. >> tonight, hilary shelton of the naacp, and philadelphia mayor michael nutter on what happens when mitt romney tells the truth. >>> repeal and disgrace. house republicans vote to take health care away from americans. house democratic whip steny hoyer is here with reaction. >> and today, the congressional budget office debunks one of the greatest republican lies ever told. >> unless the president gets off of his absolute obsession with raising taxes -- >> under barack obama, he has one plan and one plan only. that's to raise everyone's taxes. >> he's raising the taxes like crazy. we need freedom. >> good to have you with us, folks. thanks for watching. mitt romney spoke to the naacp convention in houston, texas today. he delivered a speech short on specifics and long on tepid generalities. >> some may wonder why a republican would campaign in the african-american community and address the naacp. i hope to address every american of every race, creed, and sexual orientation. from the poorest to the richest and everyone in between. >> romney was greeted with polite applause throughout

hilary shelton, do you know about the secret meetings after the speech today? >> i'm not surprised. quite frankly, the campaign gave me a list of african-american vips that they brought in to the naacp meeting. so we were aware they had people brought in specifically for the campaign. so i'm sure those are the ones they sat down with because none of the rank and file naacp met with him. >> none of them met with him? >> none of the rank and file naacpers? >> who was he talking about? >> nigel ennis from new york, he's talking about african-american republican politicians that were actually brought in, flown in, to the naacp convention in houston, texas, to be there for the president alone. they weren't there before he got there. the few meetings -- our convention started on sunday. >> i think a big key here, and i want to clarify, are these members of the naacp? you said they were flown in. that means mitt romney rigged the crowd to support him so he could go on tv and say i got a lot of support among african-american leaders. what's happening here? >> apparently, that's what the cas

hilary shelton advocate for the naacp. thank you for your time tonight. >> it's been great sir. >> eliot: thank you, sir. would donald trump be a nicer guy if he didn't have money? i kind of doubt it. that's coming up. collide on "the gavin newsom show". this week: can a futurist really predict the future? so, you guys grew up together. yes, since third grade... what are you lookin' at? not looking at i anything... we're not good enough for you. must be supermodels? what do you model gloves? brad, eat a snickers. why? 'cause you get a little angry when you're hungry. better? [ male announcer ] you're not you when you're hungry™. better. [ male announcer ] snickers satisfies. innovation matters now more than ever. if you have an opinion, you better back it up. >>eliot spitzer takes on politics. >>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. >> eliot: let's check in with jennifer granholm in "the war room." good evening, governor

i'm joined by hilary shelton, senior vice president for advocacy and policy and the director of the washington bureau of naacp, and e.j. dionne dionne, the arthur of "our divided political heart." are voter id laws a modern day poll tax as attorney general holder suggested? >> absolutely. as a matter of fact, if we look at how poll taxes were used in the past, we know that poll taxes were used as obstacles to prevent poor voters from being able to participate. let's switch to today's voting processes. under these photo id lays, you now have to get a birthday certificate, usually a certified one with a raised seal. that's $10 to $25. you have to get to the motor vehicle office and get your official state id, the driver's license or state id in which case you're paying another $20 to $35. you're paying a price, a dollar figure, to be able to participate in the electoral process. it's indeed a poll tax. >> e.j. dionne, the pennsylvania voter rights case could become a national test case. the plaintiff is a great grandmother whose purse was stolen. she's african-american and she's 93 years old. sh

that's really interesting because the naacp's washington bureau has a person named hilary shelton whotheir director there and he went on msnbc last night and he said wait a minute he didn't meet with any ncaa people who normally show up and who are members. he actually flew some black republicans into the event and then met with the guys that he flew in. in fact, here is a direct quote. he says i'm sure those are the ones that they sat down with because quite frankly, none of the rank and file naacpers met with him. so now that brings up a whole different question which is very interesting. why did he fly the people in? was it to get applause or was it to get boos? well our answer might have come later in the day when he went to a fund-raiser in montana. and he started bragging about how he went to the naacp and he told them what he tells every crowd and they weren't going to get a free ride. let me give you a quote from that event. remind them of this. if they want more stuff from the government, tell them to go vote for the other guy. more free stuff. but don't forget, nothing is re

. >> tonight, hilary shelton of the naacp, and philadelphia mayor michael nutter on what happens when mitt romney tells the truth. >>> repeal and disgrace. house republicans vote to take health care away from americans. house democratic whip steny hoyer is here with reaction. >> and today, the congressional budget office debunks one of the greatest republican lies ever told. >> unless the president gets off of his absolute obsession with raising taxes -- >> under barack obama, he has one plan and one plan only. that's to raise everyone's taxes. >> he's raising the taxes like crazy. we need freedom. >> good to have you with us, folks. thanks for watching. mitt romney spoke to the naacp convention in houston, texas today. he delivered a speech short on specifics and long on tepid generalities. >> some may wonder why a republican would campaign in the african-american community and address the naacp. i hope to address every american

. >> tonight, hilary shelton of the naacp, and philadelphia mayor michael nutter on what happens whenhe truth. >>> repeal and disgrace. house republicans vote to take health care away from americans. house democratic whip steny hoyer is here with reaction. >> and today, the congressional budget office debunks one of the greatest republican lies ever told. >> unless the president gets off of his absolute obsession with raising taxes -- >> under barack obama, he has one plan and one plan only. that's to raise everyone's taxes. >> he's raising the taxes like crazy. we need freedom. >> good to have you with us, folks. thanks for watching. mitt romney spoke to the naacp convention in houston, texas today. he delivered a speech short on specifics and long on tepid generalities. >> some may wonder why a republican would campaign in the african-american community and address the naacp. i hope to address every american of every race, creed, and sexual

. >> hilary shelton from the naacp, thank you so much for joining us today. >> always delighted to be >> thanks. >>> our talk back question this morning. should governor romney open the book on his finances? is there a bear there? mitt romney under pressure to spill what democrats call his financial secrets. >>> now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question for you this morning, should romney open the books on his finances? is there a bear there? mitt romney is under pressure to spill what democrats call his financial secrets. >> i think what's important if you are running for president is that the american people know who you are, what you've done, and that you're an open book. and that's been true of every presidential candidate, dating back to mr. romney's father. >> governor romney has only released his 2010 tax return. oh, and an estimate for 2011. democrats hasay all of those otr returns could contain information about swiss bank accounts and nifty clever ways to avoid playing taxes. republicans are calling foul. at least they are now. during