it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >>> we're back with more of my conversation with jim greer formeran party. jim, let me ask you this. i was in miami earlier this week with congress woman wilson and others rallying around these new laws. but you were in the room. you were the chairman of the party. you're still a republican. you disagree with a lot of what we believe in in politics. but is there any doubt in your mind that what you heard in the room and what you state was designed because of what happened in 2008 and these laws and these things are not being done around fraud but really to limit voters from certain particular demographics, minorities and youth, because they want to try to limit the people who will vote in this election? >> yeah. there's no doubt that what the republican-led legislature in florida and governor scott are trying to do is make sure that the republican party has an advantage in this upcoming election. by reducing early voting, putting road blocks up for potential voters. latinos, african-americans to exercise their right to vote. i was in the room. it's

jim greer admits to what we suspected all along. what should the democratic party do?tic party. this is someone who was the former head of the republican party. this matters to every voter. democrat, republican, independent, unaffiliated, haven't voted in the past ten years. what we must do is first of all call the lie what it is. this is not about voter fraud, this is about voter suppression. secondly we have to pay attention to the fact that the folks making these decisions are often officials in our states we may not know. your secretary of state, toesh general. these are important officials who make these critical decisions. we've got to pay attention to these elections. and finally we have got to absolutely get in there and change these policies. this has got to be the election issue in local elections. are you going to suppress my vote or not? >> now, i think also, and the reason i raised about what the democrats should do because certain civil rights groups like the one i head out there getting people the i.d. and challenging. but i think the party needs cocome

reporter alex cites wall broke today former republican chairman republican party chairman in florida jim greer now admits that officials in his party are engaging in voter suppression efforts to quote keep blacks from voting and quote but since republicans can't come out and say that they're instead justifying their efforts by arguing that voter fraud is rampant in fact i have a guest on my show argue the voter fraud is so our ages that even pets like dogs and cats and maybe goldfish are walking into voting booths and casting ballots. we've got pets that are voting how many people have seriously you've had a you've had a pet show up in the polls in pennsylvania. that's correct who haven't had it why are they not in jail. why i don't really know who owned the cat and why they're not in jail they probably said b. c. the reason they're not in jail is because it didn't happen voter fraud is virtually non existant it happens less often than people dying because their t.v.'s fell on top of them but in those few cases where voter fraud actually does happen seems like it's mostly republicans committed

in a lengthy deposition submitted for his ongoing corruption case, jim greer says 2009 meeting -- 2000 meetin his comments come amidst florida's standoff with the justice department's civil rights groups over a voter purge the critics say particularly targets people of color. in recent weeks, at least two top republican state lawmakers -- state senator glenn grothmann and benson and house majority leader mike turzai -- have predicted that restrictive voter id laws will help republican candidate mitt romney win their states in november. supporters of california's same- sex marriage ban have asked the supreme court to reverse a federal appeals court decision that declared the ban unconstitutional. california outlawed same-sex marriage in 2008 when voters passed the ban known as proposition 8. a three-judge panel struck down the measure earlier this year, ruling that prop. 8 "serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in california." the request of the supreme court means the four-year battle over prop. 8 will likely be res