florida has a lot of seniors obviously. the swing state messages are going to be interesting and a little bit diverse i'm sure. the message wars begin pretty much it seems like in earnest today. we're going to have dueling messages, one with obama in florida and mitt romney in the northeast. romney is going to get down to florida, make his case for the people down there. this is a very tight election. obviously every vote matters. with the seniors out there, they vote. they watch. they pay attention to all this. it's still a little bit early to see how these messages are going to resonate amongst that particular voting bloc, but it's early. and we'll see how they develop as this thing moves away. >> rachel, the obama campaign continuing to attack mitt romney on the issue of his tenure at bain capital and also, of course, that refusal to release more than two years of tax returns. here's what romney had to say about those tax returns in an interview yesterday with an nbc ohio affiliate wnywo. take a listen. >> we're providin

all eyes are on florida. we are, i in the process of setg up the largest grassroots presidential campaign across the country, but expressly in florida. we have offices opened around the state. tens of thousands of volunteers doing door knocks and phone calls. our grassroots people-powered campaign is our focus, an we're going to make sure that the two paths and two visions that are the choice in front of florida voters and american voters are very clear. we are making the case that we've got a long way to go, but we've made progress under president obama's policies going from where we were hemorrhaging 750,000 jobs a month to now a little more than three years later we've had 27 straight months of private sector job growth, the importance of the affordable care act being the law of the land, huge for seniors in my state. you know, martha, i'm tired of standing behind seniors at drugstore counters who have to leave two or three prescriptions behind because they can't afford the -- all the ones their doctor has

so let me just talk to you quickly about the naacp, florida, because today, the florida decided to release the names of its 100 and, now, 80,000 group, florida voters whose citizenship they believed to be in question that are part of the florida voter purge. the florida aclu is one of the 19 groups that are trying to have access to the names, the executive director of the aclu told us that essential lip because florida may be the key swing state and in the november election, it's not likely that the release of these names is going to end the voter suppression saga that they and these other groups are prepared to continue to fight. so from the campaign tactical viewpoint, how important are 180,000 potential voters in florida? >> well n 2000, 12 years ago, the big florida campaign the difference was 537 votes between george bush and al gore. now, what the republicans are doing is nothing new because in 2000, and in '04 and '08 but in 2000 in florida, they said, everyone whose name is the name of somebody who once committed a crime can no longer vote. so if your name was marble summers and yo

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i lived in florida for five years. i love the state of florida. >> where'd you live?right, you were in sarasota for a while. >> i was. >> look, people want -- look, my experience in life is people would rather have freedom, even make less money. if you could go -- if you look at small business owners, they're happy. you know, it's hard, they have to make payrolls, but they're happier than a lot of people that work for big companies, where it's easier. you don't have to take the same risk. so, people want to have their opportunity to live their version of the american dream. all of our versions are different. but they want the opportunity to live their version of the american dream. >> tell us about the single best thing you think you've done in florida for the economy. >> or the best thing. since there's only one. >> talking semantic -- come on, joe! >> give me your single best unique idea. >> single best. >> is it the exact same as someone else's? >> i think exact opposite. >> i think certainly. i think the fact that people now know, they know that florida government

in florida, and in other states, photo i.d. is required now.nging for some people to get, particularly african-americans. 25% of african-americans don't have a photo i.d. we are setting up a system with our volunteers and our wlaurs that we are deploying to make it easy to get them to the polls. >> the "miami herald" reports that the justice department has documents claiming that florida voter purge violates voting rights, voting rights act. in pact, it says, quote, the feds say florida never submitted a new citizensship, maintenance practices, to them for approval. and being in florida is a voting rights state, and supposed to get pre-clearance from the justice department, it didn't do it before they went with this voter purge effort. >> basically the republicans in florida led by governor rick sp spatt got caught violating the voting rights act. we have six florida counties subject to the voting rights act for past -- obstacles and discrimination in getting people access to the polls. and so the department of justice has said that the voter p

foreclosures are rising again there in florida.a strategy? >> this is going to be a close race, you know, if you look back in 2000, george w. bush narrowly won this race by 537 votes in that state and gave him the election. in 2008, barack obama won florida and that was a pivotal race for him. i think in this election, florida could be a deciding point. you know, florida, ohio, and virginia, the three states everybody's focusing on. so if they can win florida, get the senior vote, get the latino vote, get the other constituencies, they can make a win in the election in the electoral college. >> hogan, let's talk about the senior vote for a second. the president will be trying to convince seniors in florida that mitt romney's plans will end medicare as we know it. mitt romney has said he supports phasing out the current medicare system,

i'm chairwoman ann tucker of the muskogee nation of florida, the florida tribe of eastern creek indians. i want to thank congressman miller for being here and for his continued support of this tribe's recognition. we are the people known as petitioner 32 to the office of federal acknowledgment. in 1978, when part 83.7 was created for tribal recognition, there were 40 tribes with evidence already filed in the bia. we were one of those tribes. our people have lived on the same homelands in florida since 1861. we are creek indian people who have lived together, worked together, married one another, buried one another and kept our traditions through the harshest of circumstance. in florida there's no commission to keep records on indian people. no treaties and no state reservations. we did not have a federal indian tribe until 1957, when seminole tribe of florida was recognized by congressional action. the same year the elders of our tribe received notice that they would share in land claim settlement from the treaty of fort jackson. we have struggled for 34 years in the current process. th

you're in florida, from florida.r governor rick scott is one of six governors in the southeastern part of the country going out to texas saying we don't want to participate in the healthcare reform act even if the federal government showers us with money. rick scott was an executive of a company mireed in healthcare fraud while he was there. what is his logic? >> he's trying to force poor people to go to his healthcare clinics and hand over whatever money they have over to him. it's just naked cruelty and corruption. nothing more than that. it's something that is becoming more and more closely associated with the right wing and the republican party every day. >> eliot: i'm glad to see congressman, you have not lost your capacity to go right to the matter. pull in punches. call it as you see it. something that endeared to you many but not everyone who was the target of your slings and arrows and forthright comments. the question, and we've had this conversation just a few minutes ago with one of your former colleagues

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the bynum from florida. given their rick scott has been battling the justice department turned to get lists of people who have moved out of state. >> and non-citizens. >> and i just wanted to can get a sense for what is the body is going with try to clean up the voter rolls and florida? id think he's going to improve the voters some in florida? >> well, i have reported a lot of the florida situation. florida election officials say we don't have the budget to be investigators. if you register to vote, clammy are a citizen, there's no way to prevent another not. you can vote. but when nbc affiliate in one city, fort myers florida, one out of florida's 70-odd counties did an investigation. here is what they did. they went to the list of people and for buyers who had been called for jury duty and said i can't do it jury duty because and not a citizen. then they went to the voter registration list and discovered over 100 people and that one county and said they were not citizens for jury duty but or registered an

florida's unemployment rate continues to get better. now at a three year low, florida's getting back to work. >> stephen: now good for him. but folks, here's the problem. one pollster when he saw that commercial said, i initially thought it was an obama ad. and many elderly florida voters are already easily confused. (laughter) kuz you know what else they think are ad force obama? these. (laughter) well, the romney campaign knew they had to do something. now according-- according to bloomberg news, they have asked governor rick scott to downplay florida's job gains. because it only help os bama who paints a rosy picture. but for some reason, governor scott won't say florida sucks. because-- just hours after that bloomberg report, the florida republican party released a memo saying florida's unemployment rate dropped for the 11th consecutive month and now is at 8.6%. that's the lowest it's been since december 2008. ix-nay on the oo-thousand-eight tay. s away, esident pray ush bayh. >> now folks t is so important t is so important that we

west palm beach, florida on my family recipe rocks. ♪ west palm beach florida a sun drenched city northf miami big on beauty and the perfect place to escape the cold winters of the north east. two of those people originally from my home town brooklyn moved closer to the sunshine and their granddaughter faith. today they're cooking up one of their favorite dishes with an unusual ingredient which makes it a great tasting great for you meal, and a snap to make. they also have a secret recipe that kept their marriage going strong. this is the kitchen. lovely kitchen. nice to have you here. exciting. i'm very excited, the whole thing of cooking and having a great time and the stories i've been hearing of you cooking together. we've been cooking together 10 years. i've been cooking my whole life, but ten years together. and we've been married 47 so 37 years. is it something you said you know what this would be kind of fun for us to do, and for the rest of our lives. did you cook as well? no she does most of the cooking i'm the sous-chef. the sous-chef. i prepare for her and i clean up. that's

now back to florida. it's always florida.se where somebody claims stand your ground offense. they shot two brothers they got in a fight with. they had gone out to the car got the gun and then came back in and then claimed self defense any way. the family got in a fight. the guy in the suit is the allege killer's--well, he did kill him. he's pretty much a killer. it doesn't mean he's guilty of the crime. that guy is the stepfather of the alleged killer in this case. look at what happens. let's go. [ yelling ] [ yelling ] >> cenk: so that's the victim's family and friends fighting the killer's stepfather. it's an amazing story. the point i wanted to make about it is the great irony. they're in a courtroom. so they're not allowed to have guns. if they had guns, either side, they could have shot and killed each other and used "stand your ground" defense. do you understand how crazy stand your grouped is. if you have a gun it allows you to get away with murder oftentimes. thank god they were not allowed to have guns in that case,

part of florida's effort to clear illegal voters off their voter rolls. florida had sued the government for access to the data base. a while ago i spoke with florida governor rick scott about how big of a problem illegal voters had become. >> here's what we know so far -- we did -- because we couldn't get the homeland security data base, we used our own motor vehicle data base. we just looked at 2,600 names. we know over 100 people have registered to vote. they're non-u.s. citizens. we know over 50 have voted in our election. so we know people are registering to vote that are non-u.s. citizens, and we know they're voting. that's not right. it's a crime and impacts our races. >>> sticking with florida, it's a key swing state in the upcoming election. check out this poll in florida. the mason/dixon poll has it a dead heat. a similar story across the country in swing states that explains the candidates' travel this week. paul steinhauser takes a look. >> reporter: good morning. a busy political week ahead on the campa

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fifteen fellows and less government jobs in the state of florida. because the other thing is that florida's callous voodoo economics isn't just hurting the poor it's put the entire state at risk of contracting one of the world's most infectious diseases because you see on march twenty sixth with the blessing of conservatives scott signed a bill slashing florida's department of health budget and ordering the closure of a hospital specializing in tuberculosis treatment and just nine days later the center for disease control sent florida officials a report suggesting that that move could have terrible consequences disease control it found a major outgrowth break of tuberculosis in jacksonville a few years ago that was one of the worst in decades and what's more shocking is that it came at a time when state leaders decided to close the a.g. holly state hospital in lantana which specialized in treating this disease thirteen deaths and ninety nine illnesses have been linked to this outbreak. now palm beach post reporter stacy singer broke this story when

it's really a problem not just hear in south florida but all throughout florida >> reporter: and of course the economy. florida's unemployment rate stood at 8.6% in june. stable but stubbornly high. this may be the biggest mountain the president has to climb to persuade voters he's doing enough to encourage job creation. >> he came in trying to give businesses monies and all kinds of things that he did. people were excited about that. i think now that people are really seeing and saying to the president, what more can you do? i think they're really saying, mr. president, what do you have to offer now? we're still with you. but you have to continue to do more. >> woodruff: those words from strong obama supporter and the mayor of rivera beach tom masters are echoed by the group of women at century village. the well known retirement center in palm beach which is normally a stronghold for democratic candidates. >> i'm concerned about the money i've put away for the college fund for my grandchildren. i mean i worked hard to be able to make a better life for them, hoping that the government woul

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florida was one of the states challenging that law.t for states like florida that wanted out? who better to answer that than florida governor rick scott himself. good morning, governor. nice to see you. >> good morning, randi. you know what is so disappointing is the issue we have in health care, it's a cost issue. it's not an insurance issue. this doesn't do anything to drive down the cost of health care. so we've got to rely on free markets to drive down the costs. this isn't going do it. so we're not going to implement it. we're not going to -- >> let me ask but that. the states still have options. one of them is on health insurance exchanges, and the other is the medicaid expansion. so you're saying that you're not going to implement either one. i'm curious as to why. >> no. let's first off talk about the exchange. the exchanges are not going to drive down the cost of health care. the issue is the cost health care. it's going to do nothing to drive down the cost. with regard to medicaid expansion, it doesn't work. it's about a $1.9

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will win florida. think it matters thatch anymore. >> cheney, was that a smart thing for him to say on. >> here is what i think about that. i think cheney in the sense he is right but i think what happened is that sarah palin actually helped mccain a lot as was suggested in the previous panel. she gave him a terrifically she helped mccain give him a great convention. huge hit at the convention. her speech was a big hit. she did well in the debate against biden. she kind of held her own. now later in the campaign the press got on her. she got character assassin natalled and people ended up at the end of the campaign not thinking very well of her. there is no chance in my opinion after september 15th when the market melted down that mccain was going to win the election and blaming any of it on sarah palin i think is faulty. >> i kind of agree with that but i don't think that sarah palin at that point in her career as cheney pointed out was ready to run the country. let's be honest about it. >> i don't th

florida being one of them. it is always close in florida.f you can move the numbers just that much and that's what the republicans have plan to do. they've been planning to do. that's what they're trying to do. then they could make the difference in the election and ultimately who becomes president of the united states. but obviously we're trying to prevent that as quickly as possible and using some tactics that i think will work and strategies that should work. >> now, i know of a lot of those strategies. i've been on the ground in florida. i'm coming back this week. let me tell you something that really caught my eye. former florida gop governor jim greer. in a deposition that has gone public, he says and i'm quoting from the deposition that he stated under oath, political consultants and staff were talking about voter suppression and keeping blacks from voting. he further states about not letting blacks vote and minority outreach programs were not fit for the republican party. this is a very significant statement for a former state chair

from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, to suspend the rules and pass s. 2009 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 2009, an act to improve the insular areas and other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill? members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 378, the nays are 11. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal reque

it's not what you and i believe, florida. that's not what most americans believe.er what party you belong to. >> reporter: the president also visits west palm beach tonight and makes two other campaign stops in florida tomorrow. and kelly, it's pretty clear he understands how important it is to win the state in this re-election. remember four years ago in 2008 he only won florida by 3%. >> tori, thank you for that live report from washington. oscar winner morgan freeman donated $1 million last month to priorities usa action. the super pac is raising money to support the president's re-election campaign. in a statement, several celebrities also donated to the group. >>> i'm jamie costello. coming up at 6:00 -- police seize heroin, guns, thousands of dollars in cash. the suburb where it happened and why it's not that uncommon anymore. and scientists have been saying for years that stem cells could be the key to treating diseases but a new breakthrough is really expanding that idea tonight. here's a preview of what is ahead of "world news" at 6:30. diane sawyer. >> co

in the case of florida, it is memorialized in this act in law that the florida legislation in effect specifically the law, the state law directed that 75% of the funds for florida in this first pot of money would be spent in the eight disproportionately affected counties in the florida panhandle. so from the west, escambia county all the way to the east to waukola county, while the remaining 25% would be spent in other counties. that allocation of funding is mirrored in the restore act, and it's now law. this is important because while there are places across the state that suffered from the misperception of oil, the panhandle counties were some of the hardest hit. so when it comes to the first allocation, the intent was to have those eight counties receive 57% of the funds in that first pot and for the other counties along the gulf coast of florida to receive the remaining 25%. if that state law is changed in the future, i want it clearly known that the legislating -- legislative intent of the sponsor of this bill was what was just said. the 75-25 allocation. not to be squirreled of

>> housing, another big economic issue down there in florida as well.hank you so much, kristen. >>> mitt romney's noofive sons trying to reshape the image of their button down dad. nbc's peter alexander sat down with mitt romney's five sons for tonight's edition of "rock center" with brian williams. >> reporter: for a candidate who at times has struggled to connect, the campaign hopes the sons can help explain their father's idiosyncratic moments. >> this feels good being back in michigan. you know, the trees are the right height. the streets are just right. >> he's just dad. he's a little goofy and that's just, you know, that's part of his charm i think. >> we were with him recently. he said, i was gafying when i looked at this old picture. when you hear him say one of these things, he was with you guys recently where he said, i love them like they're my own sons. they are my own sons. >> i love them like they're my own. they are. craig? >> it's the same corny jokes we grew up with. we're used to it. it's part of his personality. he's always trying to

. >> i don't think some realize how hot it is in tampa, florida, at that time. there will be a dynamic. many delegations will spend time at the the beaches. many hotels will be at the beaches. many will use this as an opportunity to stay at disney world and visit their families. you'll get the flavor of an ethnically diverse community. >> you want to talk about alternative opinions. you're a democrat hosting a republican convention. >> i am indeed. i hope they let me in. i really don't care what goes on inside the building. for me this is an economic development opportunity. and for my city it's an economic development opportunity. i look at this as a chance to showcase tampa for the entire world and to tell tampa's story. yes, i am a democrat. but i intend to be the best host that the republicans have ever had. my job is to replace ed rendell as the favorite democrat. >> mayor rendell who is chairman at the time is very tran saxal. philly got it. the mayor did everything he could to make sure the experience was a good one. my experience is the same thing. i may

florida picked up 537 votes. the entire presidential election in florida. i do not know that is an indicator of where romney stands. there is a complaint that romney has not spelled out where he would take the nation, hoping that the dissatisfaction with the economy will be the swing states to vote for change and him. i think he is likely to be more specific. the more specific you get, the more likely you are to find folks to take issue with it. the other campaign will tend to tear apart your specificity. that often gets you into some difficulty. host: our last caller is charlie from georgia. you have to happen with the pronunciation of your town. it sounds like an indian name. caller: thank you for taking my call. the question i had was i had heard that mr. romney had required 10 years of back tax records from his running mates. if that is so, why would he released two years of his tax records? do you think there will be pressure on him to release more? i have a question about the presidential debates. i do not know if you have time. thank you. host: what