tommy, i apologize for butchering names, alberto del rio, chris wright, who i do not think is here, shannon dodge, charlie. go ahead. thank you. >> my name is jenny jordan. i am with occupy. since 2008, there have been more than 3000 and foreclosures in san francisco. because of the racist banks, they have banned in working- class communities of color. we need household preservation of rent-controlled. we need controls on condo conversions and foreclosure prevention. we do not really need new household programs until we work on the solution to the problems of funding homeowners foreclosure to get counseling from san francisco housing development corporations. that is for the african-american community, the latino community, and the asian community. we need regulations in the behavior of the banks and mortgages operating in san francisco. the city has to focus on stabilizing neighborhoods that are hit hardest by the foreclosure crisis and helps families due to the foreclosures stake in their homes. corrupt banks are forcing foreclosures on moderate income families. the city needs to keep the

chris. >> santorum brings up jeremiah wright. why would he do that, ari? >> i think he brings up jeremiah wright to say, hey, the media shouldn't hold him responsible for everything that happens. also, whether it's fair or not, it allows him to try to say it's him versus obama, right? this is what he's trying to do. it's not just that mitt romney is struggling. he needs to be seen as a credible challenger. >> is it going to work? >> look, chris. this is about economic jobs. particularly looking ahead to the michigan primary here, it seems that rick santorum understands this. he just can't help himself. it's been all about world war ii and am knee olsen tee sis. in the long term it's more of a suici suici suicide pact because he's disqualifying himself. >> it just so happens that my "jansing & co." has that sound bite you're referring to, dana, so let me play that for you. >> they want to talk about the issues that, you know, fit their narrative, and their narrative is, oh, rick santorum, all he cares about is these issues. rick santorum cares about all the

chris moody, yahoo! news political reporter and crystal wright, editor of conservative black chick.com.ays he is challenging the routs. florida primary arguing the rnc rules don't allow for winner-take-all primaries before april 1st s this smart strategy or sour sour grapes? pete, you first? >> well, fred, you know newt gingrich is a historian, i think he has mentioned that. >> he is. >> as any historian should know, you never, ever challenge the results of a florida election, but listen, i mean, everybody, everybody knows newt gingrich wouldn't be making a peep if he had won this election. florida gets penalized for moving up their primary, trying to make money with the media and the campaign, so yeah, newt, sour grapes, doesn't seem like such a fruit guy to me, fred. >> chris? >> i disagree, that better place to challenge an election than florida. might do better than the last guy who went all the way to the supreme court. of course, he didn't win. i think newt should focus on the future states, like virginia. oh, wait, how about monsieurly? not on the ballot there second thought, may

chris hayes. immersed in our conversation during the break here. here with kai wrightmoskos, author of the book "cop in the hood." maria, anchor of pbs' "need to know" and lead blocker of national reviews. we're talking at the war on drugs, enforcement, decriminalization, and what the war on drugs looks like at the street level. and the question i want to ask you is, how has the war on drugs changed policing? what has it done to what blissing is at the street level? >> it's created a lot of division between the police and the community, which is not good for policing. non-criminals need to if not like at least respect the pol e police. >> and trust. >> trust the police and tell police things. that's why crimes get solved. part of the fallacy of it is there's a believe if we just got tough we would win this. we have gotten tough. we still have a drug problem in prison. if we can't get drugs of the of prison, how are we going to get drugs out of a free throw society. how do we control it and minimize arms. police can play an important role by getting public drug dealers

. >> chris: let me bring you into one of the things i admired about obama was ability to hut a big speech and the speech on race over the controversy about reverend wrightromney need it make a speech addressing the wealth and gaffes and his can daysy. >> one . problems and issues that bill just cited. he is badly positioned on. obama care is a potent issue for republicans and a motivating factor for tea party supporters and romney is the worst candidate to be out front. the case that santorum is making is strong and ironically even though romney came in first in nevada and florida and had these little gaffes. santorum had sort of a good week . we'll see what happens for him in missouri and colorado. we have seen the issues that the economy has gotten better and a candidate like santorum is stronger on than mitt romney. >> we have to take a break. but when we come back, the politics of health care and cancer and birth control. we'll be right back. [ male announcer how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connect