glow good to have you with us tonight. compelling article and work you have done. you talk about your sons in your article and as a parent myself it is absolutely gut wrenching to see this story unfold. what's the most startling piece of information you have come across in investigating this story. >> what strikes me, as a parent, is the way this family has been treated by the police. what we don't know is what the investigation and the police entails. we don't know all of the facts. we only know what has been released. we know the 911 tapes which are horrifying to listen to. i talked to trayvon's mother

today. i wanted to make sure -- i asked, you know, are you absolutely sure, as a mother, that that is the voice of your son? and she said i'm absolutely sure that that is my child. i can tell you, as a parent, even if my child was screaming on the mall the the day barack obama was inaugurated i would be able to pick him out. there is something about being a parent that lets you pick out your child when they are screaming in desperation. but what has troubled me an the questions that arise this this case is how the investigation may or may not have been unfolded with respect to this family. for instance, the fact that the father -- by all accounts, the child left the house on his cell phone. so we don't know if he had a wallet, we don't know if he had it with him. but he had his cell phone on him. after he was killed, according to the attorney he was take on

the the medical examiner's office and he was held there for three days. i don't know if that includes the day he was shot or not. but the child has a cell phone on him, right. so the father's calling the cell phone to see where his son is. he calls missing persons and after he doesn't get a call. i'm trying to figure out, are you telling me the police did not answer that phone when the father is calling that phone? >> this is just -- >> are you telling me the police did not pick up the phone and call the last number that that child had dialed before he was killed, which according to witnesses, was his cousin? >> does it look to you, mr. blow, that there might have been somebody covering up for mr. zimmerman here. >> i don't know that. i need to know -- there are a lot of questions. i need to know the answer to those questions from the the police. when you took zimmerman in for questioning, what was the nature of the forensic recovery of

evidence? were his hands swabbed so we will be able to know whether one shot was fired or two? >> why wasn't mr. zimmerman drug tested? why didn't they do a breathalyzer or any test on him at all. >> i don't know if that is the case or not, if it is it is an important part of the investigation. >> the 911 call doesn't sound like he has all of his faculties. >> the national crime foundation, mcgruff the crime daurks remember, that is the group that sets out the guidelines of how you run a neighborhood watch. one of the primary guidelines is you are not supposed to be armed. how is it that this guy gets out of a vehicle, armed, and that is okay in the investigation? >> what does it tell you about all of these 911 calls that he

has made since january 1st of 2011, some 46 calls. >> listen, he may be aggressive and suspicious of everyone. i will give you that. that is i think a bit separate from this case. a neighborhood watch person, that is what you are supposed to do, watch report. >> all right. >> you are not supposed to engage. even people who are saying that florida's law, the stand your ground law somehow insulates zimmerman in this case, i cannot see how that is true. i'm not a legal expert but that law has three separate parts. one is if someone enters your car, dwelling or home. zimmerman was in his car. if he had stayed in the car -- >> he left his vehicle and went after the kid as if he was hunting that night. that's what it ate peers to me. mr. blow we will have you back. this story isn't going away anytime soon. there has to be some justice here. appreciate your work and your

time tonight. let's go to al sharpton. no arrest, what do you make of it? >> we can all have different opinions but not different facts. fact, this young man was unarmed. fact, he was not engaged in any criminal behavior. fact he had area right to be in the gated community. he was there with the with a resident of the community visiting a resident. how was he killed? and police decide they are the judge and jury and let zimmerman go. zimmerman was told not to follow him. he followed him any way and ends up killing him. that is probable cause to make an arrest. it is up later to a emergency grand jury and prosecutor presenting the case in front of a judge and jury whether he's convicted. to not arrest him, to let that young man lay there three days dead shows real, real concern about how the police handled this matter and it is something that warrants national

attention, which is why we are going to in florida to rally for this family. >> where does this story go, reverend? >> i think the justice department will have to come in and i think there will have to be pressure. we are having a national rally there thursday night. our group and civil rights groups and national black caucus are coming in. you are saying to us that a civilian, and not even a policeman and i have fought many police cases, a civilian has the right to use deadly force based on a perceive threat of somebody that is not coming after them and not doing anything illegal and all he has is a bag of skittles, some candy. >> what authority does a dispatcher have? it is a suggestion or an order to the someone who is a neighborhood watch guy. >> one can debate how much authority the watchman had.

but the had no authority to follow him. if you walk over to me, i don't know who you are. you don't have the right to tell me to freeze, question me or anything. >> i want to know who the officers were that were first on the scene. i think you have to get down to who interviewed zimmerman when they got there, and what was said? how do we get to that point? how do we unfold this thing. >> i think we get to that with a justice department review and if the state attorney reviews it properly and you have to know who the superior was that these officers, the first candidates reported to and who decided to let zimmerman go based on him saying it was self-defense when there was no evidence that he would be defended himself for. defending himself from what? >> what dharls blow told us a moment ago about the cell phone not followed up by police. >> who made this decision who decided not to follow up the phone call as charles blow just

said. these decisions all stink but we can all have theories. the facts are, this was no threat that one can see, and if there was a threat what could it have been when this man was unarmed? >> does this go up to eric holder, in your opinion. >> i think it can unless the state attorney in florida does what it is proper here and that is bring a case and let us have a hearing in front of a jury and let the facts be weighed, based on the evidence that is presented to a jury, not base in some police station where they decide to be the judge and jury. >> reporter: >> on thursday you will be in sanford, florida. >> we are joining the family and attorney on my show tonight, we are having a national rally and many from national radio, national civil rights groups are calling for justice for this family. >> reverend al sharpton, thank you for being here. >> thank you, ed. remember to answer the question at the bottom of the

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in florida is one of 17 states with a so-called stand your ground law. it's possible this law set the stage for trayvon martin's shooter to walk away from this killing without ever being charged them law was put on the books in 2005 and says a person is justified in the use of deadly force and does not have a duty to retreat if he or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm. in ed speak that would be you

can play judge, jury and executioner if you want to and skirt the law. in the five months after this law was passed, there were at least 13 shootings in central florida where self defense was claimed. six men were killed, four were wounded. only one was armed. law enforcement officials overwhelmingly oppose the law in 2005, but the national rifle association helped to dpet it passed on the nra website, former nra president marion hammer is identified as the primary lobbyist behind the stand your ground bill in florida. florida law enforcement virtually has its hands died when it comes to prosecuting these cases. a spokesman with the sanford police department told the "new york times," quote, if we arrest we open ourselves to lawsuit. joining us tonight is dan gross, president of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence. mr. gross, good to have you with us tonight. did this law set the table in

some way for george zimmerman to go hunting for trayvon martin? >> i think that's exactly what it did, it set the table. it is a bad law if if it lets murderers walk awayne way uncharged. as bad as it is as a law it is just as dangerous as a state of mind and it is a state of mind that permits and encourages things like this to happen. when you combine that state of mind with florida's incredibly weak gun laws in general, it's a recipe for tragedies like this to happen. >> you have said in this case that the nra, this is the nra's vision for america. what do you mean by that? >> that's precisely what it is. the nra's utopia is a place where anybody can get a gun and carry it virtually anywhere. this is -- and what we are seeing in florida, tragedies like this, are the manifestation of what happens in the nra's

utopia. it is two different visions of america, the vision that the people have that want to protect themselves, that want to live in safety. as parents we want to raise our children in safety and then there's the vision of the gun lobby representing an industry that wants to make carrying guns more permissible and envisions a society where people like zimmerman are walking around with guns. >> what in florida took place that led to the passing of the stand your ground law? or is this a template of stuff coming from gun enthusiasts that think they have to protect themselves or give them license to maybe even go and do something like this? >> it is lobbying, it is good, old-fashioned lobbying. it is lobbying of an industry that to this point has out shouted the will and the safety of the american people? not a series of news events that transpired that brought it to the point where this law had to be implemented?

were there people that campaigned on this? >> i'm sure there were. i would imagine if it was the nra up to their usual tricks, they misrepresented some news events to get people all stirred up under this misguide notion of self defense. >> you put this at the doorstep of the nra? >> clearly. >> the director of the florida coalition to stop gun violence said i predict this case is not going to be charged. it's going to be dismissed almost every case between two individuals one where was armed and the other was not is dismissed. do you think his prediction will be correct? >> you know, i'm not in the business of making predictions except for the fact that ultimately the will and the safety of the american people has to come to bear. to hold our elected leaders accountable for passing laws that undermine the safety of the people that they have been elected to respect. >> from the facts of what has been reported, what hits you

about this story? what do you say to the family? i know you have been through a personal tragedy yourself. what do you say to the family at this hour? >> i have been to a personal tragedy where a man bought his gun in florida was a because of their weak gun laws. i can uniquely empathize with what they are going through. nothing can describe the horror of losing a child and our heart goes out to this family for what they are going through. but we can say while we're all incredibly heart broken over what's happened, we're not surprised because florida has created a climate where these things happen. we have to do something about it. if we are going to make some good come out of this extraordinary tragedy we shouldn't just look at the dynamics we have been talking about so far. we have to look at how people like this get guns. the guy had been arrested before and he has a license to carry a concealed weapon?

it is just insanity. i think that what we need to do, as the american people, is we need to take incidents like this to strengthen our resolve and prevent more tragedies like what happened to my brother and trayvon from happening to others. >> i think it is up to us in the media to make sure that social justice is done here. i'm remiss that we are getting to the story late. it happened february 26th and i'm sure there are other stories that have taken place all over the country but this is so gross in its nachlt a terrible injustice has been done and justice has to be done. >> and part of that justice is ask canning how they get the gun. >> dan gross, good to have you with us. >> thank you. another member of the gop establishment calls out republicans for waging a war on women. peyton manning is joining the broncos. .ow everyone is asking the big [ male announcer ] this is lawn ranger -- eden prairie, minnesota. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow.

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republican establishment admits the party is beige waging a war on women and believes the gop has an impajage problem when it comes to voters in america. senator mccain hinted if republicans don't stop targeting women they risk handing the election over to the democrats. >> do you think there is something of a war on women among republicans? >> i think we have to fix that. i think there's a perception out there, because of the way this whole contraception issue played out. we need to get off of that issue, in my view. i think we ought to respect the right of women to make choices in their lives and make that clear and get back to what the american people care about, jobs and the economy. >> republican state legislators must not be getting the mem toe. lawmakers in tennessee are considering a measure that would require the department of health to publish the names of abortion providers on its website. it would also require the

patient's background data to be published, posting key details such as age, race, marital status and the number of prior pregnancies and abortions. patient data would be broken down by county putting women living in rural communities at the risk of being unintentionally identified. state representative odum, a democrat is worried the bill will encourage violence. he says it puts a target on women's physician's backs. i think it is a dangerous piece of legislation and serves no purpose other than intimidating women and physicians. i'm joined by mr. burton. and joan wall, editor at large of salon.com. joan, you first. now the republicans are going after privacy. is this a new war on privacy? what do you make of this? this is happening at state levels, as if there is a

concerted effort to go after women across america. >> all over the country we have these amendments that the top gop candidates for president have signed on to, as well, that youth would outline certain forms of birth control. ed, i hear this whining from the right. in fact rick santorum today accused our friend joe scarborough of making too much of the contraception issue and usually they are saying it is people like bill burton or democrats or people like you and me making too much of the contraception issue but they are the ones that made it an issue from the beginning. i have to say something about mr. mccain. all of us in the media like to talk about what a statesman he is and he spoke out on this. however, he voted for the blunt amendment several weeks ago that would have made it possible for employers not to cover any medical care that they disapproved of.

what hypocrisy to say i'm the man standing up against a war on women but you have that vote in your back pocket. what was he thinking when he took that vote? it is really disturbing. >> it is puz ing no doubt. >> last week, lisa spoke out about the gop's war on women after she too voted for the blunt amendment. what are we seeing? is this damage control now that you have seen two prominent senators come out and say we have to fix this. >> for starters what does it say when john mccain is the voice of reason on anything in the republican party. the fact they are starting to see the micks are so bad, it's surprising that more republicans haven't seen it faster? why aren't we hearing more from rick santorum, mitt romney and newt gingrich on this? >> i think they are fundamentally different from where the american people 0 are, like contraception, choice and where they think the country ought to go. there's a huge choice and when

people look at the records and visions that santorum and romney have for this country it will be frightening. >> here's john mccain on a arizona's bill that would force women to talk to their boss about birth control. >> in arizona there is a contraception bill that the governor said would put women in an uncomfortable position where they would have to say why they want contraception is that a bad road. >> i'm confident that legislation will not be the reach the governor's desk and if it did it would be vetoed. it doesn't reflect my view and the people of arizona. >> your response to that. that's the cop out. those bills should have never been introduced. >> i should be careful. i'm not aware that he did but he could have been speaking out about this a long time ago. they go along with it when they want to appease. they are ultra right crazy base

and when it catches up and hurt them, in a more general election then they start to have second thoughts and then they start to speak up. this is already passed the house. there's a constituent, a far right constituency for it in his own state of arizona. what happened to republicans being people who believed in liberty and the right to privacy. those days are gone. >> bill, what does this signal in this election cycle? is this a big winner politically for the democrats and president obama? >> absolutely. what it signals primarily, though, is mitt romney, even though he gets attacked every day for being too moderate for rick santorum goes to the general election as one of the most conservative nominees the republican party has put forward and on issues you would have never seen coming forward like contraception, laws against women. i think the signalle is the party is moving way farther to the right. >> should this be something everyone running for congress and senate should be talking about on the campaign trail? >> absolutely.

>> is there any reckty fieing that can be done by the republicans, or are have they been so damaged they can't turn back. >> they have done a lot of long-lasting damage and they have hundreds of millions of dollars to fix their record and whitewash it. >> joan, how much should president obama play this up. >> i don't think he needs to play it up but needs to do what he has been done doing. the contraception mandate is a wonderful thing for women. it is a wonderful health reform. he did for the right reasons. i think he is playing it right as in he is doing the right thing for the right reasons and they happen to be great things politically. every time i hear a republican say like that president obama tricked them in to this it is preposterous because they walk withed in to this mess with their eyes open. they are happy to be behind the transvaginal and ultrasounds and making contraception in some

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lieutenant governor rebecca -- are also facing recall elections. the whole reason for these recalls is the republicans attack on union workers and collective bargaining and their play tant government overreach is encouraging people who have never run for office to step forward. today the president of the professional firefighters of wisconsin mailen mitchell announced he is running for the democratic nomination to challenge walker's lieutenant governor. he is joining us here on "the ed show." good to have you with us. i know this is a big decision for you. you have been weighing it for sometime. what motivated you to take this step to go to public service and try to be the lieutenant governor? >> first of all, thank you for having me on. the reason i decided to throw my hat in the ring is because i can sit around and give rally speeches as much as i want. i can protest as much as i want. i can have bag pipers follow me all day to captiol hill but at the end of the day real change

happens when we work from the inside out. i caught couldn't sit on the sidelines. i want to come in and respond. firefighters respond. i'm lieutenant with the city fire department and that's the level of service. i look at the lieutenant governor of our state being a level of service. i have to go in here and win this thing and do what is right for the wisconsinites of our state. >> republicans are already going after you. a spokesman for the republican party of wisconsin called you a hand-picked union candidate who's only object ive is to score political points. what's your response? >> well, first of all, i don't need political points. a lot of people say i'm not a career politician, but i really mean that. i didn't move to the city of madison to be a politician. i moved here to become a firefighter. i didn't see myself sitting in front of you talking about possibly running for lieutenant governor in the state of wisconsin. i thought i would retire from

the city of madison firefighter department but to sit on the sideline and not be involved that's not what we do as firefighters or as first responders. we respond to an emergency and we will keep doing it. >> what about the money? you know what the coke brothers are doing and all of these pacts are doing as they are showering the state and it will be hard for the democrats no matter who runs against this wave of money. what do you make of it? >> we'll never get as much money as walker or rebecca clayfish. we don't need the money. not that we don't need it but we stle people behind us. we have the people behind us and this is a movement that cannot be stopped. this is not about money but working for the people. we need jobs in this state and we need to work like hell to get jobs in this state. i hate to curse. and my campaign will say you are you shouldn't curse but we have taken $1.6 billion in education

but they say education is important. cuts in systems and i'm proud to be a union member and i will continue the message and talk about all of the draconian measures that scott walker has done to our state. >> something is happening out there. no doubt about it. we have seeing a wave of things happening. ten teachers in ohio that decided to run for state office. i know there's a lot of bubbling out there about people getting engaged that have never been engaged politically before. let me ask you the $64 question here. play devil's advocate. what if the democrats aren't successful in the recall effort in wisconsin? what does that say to the rest of the country, if anything? >>. >> i think it would have grand ramifications against our fight. at the end of the day the people have spoken. i go around this state and talk to all kinds of people and i hate to air dirty laundry out

nationwide but we had 39.6% of union members in our state vote for scott walker in this current administration. that's sad. that's a problem that we have as union leaders and a problem as middle-class citizens in our state. we have to get back to educate our members about the issues. instead of servicing our members as unions we have to mobilize, galvanize our member and educate them on issues that directly affect their pocketbook. i am going to do that and take this message across the state and if you want to be part of the fight go to mahlon mitchell.com and we are going to work for middle-class citizens. >> thank you for jumping in the fight. good to see americans do what they have to do. before linsanity there was tebow mania. what will happen to tim tebow be peyton manning joining the den voer broncos? stay tuned. are you guys okay? yeah. ♪ voer broncos? stay tuned. e voer broncos?

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it hasn't been too long since tebow mania was running wild in america. the broncos quarterback was such a sensation his name was working its way to the presidential campaign. >> there are a lot of folks who said tim tebow wasn't going to be a good nfl quarterback. i hope i am the tim tebow of the iowa caucuses. >> you are right. you are gone from the presidential campaign and tim tebow is soon to be gone from the broncos. they are ironing out a deal to bring the four time champion to the team that john elway built. this is a great move. they have a great defense. manning wants to be a star obviously. he wants to go to a team with a great defense. this of course leaves tim tebow as the odd man out. not really. he may be listed as trade bait

right now but he has a lot of football left in him. he won a bunch of game for the broncos and has a lot of room to improve in his play. espn reported jacksonville and miami are the top targets for tebow's services, but plenty of cities would welcome tebow mania. in denver, what are they going to do with all of the tebow jerseys. tebow didn't even play a full season with the broncos but his jersey was number two best-selling jersey in the nfl. we know one thing, it was right behind aaron rodgers who was the top-selling jersey, league mvp. what does it say about tebow's football skills, he will only get better but no denying the the guy is good for the economy. hey, vikings, figure it out. he's pretty good. the poll s are looking for mitt romney hey add ahead of tomorrow's primary but his winning strategy is full of lies again. bob shrum sets him straight next.

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the gop can win the puerto rico vote. it shows that puerto ricoen voters chose mitt romney over rick santorum the guy that told them to go learn english and finally mitt romney delivered this whopper about the war in afghanistan. >> what is happening now is an example of failed leadership. the president needs to be more engaged and interacting with our commanders and leadership in afghanistan. >> would you accelerate the withdrawal? >> well, the timing of withdrawal is going to be dndent on what you hear from the conditions on the ground. >> are you taking a stand here, while much of your party is sowering on afghanistan? >> well, before i take a stand on a particular course of action, i want to get input from the people who are there. >> so mitt romney has enough information to akouz the president of the united states of having failed leadership, but he doesn't have enough information to come up with an alternative policy. we have been in afghanistan for

more than ten years. billions of dollars weekly spent. mitt romney has been running for president for how long? six years? how can he not know enough to take a stand. bob shrum. great to have you with us. those are three examples right there. how does this play? >> first of all he doesn't take a stand stand until he consultings his political advantage he knows where the public is and where the forces in his own party are. the statement about the president saying he wanted higher gas prices when he was campaigning in 2008 is an outright lie. the fact checkers have called it that. mitt romney doesn't care if his hair is on fire as long as he is pleasing the fire brands in his party. what is happening to gas prices, china and india are upping their demand and economic recovery that increases demand and finally, this is the thing republicans can't deal with, the

president opened more domestic reserves to drilling than ever were opened under president bush. we have a glut of natural gas and less dependent on foreign oil than a few years ago. economic forces are pushing the prices up. >> the republicans are clearly developing this narrative that it is all president obama's fault. how do they fight back and do you think it is hurting him in the polls? >> so far, the republicans look absurd on a lot of this stuff. i think romney's looked absurd. he began that statement, by the way, that you had on earlier, by saying president the president ought to fire his advisers. romney wants to fire everybody. it's the way he made his money and if you implemented his economic policies a lot of people would be fired. so no, i don't think it has a lot of bite it to. today he went even further. he said that president obama had outlawed thomas edison's light bulb. first of all the light bulb efficiency legislation was signed by president bush and secondly it doesn't outlaw the

incandescent light bulb it just sets better energy standards for it. he makes stuff up. >> he makes up thinking that lela tino vote will go to republicans. >> it is hard for a republican to be elected for president without getting 40% of the latino vote. bush got 44%. i painfully remember that in 2004. but you are not going to get the latino vote. romney is not, republicans are not when they talk the way they do about immigration, immigrants and hispanic. they are the anti-hispanic party in this country right now. >> what about tomorrow night in illinois. romney is up by 15. if he wins that is it is a turning point? he will have won michigan, ohio and illinois. that's a big part of the country. >> he's going to win tomorrow night and by a substantial margin. he's going to win because republicanss are resigning themselves to him. the people running against him are absurd. he's running a