that's supposed to be jan brewer. while on the road trying to live up to that lovely caricature, governor brewer took time away from her book tour to unindependent the independent commission voters to arizona specifically created to take this out of the hands of politicians like her. democrats are calling the firing a witch hunt and disgrace. in 2000, when arizona was debating whether or not to pass prop 106 in the first place, deciding whether or not to take this district drawing power away from the legislature, the people who supported the measure were groups like the league of women voters and the arizona school board association. people against it were republican legislators. the voters and the independent good government groups won that fight to make this thing independent. they won the vote. they got that independent commission. now republicans have us found a way to use their majority to kill it anyway. joining me, a democrat who represents arizona's seventh district. congressman, thank you for your time tonight

as titles go, you can't beat it, "scorpions for breakfast,," the title of jan brewer's new book.s today. most of this book is about your fight with sb-10 in the state, your fight with the federal government over immigration reform. and you're very, very critical of the president of the united states in this book. i want to read something. you met him at the white house to discuss this issue. "we sat down and started with some chitchat. but after a few minutes, the president's tone got serious and condesce condescending. it wasn't long before i realized i was hearing the president's stump speech. only i was supposed to listen without talking. it was as though president obama thought he would lecture me and i would learn at his knee. he was patronizing." it's a harsh perspective, it's very different -- remember, we had a conversation just as you walked out of the white house that day. >> well, i feel as i left the day that i was further ahead than i was before i met with him, because i had no answers. he has now told me that i would have information within two weeks, that he would

jan brewer is here to tell you what is going on in her state.nd a new warning tonight, mexico's drug cartels are taking aim at american children. that's new coming up! >> mr. herman cain insists accusations of sexual harassment against him are false. here's more of our interview with mr. cain. >> why do you think this is coming up now? >> i believe this is coming up now because i'm doing so well in this republican presidential campaign. i'm in the top tier. i'm statistically tied with mit romney, and in some of the policy i'm actually in first place. i have no idea who is egging this on, who is on this witch-hunt, but i am convinced, and my staff and i are convinced that it is intended to, one, distract us, and it is a distraction. secondly, a lot of people have a problem with the fact that i am doing so well and i'm likable. third, sense they cannot shoot holes in my proposals, my plans, they are going to try to shoot holes in me, the candidate. so that's the reason it is coming up now. >> a lot of guys don't know what sexual harassment is. the

among them governor jan brewer.s the columnist for "the nation." melissa, nice to see you this morning. thank you for joining me. there's a lot of talk about this, so what goes through your mind? >> i'm always concerned about recall. on the one hand we can say this is democracy at work, citizens saying we're unhappy with the direction and we're not going to wait, we're going to go in right now and help our leaders to change direction by changing our leaders. clearly in the midst of still seeing the uprising in the arab spring, what we heard about yemen, we see there's lots of ways we impact or political system, but recall always worries me a bit. it's indicative of a system that's broken. if people were paying attention and candidates were telling the truth, it shouldn't be a circumstance where just a few years later you would feel the need to remove them. >> is it so much about the elected official or about the laws that are getting these elected officials, and the repeal of a certainly law. >> in some it's laws. i

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. >> jan brewer is a well-known governor. the leader is of this state have become known across the country. i will ask art to psychoanalyze if he could, who are the leaders of arizona today? does he view them as being representative of the majority sentiment in at the u.s. today? >> i would suggest site go without the analyzing. i think clearly it would be russell pearce. if you think about it, people come in this presidential season. many cases, it was third. the first place they would go is to see sheriff joe. of course, then miss bachmann wanted to go see russell pearce. people are trying to tap in to that very negative, divided sentiment that seemed to

you know, without russell pearce, i don't know what jan brewer's going to do.%mqi%q%9 w3 and so his defeat is a domino effect. and many people in this state are going to have to reconsider, that they can't use those same á politics, those anti-immigrant politics to covdc up the fact that there's a legacy of failure. so i think the people in arizona are looking for solutions, they're tired of the rhetoric, it hasn't worked, and they're tired of the reputation this state has acquired as a consequence of people like russell pearce and the policies that he promoted, and é@ unfortunately got passed through this legislature.u >> u.s. congressman raul grijalva, democrat of arizona. thanks very much for joining us tonight, sir. thanks for being here. >> thank you, rachel. appreciate it. "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell, lawrence will be breaking down tonight's çó republican presidential de0a+q and here among other things, yesterday's elections were also sort of gay. you, it's true. that story's next.e1 >>> best new thing in the world today is coming up tonight

jan brewer has been waging a fight to get the obama administration to tighten security.alled "scorpions for breakfast." good evening, governor. >> good evening. >> who came one that title and why? >> it is a fun title, isn't it? actually chuck norris came up with it. he was making comments and was on tv or radio and said that jan brewer is so tough she eats scorpions for breakfast. we thought that was a clever title and we have to be tough so why not? >> the book starts about issues that are very personal to arizona and to much of the country. but start with the personal stuff. the rancher who was murdered in south arizona. that's where you start. why did you start with him? >> because i believed that that was really, truly our wake-up call. the bottom lean is we knew we had a battle on our hands, but when rob was murdered down there on his ranch, after all the pleading and all the crying out to help us, federal government, protect and secure or borders, it was just absolutely devastating. it was a terrible thing to have to hear via the telephone that that had happened t

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you were writing about jan brewer today in "the daily beast."you call it a trick or treat in politics? >> we're giving this a political dirty trick. it's unprecedented. arizona governor jan brewer is threatening to impeach her entire independent redirecting commission opinion these are democrats and republicans tasked with coming up with nonpartisan lines. but what she has done, she didn't like what they came back with, wasn't in favor of her party so she is threatening to impeach the whole bunch. unprecedented power grab. that's a political dirty trick. >> wow. >> yeah. >> do you have any treats? i'm not going to let you get away without a treat. absolutely. we've got treats. a big night for parties. people like to go out and have a good halloween party. but you don't usually get -- orange tie. you don't usually get a presidential candidate loose and goofy, getting to see how they might look after hours. but texas governor rick perry gave us a glimpse maybe of just that friday night at a fund razor in manchester, new hampshire. this clip has be

well, if you're governor jan brewer of arizona and her republican senate, you fire the head of the commission. in other words, it's okay to be independent, as long as you do what we tell you. >>> let me finish tonight with a lesson barack obama can still learn to his credit from president kennedy. >>> we start with the big mess in the republican field. it's getting messier. alex burns is with politico and dana milbank is a columnist for "the washington post." alex, then dana, same question to you. late-breaking news late this afternoon. it seems like herman cain is now dealing in direct contradictions with what we were hearing what he did. here he is telling sean hannity this afternoon, quote, sean, this is absolutely fabrication, man. i don't know what else to say. how many more ways can i say it? this stuff is totally fabricated. that was in direct response to a question from sean, to his credit, by the way, to sean's credit, "did you or did you not proposition one of your employees to go to the company-owned hotel room or apartment house?" alex, we're now getting direct contradictions, as

you were writing about jan brewer today in "the daily beast."n politics? >> we're giving this a political dirty trick. it's unprecedented. arizona governor jan brewer is threatening to impeach her entire independent redirecting commission opinion these are democrats and republicans tasked with coming up with nonpartisan lines. but what she has done, she didn't like what they came back with, wasn't in favor of her party so she is threatening to impeach the whole bunch. unprecedented power grab. that's a political dirty trick. >> wow. >> yeah. >> do you have any treats? i'm not going to let you get away without a treat. absolutely. we've got treats. a big night for parties. people like to go out and have a good halloween party. but you don't usually get -- orange tie. you don't usually get a presidential candidate loose and goofy, getting to see how they might look after hours. but texas governor rick perry gave us a glimpse maybe of just that friday night at a fund razor in manchester, new hampshire. this clip has been going viral. let's take a q

jan brewer joins us. good evening, greta. >> what's the update on the problem of illegal immigration in your state? >> it continues and we have not received any good help from the federal government and now it appears the federal government is not only after arizona but several other states and it's just simply wrong. they need to step up and they need to do their jobs. >> have you spoken to the governors of the other states at all or had interaction, your staff with their staff. >> on certain levels i have spoken with the governors and, of course, a lot of them agree with what we have to do. it's simply that -- we can't afford it. it's the federal government's responsibility, and it is absolutely simply wrong. and it almost appears to me that my federal government has declared war on the states. and i don't know how much more of this that the states are going to be able to put up with. >> let me see if i can't broker some sort of deal. >> okay. >> it's stuck in litigation now and it's going to wind up th

that happened to arizona governor jan brewer. how about forgetting the words to the national anthem in a televised nba game? and, forgetting words, maybe not as bad as forgetting your wife. did that happen to christian bale at the academy awards? >> and my wife. >> reporter: yes. rick perry has joined an ill lus trustrious club of thos suffer from brain freeze. we use our frontal lobes to sift through information and sort our memories. the problem is that part of the brain is sensitive to anxiety. >> the stress hormones going up even higher and that shuts down their frontal lobe and disconnects it from the rest of the brain and makes it even harder to retrieve the memories. >> reporter: which explains how john rerts could flub the oath of office. >> that i will execute the office of president to the united states faithfully. >> reporter: or george w. bush could flub this. >> fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. can't get fooled again. >> reporter: but of all the famous embarrassing cases of brain freeze, the absolutely most pe

with us in washington and joining us now on the set the republican governor of arizona, governor jan brewer new book "scorpions for breakfast." my fight against special interests, liberal media, and cynical politicos to secure america's border. >> you got them all. this is exciting. >> take us on. i guess we'll start with the future of immigration in arizona because i -- and how the obama administration plays into this because this is an administration that has deported hundreds of thousands of immigrants just this year alone. >> well they have and we're grateful for what they have done. the bottom line is our borders still are not secure and arizona is the recipient of all the damage that they create coming through our state and staying in our state and then feeding out into the whole country. unfortunately, for us, and i explain that in my book, because i don't think our story really has been told. the book kind of comes forward and gives the inside truth and the inside picture, it is a truth telling book, the picture of what is taking place in arizona. >> talk about not only what is happ

good morning, governor jan brewer.ing to you all. >> this is an exciting book for you. one of the things you talk about in the book was a meeting that you had with president obama. and at the end of the meeting, you publicly said that it was a cordial meeting but you actually in this book give the details of what went on and how he acted towards you. tell us about that meeting. >> when i came out of the white house after meeting with the president, you know, and i reflected and i told the people of america that it was a cordial meeting, there wasn't any yelling or screaming going on. however, cordial can still be a little rough. it was a pretty condescending meeting with the president, given the fact that he wanted to tell me what he felt he wanted me to do and that was to address the issue with comprehensive immigration reform and i was more there to tell him and tell him pretty clearly we could deal with any of those other things afterwards and that we certainly needed our borders secured now. >> how did he respond t

rick perry's 53 second brain freeze dwarfed previous whoppers and made jan brewer seem like a scholarblanked for 13 seconds. >> we have -- did what was right for arizona. >> reporter: at least when president bush did it he was answering what's been your biggest mistake? >> you know i just -- i'm sure something will pop into my head here. >> reporter: sometimes what pops out is even worse. >> south africa and iraq, everywhere such as. >> reporter: like such as that, some consolation govern perry after this doozy of a gaffe, he came up with a recovery plan, a multistep recovery plan. >> i stepped in it for sure. >> obviously i stepped in it. >> i stepped in it last night, some stuck on my feet. >> reporter: remember how sarah palin made sure she wouldn't forget her three priorities? advice handed down from palin to rick perry, write it on your hand, stupid. jeanne moos, cnn. >> name three rice crispy mascots. >> snap, crackle, sizzle --

is also a republican but he is a republican who has denounced what russell pearce and governor jan brewer did to arizona's image with the papers please legislation and denounced it something to akin to alabama 1964. at this point, this race is not being called by the associated press but it 100% situation with jerry lewis defeating the state senate president. in kentucky, steven beshear was challenged by david williams and they rejected the challenge and re-elected with 99% reporting governor beshear won it handily, 56-35%. and jack conway faced his own republican challenger, todd p'pool, and he got support from celebrities. rudy guiliani giving endorsements but with 99% reporting, jack conway beat todd 55% to 45%. in indianapolis, republican mayor, greg ballard keeping his job against melina kennedy. mayor ballard getting 51% to democrat kennedy's 47%. and annise parker facing five different challengers, the first ever openly lesbian big city mayor in the nation and parker declared victory and just missed a runoff election in order to keep her seat. in georgia, 120 cities and counties ho

that happened to arizona governor jan brewer. how about forgetting the words to the national anthem in a televised nba game? and, forgetting words, maybe not as bad as forgetting your wife. did that happen to christian bale at the academy awards? >> and my wife. >> reporter: yes. rick perry has joined an ill lus trustrious club of thos suffer from brain freeze. we use our frontal lobes to sift through information and sort our memories. the problem is that part of the brain is sensitive to anxiety. >> the stress hormones going up even higher and that shuts down their frontal lobe and disconnects it from the rest of the brain and makes it even harder to retrieve the memories. >> reporter: which explains how john roberts could flub the oath of office. >> that i will execute the office of president to the united states faithfully. >> reporter: or george w. bush could flub this. >> fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. can't get fooled again. >> reporter: but of all the famous embarrassing cases of brain freeze, the absolutely most

now, governor jan brewer who has written a book about her struggle called "scorpions for breakfast."woman gabrielle giffords. you describe her as a good friend despite your political differences, as such, making a remark about her recovery, would you like to see her run for re-electi re-election? >> i'd like to see what gabby wants to do and can do. she's a terrific gal, a wonderful elected official in arizona and more than that, she's been terrific for arizona and the united states congress so i certainly hope that she can do whatever she chooses to do. >> given all that she's endured, i imagine for a lot of people and maybe even for you, there would be sort of a sweet smile if you see her do something like that. >> absolutely. absolutely. she's a terrific, she really is terrific and it was such a tragic thing that happened down in tucson. our hearts were broken for all, everybody that was murdered and injured down there. it was just a terrible day. >> you also write in this book as we just mentioned a lot about illegal immigration. >> i do. >> why would you want to write a book abo

it made arizona governor jan brewer seem like a scholar when she blanked for a mere 13 seconds. >> we> reporter: at least when president bush did it, he was answering what's been your biggest mistake? >> you know, i just -- i'm sure something will pop into my head here. >> reporter: sometimes what pops out is even worse. >> like south africa and iraq, everywhere, such as. >> reporter: like such as that. is some consolation governor perry. after that doozy of a gaffe, he came up with a recovery plan. a multistep recovery plan. >> i stepped in it, that's for sure. >> obviously, i stepped in it. >> i stepped in it last night. some stuck on my feet. >> reporter: remember how sarah palin made sure she wouldn't forget her three priorities. >> started reining in the spending. >> reporter: he drew advice handed down to rick perry, write it on your hand, stupid. >> name three