>>eliot spitzer takes on politics. mix.t's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. >> david: the many voter i.d. laws passed are fraudulent answer to a none exist kent problem. while courts strike many down are uninstitutional we still way the outcome. earlier this week we had a chance to speak with sheila jackson lee of texas about the state of restricted voteer i.d. laws nationwide. >> eliot: i don't think woman, thank you for joining us. great to have you with us rather than over a tv screen. >> welcome to washington. >> eliot: thank you. one of the things that is troublesome about this election cycle is the voter suppression bill. it seems so anti-democratic. how do you push back. >> it's really an epidemic. just a few hours ago we held a hearing on the question of abuse power by the president, and this president in particular. one of the items raised was because of the activity of the department of justice going into places and into states where there are clear act

see you tomorrow. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> eliot: good evening i'm eliot spitzer.d this is "viewpoint" live from the nation's capitol washington, d.c. this election was supposed to be all about the economy but now foreign policy and the middle east have taken center stage with an attack that killed an american ambassador and three others, and mitt romney taking any political advantage any way he can. in cry cairo the flag torn down and shredded by a mob. reports of a bear budget anti-muslim film said to have been made in the usa. shortly after what seemed to be another protest against the film beganouts the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, but it appears to have been a well armed, well coordinateed event with indirect and direct fire from machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. four americans were killed, including j. christopher stevens and information management officer sean smith. secretary of state hillary clinton eulogized the ambassador and defended the america's commitment to libya. >> everywhere chris and his team went in libya in a country scared by

eliot: stop.s is legal. >> this is totally legal. >> eliot: everyone is told at an early age not to deface money because it is illegal. is that right? >> it is legal. >> eliot: all right. you are not going to leave these dollars with me. [ laughter ] >> eliot: i always pay full freight for the ice cream and the -- okay. this one. stamp money out of politics. not to be used for bribing politicians. >> yeah. >> eliot: what economists value the velocity of money. if i put this in my pocket and stayed there, nobody would see the message. but it will be used over and over again. >> right. single dollar bills last about 4.8 years, and we assume the average stamper is going to get a bill in the middle of its lifetime, and we big your the bill will get passed around, say once a day, and that would be $875. >> eliot: if enough people do this within the next few months a member of congress will be given one of these at a fund raiser. >> i'll say. [ laughter ] >> i happened to be at an obama fund raiser once

"viewpoint" with eliot spitzer is next. >> eliot: good evening. i'm eliot spitzer. this is "viewpoint." mitt romney continues to struggle to get past the infamous video that shows him writing off nearly half the country as dependent on government handouts. meanwhile, the president's rise in the polls could boost senate democrats and maybe just maybe bring an end to gridlock in congress. starting with the fallout from the video according to the latest reuters poll, better than 40% of registered voters have a less favorable view of romney after viewing the video. meanwhile 26% opinions improved. 30% said it made no difference whatsoever. with the video driving numbers down romney sounded contrite at a univision forum last night. >> romney: my campaign is about the 100%. >> obama: when you express an attitude that half the country considers itself victims. that somehow they want to be dependent on government, my thinking is maybe you haven't gotten around a lot. >> eliot: univision's anchors pressed both and candidates on immigration. romney stuck to promising comprehe

. ♪ [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> eliot: good evening, i'm eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint."romney releases his 2011 tax returns and if you're a middle class voter you won't be shocked to hear the rate he pays is probably somewhat less than yours. according to the trustee who supervisors the romney's blind trust, mitt and paid $1,935,708 in taxes on number of $13,696,951. an effective rate of 14.1%. the romneys also donated more than $4 million in charity, and claimed that $2.25 million deduction. the trustee released information on the romney's tax payments between 1990 and 2009. over that period they owed and paid federal and state income taxes every year, at an average tax rate of 20.20%, the lowest annual effective tax rate of 13.66%. when it comes to money it's good to be mitt romney. when it comes to the race for president, not so much. in fact, it's fair to say if mitt romney could take a mulligan on this week he would. taking a look at the latest swing state numbers the poll has the president up 5 points in colorado. you have 5 points in wisconsin and up 8 points in i

. >> eliot: goods evening, i'm eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint." mitt romney looks to push the reset button on his staggering campaign with his poll numbers showing him down 5 to 7 points in key states like ohio, florida, and ed gillispie said that he would offer something new--specifics. what a concept. >> what we have found is that people want to hear a little bit more of that, not just to say that we have a plan to do t but here's what is in that plan. >> eliot: shocking idea. with that in mind, the republican contender spoke to the national hispanic chamber of commerce about immigration policy. >> i will pursue permanent immigration reform and start by ensuring those who serve in our military have the opportunity to become legal permanent residents in the country that they fought to defend. >> eliot: but will likely to take more than that to swing voters into that column. 68% of latino voters favor the president. just 26% support mitt romney. last month's month was to get 30%, serve points better than john mccain managed in 2008. it doesn't see

>> no. >> eliot: start training.hink it's the lack of credibility that is attached to his policy. mitt romney has no charm, no empathy, no believability, where does he go? what does he do? >> he goes to the baseline saying things like the world needs an american to lead it. that kind of stuff. he's going to the base. >> eliot: but when the middle east was front and center for perhaps more than 24, he stumbled over himself with a comment that was so completely inappropriate. >> and especially in with regards to foreign policy, and that's scaring the international community as it word because how could this person be leader of the free world. i think what happened over libya was the big error. >> eliot: that was a much more curious gaffe. >> we're not talking about putin who used what romney said about russia being our number one enemy to justify opposing our missile defense systems in europe. that's a huge story that he is causing us harm by continuing. >> eliot: leave and go back to bain right away. as soon as he pos

: good evening i'm eliot spitzer is "viewpoint." show start thursday president obama closed the democratic convention with some soaring rhetoric in the promise of a rising middle class economy. >> obama: if you believe that new plants and factories can dot our landscape, that new energy can power our future that new schools can provide ladders of opportunity to this nation of dreamers, if you believe in a country where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same rules then i need you to vote this november. [applause] >> eot: you again as the president spoke he may have already known that the august's jobs report would flatten his bump coming out of the convention and weaken his chances for re-election this fall. while most economists expected 125,000 new jobs last month, the labor department reported just 96,000 new private sector hires and while the unemployment rate dropped 268,000 people dropped out of the workforce. and if that's not enough, workforce participation rate is at its

"viewpoint" with eliot spitzer is next. >> eliot: good evening i'm eliot spitzer. this is "viewpoint." 11 years ago today, american airlines flight 11 and united airlines flight 175 crashed into the world trade center towers in lower manhattan. a little later that morning american airlines flight 77 smashed into the pentagon and united airlines flight 93 nosed into a field near shanksville slain. nearly 3,000 people died, murdered by osama bin laden and his al-qaeda terror network and the world changed. once again today as we've seen from the past decade, memorial services were held for the victims and the selfless first responders who rushed to their aid, some to their deaths. in new york, in the shadow of the new uncompleted one world trade center, victim's families read the names of their loved ones. at the pentagon where a giant american building marked the building, president obama and first lady michelle obama laid a wreath. in shanksville pennsylvania, vice president joe biden laid a wreath and spoke to the memorial service. not long after the attacks, the a

. >> eliot: good evening. i'm eliot spitzer. this is "viewpoint." president obama tells world leaders at the united nations they must join the fight against the violent extremism that claimed the lives of four americans in libya while mitt romney outlines his plans to marry free enterprise to foreign aid at the clinton global initiative. paul ryan finds an employee's union he can actually support. starting with the president. after the death of chris stevens. the anti-muslim video that provoked the protests while defending the right to free speech. >> obama: americans have fought and died around the globe to protect the right of all people to express their views. even views we profoundly disagree with. and on this, we must agree there is no speech that justifies mindless violence. there are no words that excuse the killing of innocents. there's no video that justifies an attack on an embassy. >> eliot: the president warned iran that while it still had time to demonstrate its nuclear program was peaceful, that time was not unlimited. >> obama: make n

"viewpoint" with eliot spitzer is next. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> eliot: good evening, i'm eliot spitzer this is "viewpoint." for the second time this week, mitt romney is looking to reset his campaign amidst cries of anguish from fellow republicans who think he should win. the poll that shows president obama with the lead from slim to substantial. in the same margin of likely voters in the associated press poll. but he also a five lead over romney and eight-point lead in the latest pew poll. all of those polls were taken before mother jones released the tape that may prove to be the turning point in this race. with mitt romney telling fundraisers that nearly half the country, by his count were a bunch of losers and moochers. >> eliot: public reaction to the tape is interesting. according to a grand new gallup poll say those remarks make them 20% more likely to vote for romney. while 36% say he they're less likely to vote for him and his running mate, paul ryan, tried to clean up the mess that romney made. >> he was inarticulate in making this point. the point we're trying to make here u

ken vogel, thank you for your time. >> thank you, eliot. >> eliot: they take for more years, but for whom. the viewfinder coming up next. ♪ lord, you got no reason ♪ ♪ you got no right ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i find myself at the wrong place ♪ [ male announcer ] the ram 1500 express. ♪ ♪ it says a lot about you. ♪ ♪ in a deep, hemi-rumble sort of way. guts. glory. ram. >> eliot: coming up, how bin laden plays into the election season. but first obama gets a lift. clinton gets impersonated and grand home gets the holy spirit. when it does not fit anywhere else, we put it in the viewfinder. >> team obama getting up close and personal with voters on the campaign trail. >> i do think that the secret service allowing a guy at a size to lift up the president--that's kind of-- >> what about bill clinton? do you think he could get elected today for president? >> you know, if the constitution were in his way. >> we're here to nominate a president, i've got one in mind. >> unfortunately, barack obama defeated her four years ago. luckcally--luckcally bill had another option. >> of course i'm talking about me.

make it fun. >> hi, thanks, eliot. well, i'm very much on the money side of things and on the kind of monitoring of donation side of things. i can tell you that there are plenty of ad spaces left in ohio. from the standpoint of reaching the voters in ohio, romney and his team still have an opportunity actually today i spoke to a number of station managers over in cleveland and columbus and they say that if you've got money and if you want to run your ads we still have space left for you. so he still can put a lot of his -- lots of cash that you were just talking about to work there and hopefully get the people to believe his message and to actually go out and vote. >> eliot: here's the problem. you can buy the space. you gotta have something to say. i've been watching this guy mumble and stumble and trip over himself now for going on a year. he doesn't have a message. andy, tell me i'm wrong. what is he going to say to folks in ohio now or over the next 40 some odd days that are left that is going to somehow change the

. >> thank you. >> eliot: let's hope it works.gressman, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. as always. >> eliot: voter discrimination, an old story made new again. i talk about it with a civil rights icon, congressman john lewis, coming up next. >> eliot: let's check in with jennifer granholm, she who made herself even more famous than she was before with her blockbuster speech at the democratic national convention. "the war room" will be coming up. good evening governor. what have you got for us tonight? >> jennifer: thanks, eliot. actually, there are some amazing polls out today. you know, if the election were held tonight the president would be re-elected by a really big margin and we're going to document that. but a reason for that is that mitt romney's campaign is in total panic mode so we're going to unravel what's going on in the romney war room with campaign veteran and then we'll have the latest on the wave of demonstrations as you have been doing in the middle east with analysis from janine zack ria of stanford unive

randi, thank for joining us. >> it's always great to be with you, eliot. >> eliot: thank you.ou did reform late the education conversation with the strike. explain what you wanted to do and what you think you accomplished? >> no one wants a strike, and a strike is to be avoided virtually at all costs. no one goes into a strike willingly. but what happened in chicago was there has been 15 years of closing schools and teaching to the test as opposed to teaching children, so parents and the educators, together -- that's why parents supported the strike by a two to three to one basis, talked about how we need the tools for teachers and resources for kids, so we make every single school in chicago a school where parents want to send their kids and educators want to work. a school where kids actually get prepared for the world that they are about to face rather than being a test score. >> eliot: of the last ten or 15 years there have been a lot of good ideas, but throughout this one of the very unfortunate results is the teacher's union has been portrayed as being against reform. wh

have a great weekend and come back on m [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> eliot: good evening i'm eliot spitzer this is "viewpoint." violence and chaos continue to spread across the middle east. reaction to a low budget ain't anti-muslim film released in america. nationally the president leads romney by three points within the margin of error. romney seemed pleased with the numbers when he spoke with "abc news" george stephanopoulos this morning. >> romney: i'm doing well. i'm tied in the poll, some days up, some days low we're doing well in swing states. >> eliot: notobama has a seven point edge over romney and the president led by five points in florida and enjoyed that same five-point lead in virginia. also in new hampshire according to an in-state poll. romney's ability to connect with middle income voters is one big reason why he trails the president. that inability was on display today. >> romney: no one can say my plan is going to raise taxes on middle income people. principle number one is keep the burden down. >> you under $100,000 middle income. >> no, middle income is $200,000 to $25

>> yeah. >> eliot: shame on him. [ laughter ] >> eliot: tim geithner?was eager to be in the room with all of those folks. he had the job of telling them how much tarp money the government wanted him to take. >> eliot: he wants to be one of them way too much. >> i think he has matured, but at that point, yes, that was absolutely my impression. >> eliot: and the new york fed was the endtyity that controlled all of this. >> yeah we fought the new york fed on these two standards. we fought them tooth and nail on that. >> eliot: that's when people believed these were the masters -- >> yes. [overlapping speakers] >> eliot: jamie dimon you say nice things about. >> i do. at the fdic we had an opportunity to deal with business people too. and dimon's bank we had an auction, and they won the bid for wamu and the transition was seamless. there was no disruption of services to customers, and they just executed very well. and he had a strong balance sheet. he said this is crazy we're getting out of here -- >> eliot: they have had some hiccups since then. >> absolut

>> eliot: good evening i'm eliot spitzer. this is "viewpoint" for the third day in a row protests raged across the middle east in response to aber budget anti-muslim film whose derivation seems to be in dispute. the protest seemed to be spreading into additional nations. today in is sana'a, protestors chanted death to america. the protestors breached the heavily fortified perimeter smashing windows tearing down the american flag and burning it. the protestors were blocked from entering the embassy building and were eventually pushed back into the streets by yemeni security forces. in cairo protestors continued to gather en masse outside the burned u.s. embassy and egyptian forces fired teargas in attempts to get them to disperse. similar protests also appeared in iran, iraq, bangladesh, morocco, sudan and tunisia. in libyan, there was a gathering design to show appreciation for the united states. hundreds of libyans amassed outside the consulate, airing signs denouncing yesterday's violent destruction which led to the death o

thank you for your time. >> thank you eliot. >> eliot: yes, we'll talk about clint eastwood.'s coming up. >> david: the republicans gave us a lot of passion last night. but did they give us any answers? that's coming up in my view. but at the top of the hour, in "the war room" jennifer granholm will preview next week's dnc where she'll be speaking. and she'll be joined by congresswoman barbara lee. more "viewpoint" coming up next. unsurpassed insight into the most buzz worthy tweets, posts and pontifications, from the entire social stratosphere including you. join in, tweet us, and you could be a part of our on-air and online coverage. >>now that is politically direct. (vo) ...after the premiere of joy behar: say anything >> eliot: every trial lawyers knows what it's like to wait patiently while the other side puts on its case. inevitably they make a few points that appeal to the jury. even though those points may be irrelevant. waiting for the opportunity to respond can be painful. the desire to jump up immediately, to point out the flaws in logic or simple factual distortio

"viewpoint" with eliot spitzer is next. [♪ theme music ♪] >> eliot: good evening.iot spitzer, and this is "viewpoint." romney is ramping up his campaign this week. the republican candidate appeared this colorado today and plans to join paul ryan tomorrow on the final two days of a three-day bus trip through ohio even though as we told you last week ohio polls show president obama with a five-point lead in the critical swing state. it's a part of fire up gop voters and get back on track a week after romney secretly taped statements damming half of the population. romney insisted in his "60 minute" interview last night. that his campaign was doing just fine. actually romney is trailing in all of the latest national and zing-state polls, and in the "politico" poll out today . . . the president may be giving romney an opening for attack on fiern affairs. that after steve quizzed the president. >> i was pretty certain and continue to be pretty certain that there will be bumps in the road because in a lot of these places one organizing principal has been islam. there are

[applause] >> eliot: good evening, i'm eliot spitzer, and this is "viewpoint."se were j two of the half-truths mendacious statements slurs falsehoods and outright lies peddled by the g.o.p. ticket over the past two nights at the republican convention in tampa. when mitt romney claimed americans including his party came together after president obama election he left out the fact that republicans in washington came out together to do whatever they could to deny the president in a second term. when they said, you didn't build that, they were repeating a lie debunked by independent fact checkers from across the nation. and there is more. a president that cares little about the truth and really has no shame. >> romney: the center piece of the president's campaign is an attacking success. >> they came back with an urgent report. he thanked them. sent them on their way and then did exactly nothing. >> romney: his policies have not created jobs. they've depressed them. >> many in my middle school worked at that plant. right at that plant candidate obama said if our gov

. >> eliot: good evening i'm eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint." president obama's poll numbers show the post convention that mitt romney wanted and didn't get. homey shakes the etch-a-sketch on healthcare andnd can't explain why the g.o.p. would cut the budget without hurting the middle class. likely voters gave president obama a six-point lead and a four-point lead in the latest reuters poll while the register registered voters back the president in the recent gallup poll. but >> eliot: the basic structure of the race does not seem to be benefiting mitt romney. the g.o.p. candidate for president was in" today where the latest public policy poll shows them trailing the president by 5%. faced with poll, an anonymous top romney adviser sold us, quote number: >> eliot: chicago, of course, is headquarters to the obama campaign team, and blaming the messenger, like romney's adviser did, is a classic response that one would expect from the candidate who feels the election slipping away. themitt romney found key provisions he would like to keep on sunday

." >> eliot: good evening i'm eliot spitzer. this is "viewpoint." when a presidential candidate is forced to leave a scheduled fund-raiser for an impromptu news conference, it can only one mean one thing. trouble. >> good evening. i understand there is a video that's been on the internet for a few weeks that has attracted some attention and i thought i would make some comments about it. >> eliot: that was mitt romney last night after mother jones posted video excerpts of his of its web site of romney taking questions from potential donors at a private $50,000 a plate fund-raiser may 17th at the florida home of private equity manager mark leeder. we played part of the tape monday. we're going to play a lot more of it tonight starting with the most controversial excerpt. >> there are 47% of the american people who will vote for him no matter what. they believe they're victims who believe government has a responsibility to care for them. who believe they're entitled to healthcare, to food, to housing to you name it. it is entitlement. the government sh

eliot, what to you think?eliot: i wish it would be paul volker, jamie dimon, whom whom i don't know has a great reputation. after the trades in london and the libor i think it would be tough. i think larry geil, sler who came from goldman. he has done a superb job at the. another name i would throw out is a long shot, steve radner. he has been close to electives very smart. he's been out there a lot. >> al gore: he did a great job on the auto-- >> eliot: he saved the auto industry. if there is one guy who has proved he knows how to run this stuff, steve is someone to keep an eye on. >> jennifer: i know we have to go but i have another question before we get to barney frank. >> cenk: david shuster at the convention floor. i understand that you have news for us. >> last hour, eliot asked whether the president had been involved in asking that there be a change in the platform, whether it was president clinton or president obama. i misread the ap. i thought they said president clinton. it was president obama. my a

was it you or eliot?oting one of the assistants who worked on the platform, that it was reviewed and approved by apac. apac didn't comment -- the american israel political action committee. the voice of israel in the united states and the political system and if they had reviewed it and approved it, i don't think the controversy would last very long. >> eliot: one of the attacks that i've least understood against the president has been that he's not been a good friend to israel. and it mystified me. i remember the speech he gave a couple of summers ago where he articulated what the posture would be and it was identical to what prime ministers of israel had said, what prior presidents of the united states had said and yet somehow out of that came this harsh attack that he was backing away, completely counterfactual completely wrong. >> cenk: eliot, are you saying the republicans based that on a lie? >> eliot: not more important than the lie about the marathon. >> john: we're coming up on the anniversary of

do we have eliot? no listen, trust me, eliot's show is going to be awesome.liot. what's on the show. >> eliot: boy, we're going to have a great show. we're going to be talking about mitt romney's latest etch-a-sketch moment healthcare. he drafted it, he wanted to repeal it, and now he loves it. the guy is a weather vane, he doesn't know which way is up, and it will destroy his campaign. we'll talk a lot about that. >> cenk: i miss you already man man. >> eliot: we had a great time. move back east. move to new york. this is where all the stuff happens. >> cenk: i don't know about that. >> eliot: we had a great time. >> cenk: now we're having a conversation. looking forward to the show, eliot. >> eliot: thank you, thank you. >> cenk: when we come back, a topic after eliot spitzer's own heart, the banks. i hope you're sitting down. they got off--no! i'm jennifer granholm, let me tell you a story. in colorado the auto rescue saved more than 9,000 jobs. in the great state of michigan, 211,000 good paying, american jobs! in romney's world, cars get the the shaft! (

guess what eliot spitzer joining us here, neil king eliot spitzer, bill press, hey ought to make yout press." i'm joined by the host of "viewpoint" coming up. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ (vo) always outspoken, now unleashed. joy behar. >> on my next show, actress, activist, and flyest of the fly girls, rosie perez, generates so much heat, al gore will have to look into it. from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment everyday with twizzlers the twist you can't resist. now to my point. (vo) jennifer granholm ... >>for every discouraged voter, there are ten angry ones taking action. trickle down does not work. in romney's world, cars get the elevator and the workers get the that is a whole bunch of bunk. the powerful may steal an election, but they can't steal democracy. ♪ >> announcer: heard around the country, and seen on current tv. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: hey how about it? 13 minutes before the top of the hour on the "full court press" this wednesday morning, september 26th. hey, if you like what you see in the morning,

eliot, i'm going to put you on the spot. >> eliot: don't we have to go to break? >> cenk: no.merce or secretary of new york? -- senator from new york? >> eliot: that would be easy for me. senator from new york in the tradition of a patmon happen or -- pat moynihan. we're looking for john kerry in the senate. people who want to talk to ideas. secretary of commerce is a great position but you're marketing for business overseas by in large. senator from new york has a stature, the capacity if you fulfill it to actually be a voice on substantive issues. >> cenk: secretary of labor changing it up on you or senator from wyoming. >> john: can i be an ex-president? that seems like the most fun. >> cenk: george w. bush would definitely agree with you. >> john: i would say senator from wyoming but i think dick cheney pretended to be one. he was a texas resident when george w. bush asked him to be the running mate and had to change his residency to wyoming. but i guess -- i would go for a senator from wyoming because i know there are a lot of good progressives in wyoming who deserve a vo

we'll see you right back here on monday night. >> eliot: good evening i'm eliot spitzer and this is "t." conservatives that see liberal bias in the polls don't have a friend in fox news. and next week is the first presidential debate. the latest fox news poll has registered

eliot spitzer what do you think?e kids they have all graduated from high school. plan b is a hugely important pill that permits birth control to be accessible to many more people. i think parents should have some right to know what their kids are doing. that makes me sound old and conservative, but with three daughters maybe that's what happens. we have thomas frank who is one of the smartest observes about politics. and ben of ben and jerry's wants to talk politics. i want to talk ice cream. thank you, elliot. >> eliot: any time. >> cenk: when we come back the elbow of the day who it is? and who it is and good luck. ♪ are they contagious? i don't think so. [ male announcer ] contract the rainbow! taste the rainbow! >> it's go time. (vo) at the only online forum with a direct line to cenk uygur. >>if you had to vote for a republican, which one would it be? (vo) join the debate now. >> cenk: earlier in the show we were talking about america's knew favorite union, the nfl referees. we have another football-related stor

eliot good morning. >> good morning.th you. >> good to have you back. >> we had the fun of watching the convention so that made up for it. >> bill: yeah, right. first i wanted to get your take looking at tampa and then looking at charlotte, boy, you could not have had two more different conventions, could you? >> you needed nodoz to stay a week during the republican convention, and then we had our own jennifer grandholm, who just about caused an earthquake with her speech. republicans are a more subdued crowd, i'll give you that. and i think mitt romney is a decent guy. and i really don't want to ever criticize somebody's value system at that level, but boy is he wrong on the issues, and he is an weather vain or etch-a-sketch, and nothing they said refuted that. in our convention bill clinton proved he is the political master of the last 30 years. >> bill: i like your use of the word sadate for boring. [ laughter ] >> bill: but look at the bounce in the polls that came out of it? >> there's no question that the net resul

we'll see you tomorrow. >> eliot: good evening. i'm eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint." in, barack obama has won ohio and its 18 electoral votes. no, it hasn't really happened just yet. with president obama's 10-point lead in ohio that, critical swing state is now almost out of reach for mitt romney. which means to win the election, romney almost has to sweep the remaining swing states to have a hope of capturing the 270 electoral colleg

eliot, tell me you got something better than this. >> eliot: i don't want to pass judgment like that,ke everybody else's, mitt romney in the 47%, is the campaign imploding on him? the craziness surrounding everything that he ever said. it's hard to figure out how he made it in politics. then we'll go from the tumultt from here to the middle east. and we'll figure out what is going on there and if we can do anything about it. interesting question. >> cenk: thank you eliot. sounds great. i'm looking forward to it. >> thank you. >> cenk: and when we come back, the elbow of the day who is it going to be? el monte kids already got an elbow. it's not them. tweet us your guess at at @tyt on (vo) this is joy. >>who the heck does mitt romney think he is? (vo) this is joy on current tv. >>if mitt romney treats his magic underwear the same way as his tax returns, then he's been going commando for the past 10 years. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: now it's our time for elbow of the day. the elbow of the day is going to go to pat buchanan. but we won't tell you who is giving that elbow until we show

>>that's an understatement, eliot. the chill of peppermint. the rich dark chocolate. york peppermint pattie get the sensation. jennifer speaks truth to power. >>the bottom line is we need an amendment. >>now it's your turn. connect with "the war room" jennifer granholm. >>it's a call to arms. make your voice heard. >> how many of us have asked someone whether they're going vote and they say no, i'm too busy, and besides i voted last time. or it's not like my vote's going to make a difference, but let's be clear. while we're tuning out and staying home on election day other folks are tuning in. other folks are taking politics very seriously. and they're engaged on every level. >> that's first lady michelle obama reminding leaders at the awards banquet that this election all boils down voter turnout. the turnout rate for african-american voters was historic 65% wimp an increase of more than 2.4 million african-american voters. but a nationwide push to pass those voter i.d. laws like we just describe could reverse that upward trend. our next guest contends voter i.d. law

eliot spitzer is up next on "viewpoint."hing quite as dramatic as that. we do but that's crazy case. you hit it on the head. that's justice gone awry on those fact patterns. we're going to be starting with the romney campaign in panic mode. they have no idea what to do. they're going to do something amazing. give us specifics. they'll tell us what they will do if he wins. it will drop him another ten points if people hear him talk about that. it will be a disaster. and then we'll talk about occupy wall street. did it come back to life or is this the last chapter of a fading movement. and then dennis gallon gallaher. when wall street says it's already paid for they're making it up. $12.8 trillion. >> cenk: i love what you're saying right there. i look forward to the show. thanks. >> eliot: thanks. >> cenk: we've got four years left on the planet. the arctic sea ice is melting. we have stunning numbers when we come back. gaeme inc. thank gaemezilinsky, thank you for joining you disgust me. prove it. enough is enough. d-con bai

. >> eliot: always an honor to speak with congressman lewis. that's "viewpoint" fororororororororororororororororororororor >> jennifer: i'm jennifer granholm. tonight in "the war room," bedtime for mittens. >> the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> he's speaking to you mitch. your nightmares are starting to show. only this time, it's not the usual things keeping you up at night like rafalca pulling a turn up cart or dogs sitting inside the car. no this dream is about polls that go bump in the night. daal taking an absolute shellacking in november, a phobia. it is your fear of losing, a failing to please. it is 3:00 a.m. and the phone is ringing, mitch and the call is coming from inside the house. >> jennifefeff tonight were election night, mitt romney would lose. would lose! and in a big way! a brand new nbc news "wall street journal" marist poll released just this evening shows that mitt romney is losing in the all-important swing states. the poll of likely voters, likely voters shows the president up 50% to 43% in ohio. he's leadi

joy, cenk joy again, eliot spitzer and then jennifer grandholm.turday and sunday a two-day bus trip through florida, and along the way he met a young man who was born in hawaii. the president thought that was great news but it did raise a question. >> obama: you were born in hawaii? do you have a birth certificate? [ laughter ] >> bill: and then an answer to everybody as far as the republicans are concerned. >> obama: tax cuts when times are good tax cuts when times are bad. tax cuts to help you lose a few extra pounds. tax cuts to help your love life. somebody said it doesn't help. try those tax cuts. [ laughter ] >> bill: he said in his speech tax cuts -- take two tax cuts and call me in the morning. >> it's funny, but he is sounds lose and confident out there. and that is what is going to come through to people. >> bill: yes, he is very comfortable in his own skin. he is a great campaigner. i know we'll talk more about the economy, but strength as a candidate matters too, the campaign ability really does matter, and obama has got it. and mitt r

>>that's an understatement, eliot. ♪ >> john: this is the "stephanie miller show."d-timy music, it ain't. it is being released today by an artist who had an album come out on september 11th, 2001. this is by bob dillon. it is the funniest most violent video of the year. at 71 years old, bob dillon is playing guitar and piano, and producing his own album. he makes me proud to be an american. >> and it sounds like he has gone electric. [ laughter ] >> john: yeah, it's -- it's -- >> actually though you know if you want that martin movie as a performer, one of the things -- just the courage of playing that electric music every night and people hating it, and him just sticking with it -- >> john: every night. >> yeah just amazing. >> john: levon hail quit the band because he couldn't stand though boos every night. and bob dillon is an artist who just has never cared what anyone thinks. he is a shape shifter. he is not going to be the same guy from year to year, but bob dylan and your dad with the two artists you have ever seen. i never saw a musical artist more than dill

>>that's an understatement, eliot. sir... excuse me, excuse me... i get you to sign off on the johnson case... ♪ we built this city! ♪ don't let food hang around. ♪ on rock & roll! ♪ [ orbit trumpet plays ] clean it up with orbit! [ ding! ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling... eat. drink. chew orbit. (vo) now, it's your turn. (vo) connect with the young turks with cenk uygur. >> it's go time. >> the whole country's talking about the nfl referees locked out since june for an incredibly small amount, $4,000 per game. this strike could be settled. even though the nfl's a $9 billion industry the owners are being greedy saying nope, we're not going to give it to them. these replacement refs are doing great job. the country disagrees. there was the guy dressed up as a saints fan wanted to be a referee. they realized it right before the game and had to take him out. there was the guy to hold mccry oh, by wait, you're on my fantasy football team, go get 'em. oh, my god. there's refs last night the seattle-green bay game might have been the straw that broke

. >> eliot: all right. >> tonight in the war room, milt's deception is become legend! and the legend is growing! >> a., don't sweat it, you can't help being boring. b. i think i've heard this before where you outsource a bunch of american jobs in china continue to invest there over the years and bash the president for cozying up to them. if you put any more money in china they're going to name part of the great wall thanks for the secret tape. it used to take until after launch find evidence of you being a flip-flopping hypocrite. >> all right, let's start the show far far away from the campaign trail across the globe, in fact, in china. the chinese government now has restrictions in place that limit the number of foreign films that can be shown in the country to just 20, 20 films a year. the chinese people hungry for more entertainment options have turned like many americans to the internet to a site called youku, the chinese version of you tube. chinese sensors banned you tube in china. youku became the number one source for all source of prioritied movies and t.v. s

eliot spitzer does a serious show, unlike this one. he is next. what do you have for us?ting tonight with a conversation about the middle east. it's hard to know what will come next obviously with the death of foreamerican diplomats this is something we are deeply troubled by. we'll be having a fascinating conversation. barney frank i had a great chat with him yesterday. john lewis, one of the iconic voices in our civil rights movement. both of them will be on the show tonight. >> thank you eliot appreciate it. >> always a pleasure. >> when we come back, rush limbaugh's x-raysestlimbauauauauauauauauauauauauauauauauauauauauauauauauau >> always outspoken, now unleached: joy behar. >>tonight, hanna rosin discusses her new book. it's called "the end of men". oh my god, whos going to kill the big bugs in the bedroom? only on current tv. >> cenk: do you think you've heard all of the crazy things rush limbaugh said? you haven't heard anything yet! wait until you get a load of this crap! >> what do the militant islamists want more than anything in the world? israel gone is right.

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