you may remember the name roy moore. alabama judge roy moore got himself nationally famous back in 2003 when as a state supreme court justice he refused to order by a federal judge to remove a ten commandments monument from the grounds of the state courthouse. moore was removed from office by a panel during that incident. tonight he's been trying to win back his seat trying to unseat the current supreme court justice, chuck malone. look at the results. chuck malone, 25%. roy moore, 51%. that's with three-quarters of the vote in in alabama. roy moore has made himself a national conservative political celebrity in his time since he was turfed out of office. this looks like his path back in. some fascinating races tonight. even if you ignore the issue of whether or not it's newt gingrich's last night in the race for the presidency. stay with us. >>> lots more news from mississippi, alabama, courtside seats in dayton, ohio, and american samoa. stay tuned. >>> welcome back to a big news night in the republican primary. rick santorum

the ed show." polls are closed in mississippi and alabama. sissippi the race is too early to call, and in alabama, the race there is too early to call as well. of course it's all about delegates. and mitt romney has a big lead in that category. but will any of the candidates have enough to win the nomination outright by the time the convention in tampa, florida rolls around? i watch this man every morning at 9:00, let's turn to political director chuck todd. i never go anywhere without checking out todd, i get the political base then. chuck, great to have you with us. looking at the exit polls in mississippi, you think the satisfaction with the candidates looked interesting, did it tell us anything different from what we have seen in the other states? >> no, it showed once again, you see where romney is actually the third choice, if you will. 58%, is not bad. but there would be more enthusiasm from base primary voters with either gingrich or santorum, i know in the updated polls, 65% for gingrich, 63% for santorum. it's up to 66% for santorum

you may remember the name roy moore. alabama judge roy moore got himself nationally famous in 2003 when as a state supreme court justice he refused an order by a judge to remove a tenneco handmentless monument from the grounds of the courthouse. he was removeds by a state judicial ethic's panel after that incident but tonight he's trying to unseat the kwurnts supreme court justice, chuck may lobe. look. results. chuck malone, 25% and roy moore, 51%. he's made himself a national conservative political celebrity during the time he was turfed out of office. fascinating races tonight, even if you adore the issue of whether or not it's newt gingrich's last night in the race for presidency. stay with us. >>> the latest results from alabama and mississippi coming right up. we should just want as many people as possible to vote, however it falls, whichever party benefits from it, the fact is when the american people are engaged they will make intelligent choices. rick santorum right now with 34% of the vote, newt gingrich 31, mitt romne

in alabama. but the polling in both alabama and mississippi is notoriously nonpredictive of those states' results on both the democratic and republican side. so rick santorum win tonight with 26% of the vote recorded. 35% for rick santorum. newt gingrich in second place, and mitt romney in third place. of course, these numbers will firm up over the course of the evening as more of that vote comes in in alabama. but the important point there is the projection of the winner. we don't yet have a winner to project in mississippi which is still too close to call at this hour. it is a three-way race in mississippi right now. 33%, 32%, 30% is the divide between rick santorum, newt gingrich and mitt romney in that order with 78% of the vote in mississippi. i've asked gene robinson to join us once again just because we've had this call in alabama. gene, what's the most important implication of the rick santorum win in alabama now that nbc has projected that? >> there really are three, that santorum can win in the

you may remember the name roy moore. alabama judge roy moore got himself nationally famous in 2003 when as a state supreme court justice he refused an order by a judge to remove a tenneco handmentless monument from the grounds of the courthouse. he was removed by a state judicial ethic's panel after that incident but tonight he's trying to unseat the current supreme court justice, chuck may lobe. look. results. chuck malone, 25% and roy moore, 51%. he's made himself a national conservative political celebrity during the time he was turfed out of office. fascinating races tonight, even if you adore the issue of whether or not it's newt gingrich's last night in the race for presidency. stay with us. >>> the latest results from alabama and mississippi coming right up. rick santorum was not in either state i want to. he was in louisiana delighting in his big wins tonight before his supporters. watch. >> the time is now to make sure that we have the best chance to win this election and the best chance to win this election. is to nomi

bark. >> the alabama bark. not the first, but the fourth color lawyer in the state. he did serve in reconstruction during reconstruction, served two terms in the alabama legislature. a radical republican. a radical republican. by the time he got elected reconstruction was already closing down, but my great grandfather, the gentleman and the picture, for the next 40 years, he never stopped giving up on this idea the people of color had a rifle place in politics. he continued to be active in national republican politics, attended for national republican conventions and raised a family. my father grew up hearing about a and was determined so, as a matter of family honor the restore black people to their rightful place in politics and alabama. that was of my father was all about. >> why did you write about your family? what made you take it this far? >> well, i got tired of hearing my father sang it is going to read a book. damage, you're not trying to read this. i was terrified. this incredible wall would die with

nbc news projects rick santorum as the winner of the alabama republican primary. in mississippi, nbc news has now called the race for rick santorum. this is a major victory for rick santorum and major defeat for mitt romney and newt gingrich. hours ago they were saying santorum's campaign was running on fumes. >> the reagan tradition of visionary conservatism is based on proverbs and the very deep belief that without vision the people perish. i believe we need a visionary leader who is prepared to talk about a dramatically better future with dramatically more jobs, dramatically more energy and a much safer and stronger america. i think that's the key to winning this fall. not all this petty baloney, but the really big choices. and as i went around both states talking about $2.50 gasoline, having all sorts of folks in the elite media say, oh, that's not possible, then finally on saturday in "the wall street journal," jennings wrote a piece entitled "newt gingrich is right about gasoline." he walked through step by step why it was possible. and the fact is, it is ver

rick santorum has won the alabama primary. according to nbc news. d nbc news also called mississippi for the former pennsylvania senator, rick santorum. i'm joined again by msnbc's chris matthews, reverend al sharpton, and rachel maddow. i want to talk about illinois for just a second. chris, there's a lot of guys that go to work with lunch buckets in illinois. if rick santorum ever had a chance to make a play for that wage earner, this is the perfect time to do it, is it not? i mean, if he can wrestle those away from mitt romney, could he make some waves in yiillinois? >> it's when you talk about what i talk about. it's this concern for the middle class. although, you know, you can talk about progressive politics being all in the democratic party, but there is a populist element within the republican party we're going to hear from. they're the people that make less than $50,000 a year and vote republican. the cloth-coat republicans we used to call them. these people do go to work in the morning. some of them are union members, as you know better tha

>> my grandfather, he was the first black lawyer in the state of alabama and the architecture of reconstruction. i grew up listening to my father repeat this over and over and my eyes would roll. in the book i go off in search of my fallfish hashim will do the compassion and find out in the ellerbe anbar in 1978 not the first but the fourth colored lawyer in the state and he did serve in reconstruction during reconstruction come to terms in the alabama legislature has a radical republican. my father made it clear as a radical republican. but he was in the architect because by the time he got elected we construction was already closing down but my great grandfather, the gentleman in the picture the next 40 years never stopped giving up on this idea that people of color have a rightful place in politics so he continued to be in the politics and attended for the national conventions and raised a family and my father grew up hearing about it and was determined to as a matter of family honor restore black people to their rightful place in politics that is what my father was all about. >> why did you

and we go the joe johns at the gingrich headquarters in birmingham, alabama. is the feeling there and is the gingrich camp making it is make or break? >> well, you know, erin, moving away from the make or break language that we heard a week ago and it is interesting because newt gingrich has said much more recently that as far as he is concernconcerned, if i close, never the race in mississippi and alabama moves on and he has said recently, like today, that he plans to go all of the way to the republican convention. now, the one thing though that i also think that you have to say is that newt gingrich has to say, that and he has to say that he is going to keep going, because he has been een warned the supporters not the talk down his own campaign, but the bottom line if he does not do well in the two states the calls will increase for newt gingrich to get out of the race, erin. >> and joe, i'm curious, because we are calling it the triple lazarus, you know, the biblical hat trick for gingrich to rise for the third time, but from what you are e sare seeing in t

i think the folks here in alabama and mississippi, you know, are seeing that. they want a conservative nominee. i think that's what it is coming down to. they want a conservative nominee. the best way to get that is for us to have a one-on-one opportunity with governor romney. i can't control that. kicontrol going out and delivering the strong, positive message about securing our future. i'm here in lafayette, louisiana, tonight on the gulf coast. you know, we are going to talk about the importance of -- of making sure hawe drill offshore and we have a president who is doing everything he can to stop energy development in this country and see those price guess higher. we will talk about government controlling lives. that's the message from iowa, through every one of these states. i feel very confident that that message and the fact that we can contrast hurs ourselves -- contrast ourselves on energy and health care, far superior to governor romney. the voters out here know he's not a conservative that you can trust. and -- and frankly wasn't a conservative as gov

alabama. check out these numbers. 65% of the ads run in the last month in alabama and mississippi have been paid for by romney super pac restore our future of his super pac has spent $2.2 million compared to just $234,000 in spending by the campaign itself. restore our future has run ten time as many ads in alabama as romney's campaign and campaign hasn't aired a single ad in mississippi. risen to his dire warnings yesterday about a contested convention. >> look, if we go all the way to a convention, we would be -- we would be signaling our doom in terms of replacing president obama. we are not going to go until the end of august to select a nominee and have campaign working during a convention. can you imagine anything that's a bigger deficit to barack obama? >> although there's been speculation that the race might end with romney/santorum, elevating santorum into the number two spot, after yesterday that looks unlikely. >> if you were to become the nominee of your party, sir, you would almost have to put a conservative, a real -- i know you say you're conservative yourself, but even to the rig

the national map. mississippi and alabama. if they stay purple, you may want to call romney back tomorrow and see if he wants to talk about the desperate end. what it could be is the end of the gingrich campaign. he won south carolina, he won georgia. he desperately needed to win to head across the south. >> second place in both of these states, i think, would probably keep him in the race. >> it would keep him in the race, but does it make him a viable candidate? he'll get delegates, but bragging rights are at stake. you look at alabama, a state that borders georgia. this is the one that gingrich needed to win. this is counting much more slowly mslow ly than mississippi. 35% of the vote in. with that much out, things could change, but this has held steady. santorum at 35%, gingrich at 30%, romney at 28%. if romney was to spring a surprise here, wolf, he's winning in all of the places he would need to win to spring a surprise in alabama. he's winning in the major population centers and in the suburbs. the difference between thi

the republican volares want two things out of alabama. they want the economy fixed and obama defeated. that's clear in both states. it's going to be really hard to tell whether gingrich or romney has a real advantage here in either state. santorum has a shot in mississippbut doesn't look very strong in alabama. it's too close to call right now. >> for sure too close to call. exit polls, if they were motivated by who is most likely to beat obama, 46% thought romney was most likely to beat obama versus the others and in mississippi, of those who want to beat obama, 50% ended up voting for romney. >> romney's winning the electability debate. gingrich is wing men in those states santorum is winning women and doing ok with evangelicals, but not by as huge a margin as you might imagine. >> i was curious to see the evangelical vote in these exit polls to see how that mattered and how it broke down. i would have thought that romney might have been hurt by it, but in both states, it was pretty much split. >> he's doing all right. >> fairly evenly,

the alabama and mississippi primaries were last night and the stakes for romney were high or as mittuld say just the right height. because if he won either state he could dispel doubt about his appeal to conservatives and i would have to start loving him which, of course, i have do as long as i have no other choice but i do because after a week of candidates forcing cheesy grits down their throats and y'alls out of their throats the deep south has spoken and for once the nation could understand what they were saying. >> rick santorum's surprise in the south. he wins the alabama and mississippi primaries. >> mitt romney walks out in third place in alabama and mississippi. >> it's very clear that none of the candidates can sew up in this nomination before tampa. >> it means a long, slow painful slog toç this nomination. >> stephen: long, slow and painful. thairchl you jesus. this is great. the democrats had the same situation when they won last time in 2008. now republicans get that hillary versus obama magic minus any women or black people or magic. [ laughter ] folks, i'll tell you,

you saw earlier, the exit poll numbers for alabama. ht now, santorum in the exit poll had 34%, romney second with 29%, 28% for gingrich. that's third reich there. once again a third place if these numbers were to hold, that's a huge if right now. these are only exit polls, what individuals told us after they emerged from the voting booths. ron paul only 6%. a very close race in short in both of these states. alabama an mississippi. we're waiting for the official numbers to start coming in. we have something right now. we will show you that you will only see here on cnn. dana bash is standing by in birmingham, alabama. shanna travis is in pass sca goo la, mississippi. to you, look what we see behind you. we see police officers and also see men in striped jumpsuits, if you will. what's going on? >> reporter: what's going on, we are at the loading dock, waiting for the ballots to all come in from all around this very important jefferson county. what's going to happen is these cars are going to come out, people are going to help bring the b

the southern candidate. is that enough to allow him to appeal to alabama or mississippi? as you said it's not a monolithic region anymore. its not enough to say i'm southern and i eat grits. but it's whether they think the candidate is really consistent with the right wing of the republican party, what they see as the evolution of the more -- >> we heard about the beef stake, what we heard about josh levs. you actually called the shot in 2008, saying sarah palin just might be a good vice presidential candidate. >> very early on. >> are there any guesses for this race? >> i guess it's not going to be bob mccdonalcdonald, because wh candidate with a woman problem going to do? i mean he's been -- he really has been a conservative standout and if his problem were that you were trying to bring back the conservative men, then you would bring back the vp. but republican women governors, perhaps, many times think of a carly fiorina or somebody like that, but something other than two white guys. >> all right, tom baxter, thanks very much, always good to see you. appreciate it. >>>

alabama. under 30% among folks who make less than $100,000. well, that's 75% of the folks in alabama. just barely over 30% in mississippi and frankly i think those numbers will get revised down as we see the actual vote totals come in. with white evangelicals, we're seeing how romney, again, is closer to that 28% number which, of course, white evangelical makes up -- it was over 80% of the vote in mississippi, nearly 75%, 80% of the vote in alabama. again, though, look at the raw vote total in alabama right now. i believe we're sitting at romney with 28%. the exact number he got in south carolina. the exact number he got in oklahoma. the exact number he got in tennessee. he's sitting at 28% there in am ba b alabama. so maybe the haley barbour machine is worth all of two points in mississippi. >> stand by. joining me now, msnbc political analyst steve schmidt, former mccain/palin senior adviser and senior strategist of the 2004 bush/cheney campaign. also, national affairs editor for "new york" magazine and analyst john heilman and the host of "the rachel maddow show," rachel maddow has

the barbour machine. less that way in alabama. >> where's haley? >> henry, the nephew who basically is the family's politics operationally, he's with romney. >> let's go to michael. these are white people, basically, white southerners, evangelicals, we know their views. not particularly in love with mormons. recently, accepted catholics as christians like them. i'm being brutal here. wait until you see these numbers. most don't believe in evolution. they have conservative views about our culture. what do you think is the situation down there? can romney win down there? >> i think romney can. i think mississippi could be a good playground for romney, quite frankly. it's a fairly new political environment for them in terms of, you know, the way their primary is set up. so you still have romney tied to the barbour clan. has the opportunity to use that network to get that vote out. but this is, you know, one of those situations where i think even if romney wins mississippi tonight and newt or santorum takes the other, it doesn't change really the dynami

the national network. recently a local police officer in alabama made a traffic stop. based on plain sight observations, the officer asked to see the contents of a duffel bag in the backseat. inside the duffle back were four police uniforms and four police badges. when reviewed, each of them stated they were headed to a location in colorado and the occupants were allowed on their way. what happens next shows how far we've come in taking proactive measures to protect the homeland. the officer completed a report and clicked the sar button in the alabama system. that suspicious activity report went immediately to the alabama fusion center which analyzed the information and contacted the colorado fusion center. the fbi has a presence in both of the centers. the matter is still being considered. whether this situation has to do with terrorism or some other criminal activity, a key point is that within hours federal, state, and local officials can act to prevent criminal activity where aware of the situation. this goes far beyond information sharing. this is deep collaboratio

rick santorum takes both the alabama and mississippi primaries. >>> swiss tragedy. dozens are killed when a bus slams into the wall of a swiss tunnel. >>> stop the presses. after more than 200 years, there will be no more printed versions of the encyclopedia britain ka. this is the "cbs morning news" of the encyclopedia britain ka. this is the "cbs morning news" for wednesday, march 14, 2012. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning everybody. thanks for joining us. i'm betty nguyen. >>> this morning the race for the republican presidential nomination appears as unpredictable as ever. after conservative voters handed rick santorum a dix i land sweep. sap torm won in alabama and mississippi primaries. it was a tight three-way race in both states. newt gingrich who pinned his hopes came in a close second. mitt romney was third in both contests but maintains a huge lead in delegates. geraldino is in washington with details on all of this. good morning. >> good morning, betty. mitt romney's performance exposes an achilles heel in his campaign. rick santorum is trying to

, birmingham, alabama, tuscaloosa, alabama, the state of alabama in this congress. i do so humbly because of the courage and bravery of former and current members of congress who did the unthinkable. i can't imagine being congressman john dingell who first took office in 1955 from michigan. he sat in this very chamber and voted for the passage of the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965. against amazing opposition from his own constituents in michigan. he did the brave thing about voting in favor of this historical -- these historical legislations. he was not the only one sitting in this chamber in 1965. representative john conyers, a black congressman, who was elected in 1965, and who still serves in this chamber was in this room and casted that vote for the voting rights act of 1965. we need to remember, record the history of congressman lewis and congressman dingell and conyers and so many members of congress, current and present, who are alive today. preserve that history for future generations to come. you know, over the

. >>> you are looking at live pictures from the civil rights memorial center in montgomery, alabama. a monument to the heroes who lost their lives in the struggle for equality in this country. welcome to a special edition of "politics nation." i'm al sharpton. all this week, we're retracing the route of the historic 1965 march from selma to montgomery. a watershed moment in the civil rights movement. tonight, we'll have new details about the rise of hate groups in america and the effort to roll back voting rights. we'll also have an exclusive interview with the actor and singer tyrese who has been marching with us down here in alabama. and we'll have some politics for you. president obama released a new campaign video today that has republicans quaking in their boots. but we start tonight with the gop war on women's health. today is international women's day. and rush limbaugh celebrated by going back on the air and making sexist remarks about yet another woman today. but his initial slut comment really came from a war on women's health, raging in statehouses all across this country a

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