i'm joined by congresswoman donna edwards representing maryland's fourth this are congresswoman edwards welcome back to the program i thank you it's great to be with be is great to be in charlotte yeah i'm i'm guessing it really is i mentioned earlier on the show on the wall street times is. how wall street is setting a new record this election season with money spent by the people you're talking about of the d.n.c. prepared for this on slaughter well i think we're preparing i mean we know that we're not going to be able to fight them dollar for dollar but what we don't have in dollars we make up in boots on the ground and and what does this mean for our democracy this whole concept that the republicans can base their their entire electoral strategy on basically twenty five billionaires. well you know i think it's very dangerous for us and as you know i have been a strong opponent of the way that money has played into the system the decision that the supreme court made in citizens united versus the federal elections commission two years ago and we're seeing the onslaught in the aftermat

host: that donna edwards, next. there was a link to the gallup poll posted on the drug to report this morning -- drudge report -- \ is it possible romney's message might appeal to people who say the government should not be doing as much as it's doing? caller: the point is you cannot separate the government doing something for the less fortunate or the multi millionaires like romney. romney could not make his millions if it were not for the tax laws that he and his gang at bain capital, that's all they did. my point is when you talk about that 47% of the people he is going to stick to the curb -- curb, they are in nursing home patients, retirees, veterans, women with dependent children. for god's sake, that's why we pay taxes at, to help people that cannot help themselves. host: another link on the drudge on the socialte security administration -- that's another story on the drudge report following the headline over this video of governor romney at. maria is an independent. in new independent caller: good morning. i

. >> please welcome maryland congresswoman donna edwards. >> hello, maryland. farmers and west virginia coal miners. i grew up in the military family and i know what it is like to be a single mom. i am proud to represent barack obama because he is fighting for me. my dad served in the air force and my mom was right behind him and us. but no matter the background, i went to a lot of schools, great parents that made me do my homework. i am a first generation graduate of wake forest university. my parents paid for my education on a patchwork of grants and loans and savings. in the same way we finance my son's college education. it is the same way middle-class parents everywhere do it. education is the key to a strong middle-class and a successful future. that is why i support president barack obama. he has made the single largest investment in higher education ever. after graduating college, i struggled as a single mom i was working every day just to pay the bills. i did not have health insurance. and days of what i thought was a cold, i ended up in an emergency r

waiting, he thinks, and they had ten is higher, barbara mikulski and in a few minutes, they'll have donna edwardsryland, which is a lot, definitely going to go for obama, had a featured role. in virginia, they get a real seat on the floor. one of the seven delegations, tim kaine spoke. the president is going to be back there over and overgiven, and they're going -- again, and they're going to appeal. i think president obama's going appeal who are military people, and the defense industry, so important for the economy. d.c. got shut out, nada, nothing. >> eleanor helms will have a few things to say about that on of this. i am sure. mark plotkin, as always, thank you very much. >> thanks, laura. >>> students at american university critique the republican national convention as mitt romney was nominated and wisdom martin has this campaign -- campaign u2012. >> reporter: he's given them marijuanain -- margins and talking about the dnc and rnc. what have students been given instructions to? >> and we're trying to figure out who is winning the frame game in this election. and is it democratic party acc

donna edwards and others attended that event. our own tracee wilkins was the master of ceremonies. >>> yesterday's storm couldn't put a damper on the nationals offense. >> rg3 prepares for his nfl debut. carol maloney has it all in this morning's sports minute. >> good morning. i'm carol maloney and we begin with the stephen strasburg shutdown. nats strasburg officially shut down on saturday. meanwhile, his team taking on the marlins. after a 2 1/2 hour rain delay, jayson werth has his fifth home run of the year. then in the bottom of the tenth, cory brown wins it for the nats with a shot to right. nats win 7-6. rubber match today at 1:30. >>> college football, maryland visiting temple. the terps get three touchdowns from kerrey hills. maryland beats temple 36-27. virginia, virginia tech and georgetown all winners. howard falls to rutgers. today, the robert griffin iii era begins for the redskins with the season opener against the saints. rg3 who has a lot of family in the big easy is ready for his debut. >> you try not to get to

we have to make sure the opportunity is available for all american families. >> host: donna edwards, democratic. >> guest: thank you >> the defense department plans to spend $15 billion to put an auditing system in place. the top financial management officials for the army, navy and air force testified about the issue before congress last week along with the defense department comptroller. >> i called the oversight investigations subcommittee on the house summit committee to order. i want to welcome everybody to today's hearing and i appreciate eyewitnesses coming into town to us us more about those challenges as that work stores audit readiness and 2014 and 2017. would like to welcome our distinguished panelists this morning. mr. robert hale, comptroller of the u.s. department of defense. ms. elizabeth mcgrath, u.s. department of defense. the honorable gladys commons, financial management and comptroller u.s. department of devi. dr. mary sally matiella, assistant secretary of the army financial management and comptroller u.s. department of the army. and ms. marilyn thomas, deputy as

representative steny hoyer, chris van holland and donna edwards will have prominent roles and governore convention in charlotte. wbaltv.com is your home for the grengs beginning to end culminating with the president's acceptance speech on thursday. >> it's been a mainstay of pikesville for more than 120 years but yesterday was the final day of business for field's pharmacy. since 1892, field's has sold everything from cars to cosmetics and lunch but after all these years of bigger department stores, field's served its final customers and for some it's a bittersweet goodbye. >> 50 years of coming to one place, lunch, dinner, bringing my mother who is since gone, my sister, the whole family, we have all enjoyed this. >> it's a pikesville institution. >> field's displayed a sign on the door thanking customers for all their years of support. have you ever been there? >> never. how about you? >> yeah. i've had lunch there. >> people will miss it. time right now, 6:09, 72 degrees on tv hill. before you get ready to make your morning coffee, we want to warn you about a certain coffeemaker you

donna edwards, u.s. congresswoman from maryland. gavin newsom, florida.st say -- as a student of politics, you are politician, i'm a student. everybody who wants to go into politics should read the speech. recite it a million times and say is this what a want to door inform a living? that's what politics is, selling. this is what between stand for and what we have done. we are better than the other guy. he was fantastic. >> chris, you know, not apologizing for it. so he put the record out there because so much of what we have heard during the republican convention was just a bunch of nonsense and it wasn't true. what governor patrick did last night, as he said, let's talk what the real record is and democrats, we are proud of what we have done. we have done. we are not going to walk away from it. >> chris, that was the most powerful i think even the reaction of the crowd just a moment ago standing up with strength of character, principle, having the courage of your convictions. resonates. people want strength. and they don't want people to necessarily apo

host: donna edwards is up next. let me hear your reaction to this gallup poll -- is it possible that the mitt romney message might appeal to people who say the government should not be doing as much as it is doing? caller: you cannot separate the government doing something for the less fortunate or the multi millionaires like mitt romney. mitt romney could not make his millions if it were not for the tax laws that he and his gang had been capital, that's all they did. when you talk about the 47% of the people that he will kick to the curb, they are nursing home patients, they are disabled vets. they are retirees. they are women with dependent children. for god's sake, that's why we pay taxes is to help people that cannot help themselves. host: another link on the drug report this morning -- morningdrudge report this morning -- that's another story link on drudge report following the headline of this video on governor romney. an independent from new jersey, good morning. caller: good to have you back. i think it will

live at 7:00 a.m., washington journal with donna edwards and the wyoming senator on their party's agendawed by organization. >> have you visited the new c- span 2012 website? you can watch events from the campaign trail with mitt romney, president obama and others. can read with the candidates are saying on major issues like the economy, the deficit, national security and immigration. watch and engage. >> today on c-span, the cable institute hosts reform on the supreme court's 2011 and 2012 -- live at 10:30 a.m. here on c- span. >> the country faces a stark -- the starkest choice for president in my memory. you see, the president and i have fundamentally different visions then governor romney and congressman ryan. and eight different value set that guides us. under the current president, we are risk of becoming a poor country. because he looks to government as a great benefactor in every light. they say -- government is the only thing that we all belong to. i do not know about you, but i have never thought of something -- as government as something that i belong to. >> the vice president

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that's donna edwards right is one of the leaders. >> donna edwards also jared polis who i'm sure manyak. congresswoman edwards is speaking at the convention. they've done an outstanding job helping our red to blue candidates raise the money they need build the campaigns they need to win. actually, another interesting fact, we now have from our internal polling and public polling, we now have 26 districts across the country where the democratic candidate is either tied or leading in the polls. and as i said before, we only need 25 seats to take back the majority. so we're in a really good position today. >> bill: do you think -- are members -- i'm curious about the role of president obama in helping with the house. are members looking to get president obama in their districts? is there any indication that he'll do some campaigning on behalf of senate and house candidates? >> this is a team effort. president obama has been a tremendous help to us. all across the country. in those battleground states, his campaign is organizing the most impressive turnout operation we've ever seen on any