george w. bush and rick perry who on one specific issue, which is to say immigration, have been further left than the current republican nominee who you've endorsed mitt romney. given the fact that a third of the folks in texas of are hispanic origin, do you think romney can make up what my friend john heilemann has termed a chasmic gap, about a 35 or 40-point spread among the hispanic community? >> yes, i do because i think that the hispanic community is looking for their values, the work ethic, they're looking for small business capabilities to grow and expand and create the american dream. i also think that a rational immigration policy is something that is supported by the majority of the hispanic community. and that doesn't mean be amnesty. it means that you have a rational policy. you have control of your borders. you have work visas, and you have the immigration that comes in the orderly way we all have embraced legal immigration. legal immigration has built this country, and it is a vibrance that is added to our country. and i think people want that, the people who have come here legally

a pair of plain clothes prince georges police officers thought they looked suspicious. ryan walked out of the store and was accosted on perry street a couple of blocks away. the prosecutor's was said that video surveillance from perry street shows that a gun carried by one of the plain clothesmen discharged as he hit ryan over the head with the weapon. >> i thought i was going to be shot. >> did you think they were robbers or what? >> i don't know what he was. >> did he say police? >> he never said anything. even to the point of putting handcuffs on me. >> reporter: ryan durham spent 3 1/2 months in jail on a charge of assaulting one of the two officers. a spokesman for the prosecutor's office said that all charges against ryan will now be dropped. his attorney is angry about the incarceration and about the fact that prosecutor's refused to hand over the security video, especially since it contradicts the officer's first story that the gun discharged with ryan dorm allegedly urged for the weapon. >> th about the public service and if they're doing this behavior, the public needs to know. >> reporter: again, prosecutors show

and i think that message is very much kind of a karl rove, george bush strategy for republicans. rick perrycement speech and was very eyecatching, to say the president has not -- policies have not served people who are less well off and who need more educational opportunity. >> i have a very dark view of this, which is i don't think it's a problem that romney can solve in a positive way. i think there's going to be maybe the most negative campaign across all of this is going to be a viciously negative campaign against obama by both romney campaign and the republican super pacs that will attack him from the left, saying deportations at an historic high with obama. they will attack him from the middle saying he failed on immigration reform. on the right on gay marriage. and the goal of the campaign will not be to be turn the vote shares but turn down the hispanic vote. try to turn down the overall vote and not get hurt as badly if they can get the hispanics to stay home. >> the republicans were bashing a lot of people thought, bashing hispanics during the primary process. but independent of t

george w. bush's former writer david frum, and so much more. m melissa harris-perry, what is coming up next?rdrop is epic. could you make it into a poster? that was great. and also, a lot of conversation this week about president obama and sort of his angst about the lessons, and i was so happy to learn that he had a copy of the "inv "invisible man" that is apparently as dog eared as mine, and so we will talk a little bit about that and we will go the north carolina and have a conservation about the anti-marriage amendment one which is up for vote tuesday and talk about the democratic party's core constituents and we will talk about waltzing before a blind audience, but you have to tune in to find out what that means. >> blind audience and "invisible man." thank you, mrp. we will see you tomorrow morning at 8:00 and thanks for getting "up." i'm al ways looking out for i'm al small ways to be more healthy. like splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweeteners. this bowl of strawberries is loaded with vitamin c. and now, b vitamins to boot. coffee doesn't have fiber. unless you want it to. splenda®

george clooney. but she's gone. >>> also tonight, justin bieber's gq confessions about drinking and swearing. plusing we'll take you to paris, with vogue's andre leon perryinside the vogue fashion show. we'll have that and so much more later on entertainment tonight. >> and you can see that tonight here on wjz 13. >> bieber swearing? okay. i'm not buying another one of his outfits. >>> rain is gone. and sunny, dry weather is moving in. >> bob has the ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> we had lots of temperatures. -- the humidity has dropped. we had dew points in the mid- 60s. much dryer air has come in. and pretty much put a kibosh on any shower activity here. take a look at temps right now. it is warm. warmer than normal. that's for sure. mid-70s would be normal. 81 now. but the dew point has continued to come down. it's way down to 53 degrees. it's going to be very comfortable later tonight. dew points will get down into the 40s. dry, beautiful air coming in. humidity only 38%. now, west to southwest winds at 5. barometer 29.86. currently falling a little bit. 68 now in oakland. 81 in the other side of the mountains and the valley at cumberland. and ocean city, dow

plainclothes prince george's county police officers thought they looked suspicious and entered the store focusing on the young man in the ski mask. ryan walked out of the store but was accosted on perry street a couple blocks away. the prosecutors office says video surveillance from perry street shows that a gun carried by one of the plainclothesmen discharged as he hit ryan over the head with the weapon. >> i thought i was going to be shot. >> reporter: do d you think these guys were robbers or -- did you think these guys were robbers or what? >> i didn't know what he was. >> reporter: did he ever say we're police? >> never said nothing to me, even to the point of putting the handcuffs on me never said nothing to me. >> reporter: ryan dorm spent 3 1/2 months in jail on a charge of assaulting one of the two officers. a spokesman for the prosecutors office says all charges will now be dropped against ryan. his attorney jimmy bell is angry about the incarceration and about the fact that prosecutors have refused to hand over the security video, especially since it contradicts the officer's first story that the gun discharged when ryan dorm allegedly lurched for a weapon. >> a public has

perry said in the primary and good old-fashioned economy that offers equal opportunity. that's what president obama is trying to bring the economy back to after eight years as george bush.u admit romney went in to improve the economy not create jobs. >> absolutely. unless you have corporations actually profitable -- >> he was going after companies that had big pensions and had war chests. they went in, paid themselves big fee, gutted the place, bankrupted and walked with $100 million in one case. >> the problem with what you're saying, ed, you're assuming the people on wall street supposed to be so cunning an conniving they would somehow not get the idea this was the means of procedure of bain capital. the truth is it wasn't. most of the times they went in and bought companies, put money into those companies and turned them around and sold them for a profit. >> turn them around. their issue was not to turn them around. they only bought companies good at making money so they could raid them. they didn't buy companies losing money. >> incorrect. the gs steel company in kansas city obama featured in his ads was losing money big time. >> that's a cyclical business. you know

george's county, no accidents to report. back to you. >>> well it took firefighters in atlanta, georgia more than an hour to put out a four-alarm fire at the tyler perry studios. the 200,000 square-foot studio is home to sets, sound stages and a 400-seat theater, too. the cause is under investigation. the amount of damage caused is not yet known, but the fire burned through the exterior facade of a large building. perry is a director, writer, producer, actor and playright. his film credits include "meet the browns" and "i can do bad all by myself." >>> bobby brown says it was whitney houston who introduced him to hard drugs. the singer makes that claim in a new interview with "the today show's" matt lauer. brown says the public blaming him for his ex-wife's death is hard to hear. >> it's unexplainable. but i know i wasn't the one that you know, got her addicted to drugs or i'm not the reason she's gone. >> bobby brown and whitney houston were married for 14 years. brown says he saw houston just a week before her death and says she looked great and seemed to be doing very well. >>> the two had one daughter together. >>> well, may is international cultu

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george w. bush resided over the execution of 131 people in texas and assisted every one -- insisted every one of them was guilty. rick perryd his record. 234 people so far. he also insists they were all guilty but now we find out both of them were liars. "the huffington post" reporting that the state of texas has executed at least two innocent people. remember illinois last year got rid of the death penalty because they found 20 people on death row who were not guilty of the crimes for which they were charged. so the only question today about the death penalty is are we a civilized society or not? if the answer is we are then we've gotta get rid of the death penalty forever. my parting shot for today. two members of congress, barbara lee and peter welsh with us tomorrow.

george w. bush believed it. that said, you look at the primaries this year, the republican primaries, i don't know. >> the governor of new mexico has been -- >> rick perryd in the republican primaries for trying to pass some legislation that helped the children of illegal immigrants. >> everybody feels it's a jump-on election, i think, and it probably is right now on paper. hispanics, women and independents, that's a long road for the republicans it to climb. >> jeff greenfield, thank you so much. good to see you. up next, i wonder what it's going to be? >> what? what's the mark? >> maybe let me think about this. after last we, i can't imagine what they'd talk about? >> i missed last week. the 11-year-old kid breast feeding with the supermom? >> exactly. the new issue of "time" magazine when "morning joe" comes right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone likes a bit of order in their life. virtual wallet helps you get it. keep track of spending, move money with a slide, and use the calendar. all to see your money how you want. ♪ and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go

and then just little by little, it kept growing "george perry and sons", named after art's father. and today it's handling thousands of pounds of crops that are packed, california. four generations of family members manage every aspect of the business, from new sales to processing orders, managid, of course, the, a nonstop hub of activity. every now and then, 91-year-old george and his wife violet come the company they nourished. >> well, i think i got a beautiful thing here because i, you know, at my age, i was able to have my family around me and watch all the business and see my sons run the business. this is my life. >> he says the first few years in the business, the family barely made a profit. but fast forward to today and the company bearing his name is now one of the largest of pumpkins in california. george perry and sons delivers produce to almost every grocery chain you can thin >> you know, the biggest enjoymebt to it is, we have a lot of people that work for us. and it feels good to know that are supported out of this deal. all the way down to workers. we've had worke