some they do not have voter id. is the state even prepared to make this many photo ids? >> that is the first time i've heard the pat toomey clip, and i am appalled at some of the things he said. pennsylvania has the most stringent photo voter id law in the country. there are many other states that have some form of voter id, but they all have some safety valve that will guarantee that people who end up not having a id on election day can still vote. for instance, in georgia, anyone who does not have i deacon vote by absentee ballot. in pennsylvania, you cannot do that. in michigan and florida, if you show up on election day and do not have the right kind of id, you vote by provisional ballot but you also fill out an affidavit saying you are you say you are. it's a signature matches with what is in the foot to -- registration books accounts automatically. and pennsylvania, you have to go out and get a valid form of id within six days in order for your vote to count. as we showed at trial, if you're starting from scratch trying to get a new id, that will be virtually impos

pennsylvania's voter id legislation. this week, it will find it's way into pennsylvania supreme court where the american civil liberties union and others will vote for it. the voter id laws are one of the strictest in the nation. they will be appealing the decision of common welt court judge robert simpson. he rejecting a idea that would have kept the law from being implemented at the polls on november 6th. he based it on a 2008 ruling in which the court upheld voter id law in indiana. prior to 2006 when the indiana law passed, no state required a voter to produce a government issued voter id as a condition to vote. indiana was the first. and the state of indiana, just like the state of pennsylvania in the lower court, admitted it could come up with no, zero cases of inperson voter fraud. which is what the law is designed to protect against. but the supreme court upheld it anyway. they thought nearly the threat was enough to justify a voter id law. only that threat doesn't exist. according to the brendonsen ter who relea

that's why voter id is all about. reflecting the will of the people in the room with governor perry and those who look like them may have in fact been to more accurately what the law is all about now brown says why a few weeks ago if three federal judges voted unanimously to block that texas law finding it intentionally discriminatory but there are many more still in the works i'm not going to say it's like ohio and pennsylvania in traditionally democratic districts in ohio hours and polling places were decreased later brought back after a lawsuit by the obama administration that law still may head to the supreme court now later this week in pennsylvania the state supreme court there is scheduled to hear arguments on the voter id law you may remember a few months back what a republican leader in the state house that voter i.d. which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania done well not quite done actually but we should know more in the days to come with more coming also in states like florid

we all have multiple forms of id. but it is a specific type of id. i cannot go with my sam's club or costco club. you have to have big government- issued photo id. >> some states allow medicare and medicaid as acceptable forms of voter i.d. we can have a national -- if we have a national voter ideologue, fine, but we don't. and right now, the states have the right to do this. going back to rev. sharpton is common, the last time i looked, the supreme court is the law of the land. so when texas and these other states have been denied or take their cases to the supreme court, they will look at in been in -- look at indiana. it was a majority of six-3 and they will say it is precedent. and indiana has free voter i.d.. >> they decided in the indiana case that it was constitutional for them to establish id. they did not say that all of those states could subsequently -- >> let me finish. because you misrepresent -- >> no, no, no. you misrepresented -- >> they will look at the indiana case as president. 30 states have voter i.d. laws on the books before bar

forms of boater id. >> if we had a national voter id small but we don't now the states have the rightd comments, the last of my looked the supreme court is the lot of demand. when texas takes their case to the supreme court, they will look at indiana by a majority of six/three i believe for president. >> but the state decided in the indiana case it was constitutional for them to establish. >> correct. indiana. you just misrepresented what i said. >> the supreme court is well lot of the land. >> everybody. >> bay will look at the indiana case as a precedent. [laughter] >> also read print, 30 states had voter id on the books before barack obama became president. >> that is not true. [applause] >> all the time out. >> you will agree before we leave here. you have 30 seconds. 302nd. so iq were trying to assert your point*. >> i am done. >> you are wrong. [laughter] the supreme court decision in indiana did not say it is nondiscriminatory. it cannot have the supreme court decision to say it is constitutional. >> that is not what i said. >> i will give you 30 seconds. >> with that decision

law said in a recent interview about those upset with voter id laws. as mitt romney said i mean what we have forty some percent of the people that are living off the the public dole living off of their neighbors' hard work and we have a lot of people out there they're too lazy to get off and what being you know to get up and get out there and and get the id they need so i mean if individuals are too lazy the state can't fix that so is that true as a single mother working three jobs too lazy to take up time go to the d.m.v. and go to an idea vote lauchlan. i certainly don't agree with that characterization you know a lot of people have a lot on their hands working multiple jobs raising kids so on so should we make it harder for them to vote. i mean voting is a right of course but no not according the supreme court there is no there is no right to vote for president bush v gore it's not a right what is a right i think we should we let it go with a right then owning a gun you have a right to only have the supreme court has ruled that exactly yet they've a

i wanted to show a map really quickly of the states that have the voter id laws already intact i mean we see a ton of them talking about the issue of they're in agreement and a lot of them have republican leadership is this a coincidence it's not a coincidence it's not a coincidence at all that between republican governors and republican legislatures that they have been able to pass laws that do no do nothing more than dissin bring . disenfranchise legally registered voters people who have who voted in two thousand and eight people who voted in two thousand and four and did not need government issued id in order to do so now affective november sixth coincidentally are going to need to show this identification and when you look at the demographic of those people that are going to be disproportionately impacted by this you're dealing with minorities primarily african-americans and hispanics you're dealing with the elderly and you're dealing with the disabled and to in many instances the cost for them to get these different pieces of identification for many of these people on fixed incom

and they are not photo ids. i find it hard to believe and with the free ids, i'm still not going to buy that. only 40% of americans bother to vote. all of us can agree that more americans need to get engaged in electoral context. >> that's what i'm saying, you have to have a government issued photo id. >> some states allow medicare and medicaid. and unacceptable form of voter id. i am with you that we should have a national -- if we had a national voter id law, fine, but we don't. right now, the states have the right to do this. going back to reverend sharpton's comments, last time i looked, the supreme court is the law of the land. with texas and all of these other states that have been denied, when they take their case to the supreme court, they're going to look at the passing of 2008 by a majority of six to three and they are going to stay but that the state president. >> it was constitutional for them to establish id. they did not say that all of those states were subsequent -- [talking over each other] >> l

oh thank you for having me so you recently wrote an excellent article talking about how these voter id laws are essentially a bloodless coup d'etat against democracy what did you mean by that what i meant by that was that for these new voter id laws to have been put in place when prior to this government issued id was not required to vote is basically disenfranchising very large number of people who otherwise are legally registered voters and. i wanted to show i'm not really quickly of the states that have the voter id laws already intact i mean we see a ton of them talking about the issue of. and a lot of them have republican leadership is this a coincidence it's not a coincidence it's not a coincidence at all that between republican governors and republican legislatures that they have been able to pass laws that do no do nothing more than dissin bring . disenfranchise legally registered voters people who have who voted in two thousand and eight people who voted in two thousand and four and did not need government issued id in order to do so now effective november sixth coincidentally

a picture id to have the right to vote.hat happened? president obama stopped it. >> jennifer: aisha i want you to make the case against that. respond to people who think that it is no big deal. >> oh, their dear nikki haley. first of all voting rights are in our constitution. we have more amendments that extend voting rights to american than we do pretty much any other right that we have. there's nothing in the constitution that solidifies anything that has to do with us flying on planes. so nikki haley is comparing apples and oranges. we should really be asking nikki haley and the respects why do they want to disenfranchise choice people of color? why are they trying to keep people going to the polls? it's because they know when americans hear them -- when americans go to the polls, they are going to lose. they are trying to rig this election by keeping us at home. >> jennifer: she lists several pieces of id and for people who are not deep into the weeds with that, they think she is right. >> look this idea that you have t

it's friday ready to rumble joining me for that ides big picture of all our michael war reporter for the weekly standard sam sax progressive writer and commentator and horace cooper conservative commentator thank you all for joining us tonight let's get right into it here another week another embarrassing romney video area was in one thousand nine hundred eighty five describing what bain capital was being created to do. bain capital is an investment partnership which was formed to invest in startup companies and ongoing companies then to take an active hand in managing them and hopefully five to eight years later to harvest them at a significant profit so farmers harvest fall crops to feed as doctors arbus organs to save us and then there's mitt romney who are most economists and companies to pad his wallet screw us all over george w. bush now has higher favor ability numbers than mitt romney forty six to forty three and the d.n.c. is piling it on here's a new ad they have up. too many americans are struggling to find work in today's economy i like being able to fire people too many

suppression voter suppression id laws. they will some of it tom but the real fight is going to be on polling day that's when the fight is going to play these people don't understand this this little fact and that is that twenty four states in twenty four states you can have random people off the street approach somebody in challenge them to vote they can say well we don't think you're entitled to vote because you're an illegal illegal alien or may be accuse them of being a past felon or accuse them of being somebody who's voted already or voted in the wrong polling area twenty four states that can happen and they can do that without any proof whatsoever people the reason this is never been on the radar screen is we've never really faced a year like this to where it's very clear that the republicans have a very clear agenda and that is to keep people from voting so right now we're aware of it but most people are not aware of this very unusual thing others fifteen states in the union where somebody could make an accusation r

the california id, for an id, or your passport is fine. >> now you have open your account. simple?hat is exactly why it was designed. you can access your account online, set up direct deposit, and make transfers. it is a real bank account. >> it is very exciting. we see people opening up second accounts. a lot of these people never had account before. people who have problems with bank accounts, people without two ids, no minimum deposit. we are excited to have these people. >> it has been a great partnership with bank on s.f. because we are able to offer checking, savings, minimarkets, certificates, and loans to people who might not be about to get accounts anywhere else. even if you have had a previous account at another financial institutions, we can still open an account for you, so you do not need to go to a check cashing place, which may turn to two percent of your monthly income. >> you can enroll in free educational services online. just as it -- visit sfsmartmoney.org. with services like financial education classes and one-on-one meetings with advisers, asset smart money n

let's get people an id. the number is fault -- far smaller than 25 percent of americans -- african americans do not have an id. host: this is the report he is referring to. what you have to say? -- do you have to say? guest: the brandon cente looked center looked at the numbers and determine whether they met qualifications that were put into place. 25 percent of african- americans, 16 percent of hispanic s. i think what is patronizing is people assuming everyone will have an ide that meets requirements. the other idea about having an id to get out we were driving or by cold medicine. what i want to buy cold medicine, i want to be able to do that. i travel a lot, but i do not have a constitutional right to do this. i may have to do those things, but not my constitutional rights. the hurdles to do that should be much less if it is a constitutional right. host: don richey righwrites -- guest: i am assuming he means our washington, d.c.. people from washington state are little particular about that. i would have

democrats used -- democrats see photo id laws as a voter suppression. what if you do not have a car or a birth certificate or paying to get it. >> you cannot get on an airplane without one? >> lots of people do not get on airplanes. they do not have a photo identification because they do not drive. they tend to be poor minority people. >> they require you to purchase the identification. that sounds like nothing to a lot of people, but if you are poor, the fact that you will have to purchase something as well, that is the poll tax. >> these laws have been upheld in other places and by the supreme court. what makes texas different is some of these are covered by the voting rights act, and you cannot change voting laws in this covered areas without getting clearance from the federal courts or the justice department because they are deemed to be suspect. these cases are going to the supreme court. it is a conservative court that has been hostile to john roberts, -- that have been hostile -- for example, john roberts was hostile. i think these laws will not

it was so over-the-top that even in aas case unforioing in s id. nearly every american president, starting with george washington, ind ouding a lot of that presidenel i don't even like. our founding fathers who wrote the first amendment wourio be ct id and d at how barack obama is trying to redefine the first amenaent. in 1814 francis sco toh not o wrote the star spangled banner and included the line, this the armada in gthe w is oamer tusts. congress made in god we trust our natiowe tl mthe wel, and itn all of your monnot o. it's time for the american people to realize htes scndamental the transformation the obama is trying to bring about in america. [applause] rde over there. rde hyperion and from the university of virginia. i noticed in a lot of my christveran friends and real apathy when it comes to political issues do you think that this courio be something that motivates the church to get back involved in politics? ing w so, htes do we articulatet in order to get some excitement? rde tha18s wus a lot of other good books. showing the scandals

the california id, for an id, or your passport is fine. >> now you have open your account. simple?is exactly why it was designed. you can access your account online, set up direct deposit, and make transfers. it is a real bank account. >> it is very exciting. we see people opening up second accounts. a lot of these people never had account before. people who have problems with bank accounts, people without two ids, no minimum deposit. we are excited to have these people. >> it has been a great partnership with bank on s.f. because we are able to offer checking, savings, minimarkets, certificates, and loans to people who might not

you cannot use your student id. that you know who they want to vote and who they do not want to vote. it is very clear that across this country they are making it easier. there is not problem, if there is fraud and the process, it is absentee. people do not go to the polls and pretend they are somebody they are not. what did they not change? absentee ballots. that is the weight most people of means and republicans vote is absentee. >> the one thing that can cause fraught is the one thing that -- that something is important when people try to take it from us. people never try to take anything from you that is not the poor. understand that if they tried to limit our ability to shape our own futures and like our own history, we cannot let them do it and we cannot go back. thank you. [applause] >> congressman watts? >> i knew you were going to get to me at some point, but i am anxious to hear our friends on the far right and their response on this. >> so am i.. >> of want to talk about north carolina, though, because no

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-- how does oklahoma handle for id? caller: you have to have a state id and voter id. host: colorado springs. frieda joins us next. caller: michael has to do with libya and what happened at the consulate and the deaths of the four americans. i understand that we knew within 24 hours that it was a terrorist attack our administration from e president down kept blaming it on video, which had nothing to do with the video. and they knew within 24 hours. and they set susan rice out on all of the talk shows to lie to all of the american people. i feel this was done because president obama is up for reelection and he said al-qaida was contained or done away with. and it has become all political. so he can re-win the election. host: there's a story in the new york times this morning -- saying there was a link between these attacks. she was the highest ranking obama administration officials. -- ross, from texas. on our line for democrats. caller: what i wanted to say, i wanted to complement the show. i have been watching for years. a longtime fan. one thing i wish you and every

well, voter id here is on trial.ave now been completed, it's up to the justices of the pennsylvania state supreme court to decide whether or not there will be voter id now. it has been enacted here in pennsylvania for november's election. the court hearing this morning was brought on by the aclu, they want an injunction to overturn a lower court ruling in august. that lower court ruling supported voter id, it said that voter id is legal, not discriminatory, reasonable and will not disenfranchise any voter. that's not what demonstrators said before the court hearing. it was sponsored by the naacp. protesters denounced voter id as anti-democratic, extreme, and they say it will lead to voter fraud. supporters say it will help stop voter suppression. voter id cards are being distributed for free throughout the state by the pennsylvania government. in court, though, the arguments were heated and sharp. >> there is no problem requiring photo id to vote. the vice is in requiring id that people don't have and have a hard tim

says they are expecting to process like 10,000 ids. 60,000 in this period. so that's hundreds of thousands of people that they have no capacity to get an id, even if all of them showed up tomorrow. >> joy reid, you have to wonder what the urgency is about here when you consider this stipulation -- this is an agreement between both sides that was filed with the court. it says, there have been no investigations or prosecutions of in-person voter fraud in pennsylvania, and the parties do not have direct personal knowledge of any such investigations or prosecutions in other states. >> yeah, and, lawrence, that is exactly the question that was asked by each of the three democratic justices in the court arguments today. what is the rush? and there was even some thinking that possibly a compromised position that could be reached by this court would be to delay the implementation of the law, even if it's not overturned because indeed the only rush you could conceive of is that there's a political and a partisan sort of motivation to get this d

yes and it's an ideal if i had to get in i need to easily id to get into this building not to come on the show the fact is that nobody's asking people to pay for an id that they can't afford the state plans offer free i.d.'s to pick up it's a common sense illusion that seventy two percent in some polls sixty two percent others have said that makes perfect sense to seventy two percent of people have i.d.'s but for those twenty five percent of people those twenty five percent of african-americans it was eighteen or nineteen percent of latinos of those you know seventeen or eighteen percent of people who are college age students who don't have i.d.'s it's not a common sense solutions but it's a huge hassle and that's the whole point hassle to get. a physical idea of them. as well actually that's against the law going to the d.m.v. getting your driver's license all these college students against getting on an airplane all of the things the irony is you have to live in the twenty first century such a marginalized life to operate without an id it's just not true to talk about these numbers

as you say you can vote with your gun license but not your student id. and so that's absolutely about the demographics of who are the students and who are the gun owners here and so we've been successful we're turning the tide but ground zero right now is pennsylvania is a very big case in court expecting a ruling and every day we're hoping it will turn the tide there to well let's go straight you know you just talked about troy davis trayvon martin is something else that really profoundly showed the state of the underlying state of just racism in this country what do you think this really revealed about you know here we are it's kind of something that's under the radar but it really is pervasive a problem and therefore honest we see it throughout the west you know when it when i travel to switzerland and france you see young men from north africa being treated exactly the same way if you're in london you see young men from jamaica being treated the same way basically young men of color are treated as criminals just for being of color and we have these s

gathered outside a pennsylvania state supreme court hearing to protest the new voter id law.y say it unfairly targets the elderly, poor and minorities. >> what we are fighting for in this moment is democracy itself. our opponents believe that this will tilt things in their favor. >> reporter: inside lawyers for the plaintiffs argued the new law will keep a rge number of registered voters from casting bail lot. >> there's too little -- a ballot. >> there's too little time, too many people affected and there's no place in the statute which guarantees that qualified electors can get the id they need to vote. >> reporter: a lower court judge upheld the law last month which requires voters to present a valid photo id at the polls. the state says the law protects against voter fraud. >> it's simply a means to establish that you are, in fact, who you say you are and that you're there for a registered voter. >> reporter: since 2011 nine other states have passed similar laws. in pennsylvania some estimate at least 100,000 registered voters still do not have a valid id. with time runni

id report stated that john committed suicide is the result of anxiety and unresolved sematic pain but according to major n's lee's evaluation his sematic anxiety symptoms are not sufficiently severe based on objective findings to precipitate such an extreme response his psychological stressors are likewise mild especially in contrast to the very promising future that would have begun in earnest in just two months with relatively minimal psycho social factors present a biological basis may be the primary precipitant if toxicology reveals the presence of mefloquine specialist tours this case should be viewed in light of other suicides suspected to be associated with the drug that document is the first military document i have ever seen that seems to suggest that the army was aware that lariam may be causing suicides in the field and they were tracking and i've never seen that before i've only seen the army say that there's absolutely nothing to this that larry misses safe is aspirin in his two thousand and four congressional testimony general peake testified that normally suicides have

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here we go this is the percentage of people adults right now who don't have a valid photo id ok among african-americans twenty five percent among asians twenty percent among latinos nineteen percent among college student age eighteen percent among seniors eighteen percent among poor people fifteen percent among whites eight percent that's interesting because i'm looking at this and going ok if we can say that you can vote with an i.d. we can bought a third of all those people who vote for the democrats say this i mean they say if you have a gun then you could vote and i bet a higher percentage of blacks asians and latinos have guns than they have those voters are i do not but i just don't. know the brennan center of justice produce this graph so i mean i don't think very many republicans are looking at any place and taking strategy now you know they are they really don't know i don't think know what a public is they're taking strategy notes from this i think republicans are looking at this two or three four years ago the republicans were looking at this in one thousand nine hundred ei