unbelievable numbers. >> eliot: just proves a point that michael waldman was making registration. >>iot: i think in australia--anyway, i think we'll figure it out. more "viewpoint" coming up next. i can't wait to watch your show jennifer. the george bush promise. >>read my lips. no new taxes. >>this bill clinton commercial marked a new milestone in the "flip-flop" tv ads. now a days with video tapes, you can go and find a piece of footage of them saying one thing and then find another piece of footage of them contradicting themselves. >>we're never ever going to be able to totally control immigration. i promise you we can end illegal immigration. >>and, sometimes the candidate does the work for the commercial producers. >>i actually did vote for the $87 billion before i voted >> i actually did vote for the $87,000,000,000 before i voted against it. >> he bragged about voting for the 87 billion before he voted against it. >> in this new media age, a flip-flop ad is a verbal gaffecu right? [ laughter ] >> 46 minutes after the hour, right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> under ci

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you mentioned michael waldman.he brennan center has been in the forefront of not only litigating citizens united issues but what's going on florida with alec and the bad guys trying to suppress voting, something we have been focusing on as you have been. >> thank you eliot we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> when we come back, you know verizon is having to lay off some people. tough times. >> is it tough times for their executives? wait until you see these numbers. they are going to make your blood boil. >> verizon's innovation is forged in the labs of its technology team and in lowell mcadams garage. >> they have their story. it's kind of fun to bring them back. home of the brave. ♪ ♪ it's where fear goes unwelcomed... ♪ ♪ and certain men... find a way to rise above. this is the land of giants. guts. glory. ram. hdhd

you mentioned michael waldman.ter has been in the forefront of not only litigating citizens united issues but what's going on florida with alec and the bad guys trying to suppress voting something we have been focusing on, as you have been. >> thank you, eliot, we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> when we come back, you know, verizon is having to lay off some people. tough times. >> is it tough times for their executives? wait until you see these numbers. they are going to make your blood boil. >> verizon's innovation is forged in the labs of its technology team and in lowell mcadams garage. >> they have their story. it's kind of fun to bring them back. >> we're not through just yet, mr. vice president. >> they're swimming against the tides. >> tough times have arisen. it looks like they are going to have to cut 1700 jobs. >> that's a shame. i am sure the pain is spread throughout the organization. wait. no. it's not? wow that's shocking. let's look at the executive pay. ceo lowell c mcadam? how much did he make last

joining the panel now is michael waldman, president of the brennan center for justice, nyu school of law and msnbc contributor, steve kornacki of salon.com. he is also co-host of msnbc's "the cycle" which premieres today at 3:00 p.m. eastern. and from mexico city, telemundo's jose diaz-balart. let me ask you first, my friend, how does this decision play out with latino voters? >> good afternoon. let's talk about the 360,000 undocumented that live in the state of arizona. this essentially tells them that any time they are stopped for any kind of infraction, whatever the police officer believes is an infraction, their legal status can be questioned. this is huge. earlier you were talking about the impact on non-latinos and the documented. let's talk about 360,000 people that are living in that state, contributing to that state's economy, and many have roots in that state, and that right now are being told that the constitutionality of that section is not to be questioned. what's fascinating to me, this was unanimously decided by the supreme court. >> you seem to have -- we have been ta

john avlon is here, michael waldman and margaret hoover. great to have you all with us. michael, let me start with you. what's he doing? i mean, i have to say this. bill clinton knows that the bush tax cuts expire at the end of the year, not on election day so i don't buy this i didn't know the date. >> here's the thing. with him, whenever he says, you get all these people saying aha, he's so machivellian, he sees all chess moves down the board, this is all to elect hillary in 2022. sometimes he just says what's on the top of his mind and afterwards everybody has to explain what he meant. i think he feels that there can't be a precipitous counter pro-cyclical withdrawal of funds from the economy, that there needs to be a deal. he's used to -- as he said, he's a little rusty. he's used to saying what he thinks. but as a matter of negotiation, he held firm in his negotiations with the republicans on the very same issues that president obama is now saying he's going to hold firm on. so i think that there's a difference between sort of saying what you think as ultimate policy

michael waldman of the brennan center for justice.ave you. >> nice to be here. >> the original one people look back to is back in 2000. how does what we're looking at in 2012 compare to the 2000 purge which focused on a felony purge? >> when it comes to messed up voter purges and messed up elections florida -- >> leading the way. >> people say what's the next florida when it comes to election messes and always turns out to be florida. so in 2000, there was a purge of voters who supposedly had felony convictions and it turned out that a lot of them didn't. they were eligible voters kicked off the rolls and in fact it was so many, it was more than the margin of victory in the president shl election in florida. >> i heard from 1100 -- not the margin of victory, number of people kicked off the rolls. >> something close to 2,000 i think but that was -- the margin of victory -- >> too much higher in many cases. >> yeah. we want the rolls to be cleaned up. we don't want people who aren't eligible to vote to be on the rolls. the way this is s