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the four men are keyon beads, clifford butler, derius duncan, and david johnson. >> the shooter in the perry hall shooting remains under observation in a psychiatric hospital. the victim remains in critical condition after suffering a bruised lung and a cracked rib from the shotgun blast. we are told that they are working to close at a dinner plate-sized hole in his chest. he has been on a breathing tube for most of the week. meanwhile, perry hall looks to post the first football team sense -- first football game since the tragedy. >> that came will start and about one hour. tonight and through the weekend, expect this community to come together to put monday's tragedy behind them. >> may i help you? >> at this restaurant come but they are donatina portion of the weekend -- at this restaurant, they are donating a portion of the weekend's profits to the victim's family. >> we really hope he is going to be ok. that is all we wish for him. >> word of the good deed is quickly spreading throughout perry hall and beyond. >> i think that is wonderful. it is a tragedy in the community and ever

. >> david k. johnson will give us the details and eugene robinson is here on the politics. >>> well, seeing as how dick -- excuse me, vice president cheney never misfires -- >> dick cheney never apologized for shooting someone in the face. but sarah palin's got him running scared. >> it wasn't so much governor palin but the process. >> democratic strategist bob shrum will weigh in on the power of palin. >> another day, another lie. from the romney campaign. this time, it's about welfare. msnbc's jonathan alter is here with reaction. >>> governor, what did you buy? >> and mitt romney lets his true colors shine with another out of touch moment. you won't believe what the unemployment millionaire picks up at the hardware store. good to have you with us. thanks for watching. in this election cycle, every day is tax day in the 2012 presidential campaign. even when the conversation isn't about mitt romney's personal tax returns, it's about his tax policies. >> he'd ask the middle class to pay more in taxes so h

after the game and even keeled before the argument david johnson talks positive and looking forward. >> that's kind of a -- you can always review it. you never put yourself in a position with the ball still on the field. two veteran players messed that up. you're never as bad as you look when you lose and never as good as you look when you win. these guys don't need a pep talk. they just a couple of guys need to get healthy and we'll be fine. >> but they are pretty good when they're good. tennessee against japan. the star in terms of names, hit three home runs in the game. a two run homer in the fifth inning. japan wins 12-2. chris wilson definitely want to went to eagles camp. received significant time. on saturday he thrived with a sack and he danced around when he got it. a tackle and three hits. a round of cuts will be announced tomorrow. but wilson's put himself in a very good spot to make the team. >> happy to be a part of that. words can't describe how happy i am. the whole day was just weird. i like to sleep in. i got up early. i got over here early. i was excited just to wal

the indicted men are keyon beads, clifford butler, derius duncan, and david johnson. >> mitt romney closed out the republican convention with a rousing acceptance speech. now, we are in charlotte, north carolina were the democrats will hold their convention next week. we have the latest. >> good evening from charlotte, n.c.. this is time warner cable arena, the site next week of the democratic national convention where president obama will take his shot at firing up his base and trying to win over undecided voters like the republicans just tried to do. paul ryan and mitt romney tried to put a positive spin on the republican convention. >> we have given our fellow countrymen a very clear choice. >> if you listened to the last guy running for president. he laid out what he was going to do. he was not able to do it. it is time to give someone new a chance. >> in a soaring speech last night, romney did not lay out specific. >> i plan to care -- a plan to create 12 million new jobs. >> campaigning resumed and joe biden took a shot. >> congressman paul ryan has given it absolutely clear definiti

one man who knows a lot about personal wealth and how it's taxed is david johnson. it's good to see you and you're the perfect person to talk to today. we don't know a lot about mitt romney's personal wealth, but for the last two years of returns, but we know something about offshore accounts. give me the picture of what we know so far of mitt romney? >> well, in romney's case, we know he had accounts in the cayman islands. those are quite appropriate. they have to do with foreign investors and non-profit investors, but he also filed a very unusual tax form, an 8261 and that form makes it possible, doesn't mean he did, but makes it possible he paid no taxes for many years and as the manager of an investment pool, romney could defer into that as long as he wanted income connected with the investment pool. so i think that's the important issue here and i'm surprised at the five years. i've been calling on romney to release his tax returns since '84. i think the most interesting years would be 2008 and 2009 when the economy fell apart and the late '90s when the big tax

and david johnson is a columnist at reuters, who uncovered loopholes in the u.s. tax code.t book will be entitled "the fine print: how big companies use plain english to rob you blind." steven, let's start with you. what's the biggest thing needed to be done to reform the tax code? what's the important thing we can all agree on in tax reform? >> thank you for letting me talk about my favorite subject. i love the way you introduced this segment. albert einstein said the most complicated thing in the universe is the federal tax code. so the idea of simplifying the code and making it more pro-growth as we did in 1986, it worked really well. you and i have crossed roads many times. but i bet the three of us could agree on one concept. low rates, broad base. that's the kind of hallmark for a good tax system. the tragedy is we waited now almost 25 years to see a new reform that brings the rates down and clears out all the pollution. david has written on this extensively. we can do much better than the code that we have now. >> david, pick it up from there. do we agree on low rate

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. >> david johnson is chief political correspondent for "politic 365" and professor of political sirnslly and were telling me some fascinating things during the commercial break. so, when -- i mean, who comprises the audience at these events like the one the president had in akron? >> right. it's not spontaneous. you have people who go in and they're interested and they're volunteers, but all campaigns shuffle the people behind the president, they shuffle the people in front of the president, because they want to present the right demographic picture. so, he wants it to look like akron, ohio, so they made sure he had a number of blue-collar people, some moms, young people. it's all fixed. >> how do you discern who's blue collar and who's white? like, how exactly do you do that? they have a blue color on. >> exactly. >> so, they don't necessarily choose the people who are going to be at the event, but they arrange them. >> right, exactly. it's kind of like, you know, you invite a bunch of people to your wedding but you set up the tables individually, and that's pretty much what they do

joins me is david kay johnson, pulitzer prize winning writer. medicare, the way they want to do this right now, ryan wants to turn it into a voucher. this is what they want to do. they want to turn medicare into a voucher or what he calls -- >> premium support. >> such a premium. he also wants to raise eligibility age to 67. and seniors would pay $6,400 more. house does the country move ahead under this plan? >> i don't know how seniors pay $6,400. they don't have the income to do this to begin with. in case of the eligibility, we have more and more team who should be getting health care in their early 60s who are going to get sicker because they don't have health care until they're 67. >> what about the voucher program? this basically is taking people and saying we're going to give you some money and you're -- an allotment of funds and you're going to be able to go out into the private sector and pick any insurance company you want. >> the problem with it is is what he's really doing is saying we're going to make a fixed contribution to your ca

that's next with krysta ll ball and tax reporter david k. johnson.he rewrite" tonight, the man who was very clearly on his way to winning the title of craziest member of the house of representatives was suddenly overtaken this week by todd akin. but congressman alan west's campaign opponent has found a way to help people remember just how crazy alan west is. from the mouths of babes. >> get the beep out of the united states. [ engine idling ] [ engine revs, tires squeal ] [ male announcer ] more power. more style. more technology. less doors. the 2012 c-coupe. join mercedes-benz usa on facebook for the best summer sweepstakes. >>> in the case of united states of america versus mitt romney and his secret tax returns, mitt romney claims a new defense. he now claims he's not releasing his secret tax returns because he doesn't want his charitable contributions in the morm s to church to be made public. in a new interview in "parade" magazine, romney lies, one of the down sides of releasing one's financial information is that this is now all public. but w

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. >> david k. johnson will give us the details and eugene robinson is here on the politics. >>> well, seeing as how dick -- excuse me, vice president cheney never misfires -- >> dick cheney never apologized for shooting someone in the face. but sarah palin's got him running scared. >> it wasn't so much governor palin as it was the basic process being used. >> democratic strategist bob shrum will weigh in on the power of palin. >> another day, another lie from the romney campaign. this time, it's about welfare. msnbc's jonathan alter is here with reaction. >>> governor, what did you buy? >> and mitt romney lets his true colors shine with another out of touch moment. you won't believe what the unemployed millionaire picked up at the hardware store. good to have you with us. thanks for watching. in this election cycle, every day is tax day in the 2012 presidential campaign. even when the conversation isn't about mitt romney's personal tax returns, it's about his tax policies. >> he'd ask the middle class to p

. >> david k. johnsonne robinson is here on the politics. >>> well, seeing as how dick -- excuse me, vice president cheney never misfires -- >> dick cheney never apologized for shooting someone in the face. but sarah palin's got him running scared. >> it wasn't so much governor palin as it was a basic process being used. >> democratic strategist bob shrum will weigh in on the power of palin. >> another day, another lie. from the romney campaign. this time, it's about welfare. msnbc's jonathan alter is here with reaction. >>> governor, what did you buy? >> and mitt romney lets his true colors shine with another out of touch moment. you won't believe what the unemployed millionaire picked up at the hardware store. good to have you with us. thanks for watching. in this election cycle, every day is tax day in the 2012 presidential campaign. even when the conversation isn't about mitt romney's personal tax returns, it's about his tax policies. >> he'd ask the middle class to pay more in taxes so he could give a

david blaine. but finallily the stirring anti-climax of johnson and mccain walking on the rest the arsenio hall show to tell the people the days of government west are over. >> the first big spending pork barrel earmark bill that comes across my desk i will veto it. i will make them famous and you will know their names. >> jon: like the wasteful jackass mayor of an alaskan town who requested $27 million. i will make her famous. oops. the one thing no one can ever take way from john mccain is his inspiring war record. >> i was dumped in a dark cell and left to die. i couldn't do anything. i couldn't even feed myself. >> jon: how dare the republican convention delegates mock john mccain's service and sacrifice to this country with some devisive purple heart band-aid. that's bull [bleep] -- sorry, those are the republican delegates mocking his war wounds in 2004. you know what, actually, actually, that is funny. but what was the main thrust of john mccain's message? >> we have to change is the way we do business in washington. >> jon: hmm. that's funny. i -- i think i remember another guy with a very s

league, but you have been here sixth years, david jones should know that once you cross that five yards, the officials will call it. >> kevin: delvin johnson has come in on the line. first and ten, kahlil bell. a lot of people look at these preseason games, and we're not far from thinking this, let's not get anybody injured and let's get the game over with. for these kids putting their work on tape, for these coaches to digest, as they make hard decisions on the redskins -- these are important snaps. >> joe: do you hustle to the ball late in the game. you have to seize the opportunity in the moment when it's presented to you. the other thing is you're not just putting this on film for your coaches to look at. a lot of these rosters are set to 40 or 43 guys. what about the six or seven other spots available some place else. >> kevin: second down and seven, and down he goes, what a nice play turned in by johnson. he is a rookie free agent from marshal, and he game steaming through. >> joe: playing the defensive tackle position. doesn't leave his feet which is very important when you're going after a quarterback. fights off the block, throws

interview before you go over there oh, i find some of these events disconcerting and then david cameron and forest johnsoneally cut him any slack. they lit into him. just fed the narrative. >> peter: one of the greatest putdowns, it is easy to hold the olympics in the middle of nowhere. >> i like johnson being like some guy named mitt romney doesn't think that we're ready for our olympics. are we ready? but you know, that really sort of prepped the press. it set the tone of the trip really because after that, they were primed for any other misstep that he might make. and they were on the lookout for it during the entire course of the trip. of course, there were a few more hiccups along the way. >> peter: yeah. we'll get into some of those. the name of your piece republicans on romney's trip, any damage won't be fatal which i think is a good way to look at it. i don't think he shot himself in the foot or the leg fatally here but it may have helped build a narrative over how romney is handling his campaign. >> the other thing to take away is like you said, you go over to england, one of our strongest steadi

david acres. when do any cars make left and right turns when the go to sonoma. >>> ladies and gentlemen start your engines! >>> kevin johnsonsacramento native and mayor flight by olympic gold medalists. as you see this crash drivers avoid injury, there's 12 turns into 1 1/2 miles on the track greg bristow able to leave the pits, the pole sitter will powers is the points later. on the restart they yellow car is bunt, he spins out the two had words. briscoe holds on to win. they go to baltimore next. >>> looks like some the from old james bond flick. the america's cup match racing on the bay. that is for time champion russell koontz and his oracle racing team. they won by less than a boat length. later on in the fleet race italy's capt. struggles near the finish the oracle team wins the weekend as the top boat america's cup up for grabs next year. little leaguers from petaluma stage one of the greatest comebacks in baseball history, in the bottom of the sixth to fall in extra innings to tennessee they had a chance to leave williamsport with the victory. looking at bradley smith taking on panama. third-place consolation game.

to a witness today, both before and after the shooting, johnson said absolutely nothing it was nothing but eerie silence. harris? >> harris: david lee, thank you. just to give you an idea how many people may have been in the area at the time. the empire state building has roughly an average of 11,000 visitors every day. that that adds up to 4 million people visiting the observation decks every year. skyscraper houses 1,000 businesses, enough to have its own zip code in fact. that makes it the largest office building in the country after the pentagon. this is actually not the first time that famous building has seen blood shed. it was the site of a mass shooting back in 1997. you may remember on an 86 floor observation deck. a 69-year-old palestinian man opened fire on tourists. he killed one person. wounded six others before shooting himself in the head. the gunman later died at the hospital. we now know the man accused of opening fire inside a colorado movie theater once warned a class made that he wanted to kill people. that's according to prosecutors who say james holmes told a classmate about his murderous urges some four mo

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david, you talked to someone no stranger to rnc conventions. >> that's right, johnson is an outspokens no stranger to the conventions. former white house chiefs of staff. and it was a pretty lively discussion for the romney campaign at this convention. here's part of this conversat n conversation. if this is a successful night, what things will we see out of the two speeches? >> one will be hot, one will be cool. governor christie will talk about what's wrong with america today and focusing on the governor's capacity to fix problems and underscoring the need of a failed presidency to be repaired by somebody who knows how to repair it. and ann will talk about mitt romney the person, i suspect. i haven't seen either of the speeches, by i suspect she'll talk about mitt, the person, and try to give a more personal context to why mitt romney decided to go through what is really a grueling process, running for president and then serving and fixing the country. >> it seems like governor romney has twin challenges. there's something mysterious about him to a lot of people, he's not an easy gu

david krol as a pediatrician. he is a team director and senior program officer for human capital. at the robert wood johnsonfoundation, and we are very pleased to have him comoderating and speaking. david? >> thank you, ed howard, and thank you to you all from the robert wood johnson foundation. we appreciate the effort on this topic and that you are all interested on this topic. oral health is an integral part of overall health. if we believe that to be true, and we do, that ho-hum statement holds within it an abundance of challenges and opportunities. the challenge is. in many ways, as the statement says, they are the same as overall health. racial, ethnic, geographic disparities of disease, and access to care, financing challenges. there are issues of determining and maintaining quality of care in their our workforce controversies, just like overall health. the opportunities, however, are great. one really great opportunity, and i would like to hear more about this, all conversations on health and health care will naturally include oral health. while we have taken the time to have a specific alliance for

david krol is a pediatrician, he's a team director and senior program officer for human capital at the robert wood johnson foundation, and we're very pleased to have him co-moderating today's briefing. david? >> thanks, ed. thanks to you all from the robert wood johnson foundation for coming today. we really appreciate that the alliance is taking on this topic and that you're all interested in this topic. oral health is an integral part of overall health. now, if we believe that to be true, and i do, that seemingly ho-hum statement holds within it an abundance of challenges and opportunities. so the challenges, well, in many ways as the statement says are the same as overall health. there are racial, ethnic, geographic disparities of disease and access to care, there are financing challenges, there are issues of determining and maintaining quality of care, and there are work force controversies just like overall health. the opportunities, however, are great. one really great opportunity, and i'd really like to see it, is that all conversations on health and health care will naturally include oral health.

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johnson and johnson another name by fundamental analysts have favorable ratings on both of those stocks and basically not stock market correlated issues. david: they take energy from waste products, tell us a little bit about that. >> it looks like the cycle will play, have decent cash flow yield and they have a decent dividend yield. a non-correlated stock by analyst has in style. david: gentlemen, great to see you, thank you very much. >> thank you. david: we appreciate it. we will talk to the ceo of an energy company buying opportunities in other parts of the states outside of the gulf. find out why he supports present a candidate mitt romney's energy plan. we could be energy self-sufficient by 2020. do you believe that? this guy does. he will tell us why in a fox business exclusive. tracy: after day of delays, the national convention is under delay the mac way. set to begin in about an hour. the play-by-play from the convention for you. david: plus we have a bank ceo who says banks are only lending more right now because of artificial reasons, he also says banks breakups are coming as a result of too much regulations. have to love this g

david says ron paul has my vote. the outside parties were much stronger this cycle. i hope that continues. i hope the party's roh very afraid. jo hunter posted, i am voting for gary johnson as he is the only one running who has governed in the past as a fiscal conservative, instead of just promising to do so now if he is elected. our countdown to the conventions continues until our gavel-to- gavel coverage of the republican convention, starting monday at 2:00 p.m., and the democratic convention starting september 4. every speech live on c-span, c- span radio, an online at c- span.org. new jersey governor chris christie on tuesday. thursday night, presidential nominee mitt romney. use our online convention hub to watch web exclusive video feeds, create and share video clips, commons, and connect with other viewers. >> republican congressman and misery u.s. senate and it taught a again reaffirmed his intention to stay in the race -- kin.ressman aitke this news conference was held in the st. louis suburb of chesterfield. >> good afternoon, and welcome here. mr. akin will give some brief comments, and then we will follow that up with five questions. >> good afternoon, and th

also senior adviser to the obama campaign david axelrod, wisconsin governor scott walker, tom brokaw, new york jets and romney supporter woody johnson. mike allen here with the top stories in the politico playbook. first, let's go to bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >> good morning to you, mika, and everyone else. of course the other story grabbing the headlines yesterday with the pictures out of louisiana with the flooding, the evacuation, the power outages and everything else. thankfully all the power crews today, this is the first real day they're going to have a good chance of doing cleanup. the radar is clear. we'll see showers here and there but today the cleanup in earnest begins and the water should start retreating that piled up on the shorelines of mississippi through louisiana. as far as the nasty weather today it's going to be up in areas of arkansas and missouri. a rainy miserable day, but you need this. this is where the heart of the drought is. we're going to have beneficial rains from here on out as we watch isaac slowly moving across the country. your tropics, still active. a hurricane, and tropical s