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. >>> right after the show on the last word, lawrence o'donnell has the latest news. he trayvon martin killing. lawrence's guest is the city manager of sanford, florida. the politics and the investigation on that story continue to move and evolve in quick terms. lawrence has the latest coming up. >>> the state that took the most radical of all of the radical right tns after the 2010 midterms is michigan. michigan does not get much attention for that fact. i think it should. tonight, an unfolding political story in michigan that democrats are unexpectedly winning and i think will blow your mind is coming up on the show. stay with us. phillips' caplets use magnesium, an ingredient that works more naturally with your colon than stimulant laxatives, for effective relief of constipation without cramps. thanks. good morning, students. today we're gonna continue... what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. ♪ you make me

. >>> before we go i could hardly believe what lawrence o'donnell said.se of criticizing mairs religion, the host made a crude attack on mormon's religion. >> made by a guy in upstate new york in 1830 when he got caught having sex with the maid and explained to his wife that god told him to do it. 48 wives later, joseph smith's lifestyle was completely sanctified in the religion that he invented to go with it, which mitt romney says he believes. >> mormons were outraged, said they had every right to be. this week, o'donnell apologized. >> i am truly sorry if i said something inaccurate about joseph smith and i'm sorry that my word choice ripped some people's attention away from my point, that we should not tolerate religious intolerance with voting, i wish i could take those words back. >> that was a well-delivered apology and one that had lawrence o'donnell needed to deliver. that's it for this edition of "reliable sources request." join us next sunday for a critical look at the media. we interviewed the air with the fox news mole, the complete interview

now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. >>> with president obama's lead

last night on "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell, howard dean shared his take on what's driving this swing state gender gap. >> this is a disaster for romney. he can't get this back. what women are going to remember is that in the debates, in these 25 debates or whatever these guys have is that women were not on the radar screen except to treat them as if they should be back in the kitchen all the time. it's the most ridiculous primary season i've seen on the republican side. usually much more disciplined than we are and it's just shocking. and the numbers among latinos are even worse. explain to me how you can alienate who of the largest groups in the country and expect to win the country. these are deep wounds for women and hispanics. the language used about the dream act, that's something that matters to everybody, whether they are here legally or illegally. and the same thing is with women. i don't see how this goes away. the only way it can go away is if romney stand ups and says, i didn't mean it. then he's a flip-flopper. i think this is a disaster. barring some enormous

with us, the host from "the last word" lawrence o'donnell. pulitzer price winner for "the washington post," eugene robinson. donny deutsche is also here. here is the deal. a couple weeks ago, when republicans kept shooting themselves in the foot, lawrence showed there was an 87 point lead. we were sitting around the table going relax. they were getting excited. this thing is going to be like 1980 in the end. it's going to be tied up into the final week. >> only 6% of the vote is in play here. it's going to close at two or three points. it will tighten and, you know, you are watching margin of error movement. some of the movements within four points are margin of error. polls tell you, it's no movement at all. melody, the white house had known for some time. i was talking to david axelrod, he was up by 20 points in virginia. david axelrod was saying that's not real people responding to stupid comments. this is going to be tight. the white house knows that, right? >> has known it all along. david axelrod, plouffe. they know it's going to be a t

now it's time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. >> now we know, i know some of you think you already knew this, but you didn't know it, you just suspected it, and there's a big difference between knowing and suspecting, but now we know, the we know the day, we know the very day the republicans secretly vowed to oppose every single thing that president obama would try to do. that's right, you were right. it was the day he was inaugurateded president of the united states. the general election has begun, the primary process is over. >> there's going to be a lot of volatility. this thing is going to get nasty. >> four years ago we were always worried such a bad climate for the republican party. >> barack obama, the worst president in history. >> why would i want him to succeed? >> america can't live for four more years with barack obama. >> they want to be able to say the obama administration has failed. >> they are the underdog. >> so many people are turned off by washington. >> this thing is going to get nasty. >> the attacks from the republican side are going to go too far and

lawrence o'donnell has the details on that.g in the world, not intended to be a karaoke edition but nobody will stop you if it turns out that way. >>> since the strategy of advocating furiously against women's hale, republicans are trying something new and decided to take a you turn from their previous position and deciding now to not block the reauthorization of the violence against women act in the senate. it looked for weeks like it was poised to become a big partisan political battle when it passed out of committee on a party line vote with zero republican support and ultimately the republicans caved. it passed on a 68-31 vote and 15 republicans voting yes. there is more. the now women friendly republican party not blocking the violence against women act, they're creating a brand new republican group just for ladies. a group of house republicans created a caucus in 2007 called the young guns program, a group designed to help and support young awesome republicans like themselves. today, the young guns announced a new program

president, terrible things, and others say he's a nice guy -- >> it will be -- with every time lawrence o'donnellomes on the network and bashes mormonism. >> it may be better to do this, it's not this, but it's that. todd got to a better argument because he is a better strategist than the romney campaign. >> yesterday, president obama was out there, and was going to decide again, takes this shot at romney telegraphing his line of attack for the whole campaign, a question if this worked or not. >> somebody gave me an education, i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth, michelle wasn't. but somebody gave us a chance. >> these are scholarship kids, he and his wife, and her brother into princeton. is that something to brag about or be careful about? >> it reeks of the class warfare that others were warning against. >> isn't it fair to say that some of these guys with old money are born on third and act like they hit a triple. it's a true. they act like they have entitlement when ann romney and them start talking about our turn, what does that mean? >> not the language i would have used. >> becau

that does it for us tonight, it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. ..... >> president obama is leading mitt romney by 20 points with women voters to the republicans tried to turn today into mother's day. >> if men are from mars and women are from venus. >> women, women, women, women, women, women, women -- is mitt romney from jupiter. >> the real war on women has been waged by the failure of the economy. >> stop it give me a break. >> this is a good strategy for mitt romney. >> among women, obama gets 55% and mitt romney gets 35%. >> mitt romie was surrounding himself with women all throughout the day. >> the real war on women, the real war on women, women are business owners. >> it screams, i have a big problem with women. >> he had a lot of women in his life that were advisers. >> she is going across the country and talking with women and what they are talking about is the debt. >> an romney is the asset that everyone knows that she is. >> he listens to a lot of different women. >> she is the best thing that romney has going for him. certainly her husband's best prom

. >> look at your own network, msnbc you have lawrence o'donnell, just saying some really nasty things about the mormon religion, about the founding of our religion, that it was based on some guy just waking up some morning and deciding that he wanted -- that he had an extramarital affair and that's how the religion was founded. there is some really nasty things already being said by your own network by nbc. >> with us now senior political analyst brit hume brit, for labrador to go on meet the press and saying this is your network doing this what do you make of it. >> sitting politician member of congress, we have had a lot of members of congress who were mormon. we have had a lot of prominent people in this country and we had a governor of massachusetts who was mormon. is there any real evidence that their mormonism has affected their conduct of their life in public policy in any pick way? i would say no. so, where is the evidence that mormonism is some kind of men november lent force that will drive these politicians to do the exotic things that critics of that faith accuse them. >>

now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." have great night. >>> after two quickly called wins in maryland and washington, d.c., nbc news declares mitt romney the winner in wisconsin. mitt romney leads rick santorum with newt gingrich and ron paul trailing far behind. the maryland republican primary, nbc news projects mitt romney will win. romney leads santorum in maryland with gingrich and fall far behind and in washington, d.c., where rick santorum is not on the ballot, nbc news projects mitt romney will win that primary beating newt gingrich and ron paul. >>> joining me now is chuck todd, nbc news political director, chief white house correspondent and host of msnbc's "the daily rundown." chuck, wisconsin is where everybody's looking tonight. what do we learn about mitt romney's strengths tonight? and the future of rick santorum? >> well, i think not only to we know the demographics are destiny once again. wisconsin told you was going to be a little bit closer to being more like somewhere in between an illinois republican p

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>> every time lawrence o'donnell comes on this network, how do you contend with that?> every time he says it's this, it's not that, it may be the economy is improving but is it improving for you? todd is actually a better strategist than the romney campaign. >> president obama was out there, and it's like ohio examine florida all the time. takes this shot at romney perhaps telegraphing his line of attack for the whole campaign. big question whether this worked or not. >> somebody gave me an education. i wasn't born way silver spoon in my mouth. michelle wasn't. but somebody gave us a chance. >> okay, these are scholarship kids, both he and his wife, and his brother was a scholarship at princeton. okay. is that something you brag about or something you be careful about when the other guy got education paid for by his parents, prep school and everything else? >> it reeks of the thing that chuck todd and others were warning against. anne richards tried this in 1988 against former president bush. >> isn't it fair to say that some of these guys with old money act like they

now it is time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. have a great night. president obama has a huge lead over. and the latest developments this the killing of trayvon martin. trayvon martin's parents will join me. >> i'm doing this for god and trayvon. >> the family of slain teen trayvon martin is renewing calls for federal involvement to investigate the police department and the state attorney's office. >> the fbi goes to the scene. >> fbi agents are now on the location where the shooting took place. they are conducting what's being called a parallel investigation. >> they are investigating a possible civil rights violation. >> the feds can certainly step in and file charges here. >> experts saying the boy's heard calling for help on those 911 tapes. >> they believe it's not zimmerman. >> demands for justice are only growing louder. >> we need to judge this, judge the evidence in a court of law. >> is in the week the 2012 general election begins? >> it is now game on in terms of the general election. >> mitt romney tries to close the deal. >> will he fina

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now stay tuned for last word with lawrence o'donnell. >>> president obama has a huge lead tonight according to the new electoral college map released by nbc news. >> the president -- >> team obama has made it official. >> on the campuses of ohio state and virginia commonwealth. >> how important are these two states? ohio and virginia are on there. >> this race is going to come down to a handful of states. >> california, nevada. north carolina, ohio, pennsylvania. >> mitt romney has very few paths. >> these guys don't get it, if you do well, the economy does well. >> it sure sounds like a campaign, vice president joe biden slamming mitt romney on issues of national security. >> we can't go back to the future. >> biden accuses mitt romney of running on a nonexistent foreign policy. >> russia without question, our number one geo political foe. >> a profound misunderstanding. >> mitt romney has very few paths. >> mitt romney doesn't actually have false beliefs. >> he was accused throughout the primary as being a massachusetts moderate. >> you moved through debates to win the primary. >> romney

have been very consistent since the values voters summit in october with your network, with lawrence o'donnellnd chris matthews and i said from the beginning that if given the choice between a christian like barack obama who embraces non-biblical principles like abortion and mitt romney, a non-christian that embraces biblical values that i would support mitt romney, so there has been no change in my position. >> dr. jeffers, here is the problem. i have read and listened to several of your sermons in preparing for this interview where you acknowledge that committed christians can differ on secondary issues but still to come together on the primary doctrines of the faith. now, you know because you have said this in your sermons, that christians differ on everything from creation to climate change and even abortion and homosexuality except when it comes to this president because this president who holds to the central truths of christianity cannot garner your vote. now, why is that? >> yeah. well, first of all, i think some of the issues you talked about just a moment ago are secondary issues, ab

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. >> look at your own network, msnbc, lawrence o'donnell is saying nasty things about the mormon religionounding of our religion, that it was based on some guy waking up some morning and deciding that he wanted -- that he had an extramarital affair and that's how the religion was founded. there's some really nasty things already being said by your own network, by nbc. there's many other people that will be talking about these things. i think what we need to realize is that everybody's faith origin are peculiar if you look at any one of us. we need to realize that what you need to look at is the men, the man, mitt romney. i have not endorsed mitt romney but it clearly looks like he's going to be the nominee for the republican party. we need to look at his life and the things that he has done. and he's had a very, very good life. >> jon meacham, this question of whether his mormon faith will become an issue, whether the president who has had to face down questions about whether he is a muslim, which he's not, over time, does this become a big issue as we move through the campaign? >> i'm go