jacki speier, thank you for joining us on the show.oined by terry o'neil, president of the national organization for women. thank you for joining us. >> eliot, it's great to talk to you. >> eliot: so now how do you lead the crusade. you've been unshackled, as it were, now you're ability to go out and say look who they are. how do you lead that effort so that in the next couple of weeks people can rip the mask and veneer off of mitt romney. >> that's what we've been doing for months, making the case and getting the word out to women for what is at stake for women in this election. i think--i think voters very understandably have a hard time wrapping their brain around the real danger that is presented to women by mitt romney, todd akin, richard mourdock, and paul ryan. i am met very often with disbelief. no those men are not really trying to redefine rape to be forcible. yes, they are. no, says voters, they're not really trying to stop rape victory from stopping pregnancies. pregnancies inmany pregnancies in this country are caused by r

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half people get mad at me when i explain the law n 1995 now, congress woman jackie speier pass aid law saying you can no longer do gender discrimination on services in the state of california so it takes an thundershower give a hair cut to a man and to a woman, they have to be charged the same. it's true with dry cleaning too. and this is assuming the shirt is the same. the woman's can be smaller if it has puffy sleeves or buttons then it's not a a.like item. if it's cotton with normal buttons the price has to be the same. you hold them to thachl you can't bring in a silk shirt expecting it to be same. >> and. >> people don't know it but these are cleaned in a factory. so the buttons have been engineered to take that beating. they have to be of a certain size, they have special and if it's the same service we get nailed with this. >> and and thank you, michael. >> sure. >> still to come big changes for a bay area theater, new home and controversial new place open next week. >> oh, my. they're coming up. it's sounding alien but it's from here on earth. what makes those unusual sounds. >

. >> that it is nancy pelosi and representative jackie speier. they could not restrain their violent. you can see that everybody wase keeping track of the game on their smart phones, and they just had to jump up. the oakland as did not win their game against the tigers, but the fans showed their appreciation for an amazing season. despite the 60 loss, the as faithful gave the team a standing ovation and chanted "let's go oakland" for nearly 10 minutes as the players hugged and tipped their caps. >>> crews thought they had a destructive restaurant fire out in san francisco early this morning but they were wrong. rob roth has more from the popular spot reduced to ashes. >> reporter: gasia, this is all that's left of the restaurant, squat and gobble. it's completely gutted along with the other businesses. firefighters have been out here putting out hot spots to a fire still under investigation. the fire broke out before 5:00 in a back part of squat and gobble, a well-known restaurant along westportal avenue. more than 100 firefighters battled the bl

congresswoman jackie speier, nia-malika henderson, thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you, rev. >>> coming up, why the romney momentum is a myth. big news that helps the president. >>> and paul makers and takers gives a poverty speech. i'm serious. that happened today. i want to know who is he to give this speech? has he heard his own views? >>> and who is behind these offensive billboards popping up? there's a story developing. >>> plus, yes, he did it again. he made a fool of himself again. donald trump's big announcement fail is coming up. you're watching "politicsnation" on msnbc. >> i can't believe that halloween is only a week away. >> i know. i love halloween. i can't wait to dress up from someone who is completely different than who i am. >> you should go as mitt romney from the debates. >> you got me. i'm a conservative investor. i invest in what i know. i turned 65 last week. i'm getting married. planning a life. there are risks, sure. but, there's no reward without it. i want to be prepared for the long haul. i see a world bursting with opportunities. india, china, b

his comments outraged many, including congresswoman jackie speier of california. last year, after new jersey republican chris smith graphically described the process of abortion, she spoke about her own abortion. >> that procedure you just talked about was a procedure that i endured. i lost a baby. but for you to stand on this floor and to suggest as you have that somehow this is a procedure that is either welcomed or done cavalierly or done without any thought is preposterous. >> i spoke to the congresswoman a short time ago. congresswoman, let's get to congressman walsh's statement that with advances in medical care there's no such exception, should be no such exception when it comes to the life of the mother. you would say what? >> i would tell him that women oftentimes find themselves in complications with pregnancy. it happens very frequently. many times it can be addressed with bed rest. sometimes it cannot, and it is in those situations where infection becomes very highly probable that women are at risk of losing their lives. >> now, the congressman did qua