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and a revealing sit down session with joe lieberman, the man who gave the democratic ticket a shot in the arm and came close to doing it in 2008 for the republicans. good morning. this is the second half of a special two-hour daily rundown. i'm chuck todd. convention has it that paul ryan will elevate the issues and thers the evidence of the last 48 hours. >> if any person in this entire debate has blood on their hands in regard to medicare, it's barack obama. >> let me ask you something, david, how does mitt romney in the very week that he's running an ad, that he says, i'm mitt romney, i approve this ad, it's patently false and he's lecturing people on the quality of campaigns? he ought to be ashamed of himself. >> do you support $700 billion in cuts in medicare over the next ten years. >> i'm not running for president? >> do you? why can't you answer? >> paul ryan is running for vice president. >> david gregory is moderator of "meet the press." david, i was just struck when you just sat back and looked at the entire show yesterday -- >> yeah. >> -- and we were in many ways as polic

the stage is set in connecticut running for joe lieberman's seat. former wrestling executive is back and defeated in the primary after out spending 12-1. she spent $50 million of her own money in a losing effort. mcmahon will face chris murphy who said he is ready for a potentially bruising fight. former governor and presidential candidate tommy thompson won the primary in wisconsin, narrowly edging out the conservative opponents. they did the backings of paul ryan and scott walker while facing attacks from critic who is tried to play for a health care mandate. he will face tamy baldwin in the general election race that could help tomorrow control of the united states senate.

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. >> and when you come to the senate in 1988 joe lieberman was elected the same year. they bonded a trip to hungary. something of that nature. on the opposite side of the aisle you like to each other and cooperated on things and if in the 2000 election you did not want al gore to be president of the united states. senator lieberman coming here as vice-presidential nominee had to deal with the fact that his friend was running for reelection on the other party. i am interested in asking you what are we losing when the participants in that kind of relationship namely where you were adversaries and go at each other and cooperate others and also enjoy each other's company. are we losing that and what we losing as a result of that? >> i can more precisely say what we gained from that particular relationship and that was that joe lieberman and i with the extent of our leadership sent out rules for the conduct of president clinton's impeachment trial in the senate and sought to it that there was efficient debate at the beginning of a middle and an end. i think you cover that i

and joe lieberman's turn. >> many are angry and frustrated by our government and our politics.f john mccain was just another go along partisan politician he never would have taken on corrupt republican lobbyists. >> jon: i guess what i'm saying is, you guys suck. senators and leghorn and dog reserve the harshest scorn for themselves. >> a cocktail circuit. >> the expanding government increasingly wasteful and too often incompetent. >> the smallness of our politics. >> partisan blinder. >> the beltway as usual. >> jon: when are you idiots [ male announcer ] while many automakers are just beginning to dabble with the idea of hybrid technology, it's already engrained in our dna. during the golden opportunity sales event, get great values on some of our newest models. this is the pursuit of perfection. [cheers and applause] >> jon: welcome back back to the show. thank you so much ladies and gentlemen and thank you, very appreciate the applause. the choice of alaska governor sarah palin that's g.o.p.'s vice presidential nominee is earning rave reviews from at one analyst with a head

joe lieberman was born on february 24, 1942 in stanford, connecticut.egree from yale in 1967. he women the connecticut cochairman in 1968 robert f. kennedy's presidential campaign. in 1970 elected to the connecticut state senate as a reform candidate and held the seat for five terms until he lost to a republican in 1980. after his teenure in the state senate he returned to his private legal practice but not for long. two years later he stepped back into the political arena when was elected as connecticut's attorney general. he served as the state's top law enforcement official for six years and during this time he met his wife. together they now have four children and 12 grand children. in 1988 leiberman set his sights on washington, d.c. that year he was elected to the united states senate and pulled off a huge political upset by defeating incumbent senator wiker by 10,000 votes. in 1998 he made what he called "the most difficult statement i have made." >> the president apparently had extramarital relations with an employee half his age and did so in t

in connecticut joe lieberman has passed on another possible term. linda mcmahon is in the ring again against former congressman chris schays and the primary and then arizona where senator jon kyl has had enough of politics. congressman jeff flake is facing off against businessman will cardon. "national journal" hot line editor and chief wrote about the crucial races today for which we're in his debt. it is a pleasure to you have on the program tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> you're writing about four senate primaries held in the next couple of weeks which most people don't even know about. they could control -- determine control of the senate and the political direction of the senate. how far right or left it moves which one is most captivating to you? >> there are two that i think are most fascinating. i'll start with one coming up on tuesday in missouri where three rep are cans are fighting it out for the right to face senator claire mccaskill. these three candidates are a little bizarre. they're -- sort of none of them are from the really po

surely take ryan's presidential candidacy seriously, but he will do no better than dan quayle, joe liebermanards did when they ran for president after being losing vice presidential candidates. and he will watch the republican presidential nomination next time go to one of the lucky ones, one of the lucky republicans, who was not selected by mitt romney to be the next losing vice presidential candidate,, who will never be president. joining me now, karen finney, former dnc communications director and msnbc political analyst, and msnbc contributor, joy reid. we now know enough about paul ryan's future. i think that's settled. we should talk about his past a little bit, because i think he's not as well known as he should be at this stage for a vice presidential candidate. first of all, he's a rich kid, okay? let's just get this straight. i was reading his financial disclosure forms today. i don't have his tax returns, so i was reading his financial disclosure forms, house of representatives. it's pages and pages and pages of stock ownership that he has, that just goes on for 20 pages. and big,

take a look at the photo, we have joe lieberman and christine todd whitman, olympic gold medalist dan o'brien and the infamous, is that the appropriate word? honey boo boo from toddlers and tiaras. >> "starting point" begins right now. >>> good morning, happy tuesday to you and thank you so much for being with us. >> in our "starting point," disturbing revelations about the man police say is behind the deadly wisconsin sikh temple shooting, including word that an organization that tracks hate groups had been monitoring him for 12 years. police looking into the 40-year-old's ties to white supremacists, these photos of a page in front of a swastika are from facebook and myspace page that has since been taken down. he was the front man for a white power rock band. neighbors say he was antisocial. >> like a recluse almost. didn't talk to us. i would say hi and he would go -- >> she was nice and when he moved in, she just changed. you could tell he was running the show. she wasn't as friendly anymore. she wasn't -- it was kind of like she wasn't allowed to like talk to anybody anymore. >>

. >> senator joe lieberman is behind the new bill aimed at tightening cyber defenses. >> you've seenernment analysts say about this. how grim is the picture they paint? >> well, the picture is dangerous. somebody can attack us through cyberspace and really do as much or more damage than the terrorists did on 9/11 by knocking out the power grid for weeks, by incapacitating all of our banks. >> lieberman's bill seeks to protect those critical networks by encouraging companies to share sensitive threat information and requiring them to report all cyber attacks. >> i think our time is running short and i think it's important that people take this seriously today. we can't wait for the physical implication. >> despite the dire warnings, some businesses oppose the new cyber bill calling it more unnecessary government regulation. lieberman may not have the political muscle he needs right now to push the measure through. bob orr, cbs news, washington. >>> an accident that nearly killed a texas convenience store clerk was caught on camera. the video just released. the clerk, seen standing her

. >> reporter: senator joe lieberman is behind the new bill aimed at tightening cyber defenses. tu've seen what the government talysts say about this. how grim is the picture they patient? en well, the picture is dangerous. they can attack us through cyber space and really do as much or more damage than the terrorists of 9/11 by knocking out the power grid for weeks, by in incapacitating all of our banks. >> reporter: lieberman's bill seeks to protect those critical networks by encouraging companies to share sensitive yberat information and requiring to report all cyber attacks. >> i think our time is running short, and i think it's important that people take this seriously today. we can't wait for the physical implication. e reporter: now, despite those dire warnings, some businesses still oppose the new cyber bill, calling it more unnecessary government regulation. lieberman may not have the political muscle he needs right now to push the measure through. >> pelley: bob, thank you. the threat outside los angeles today came from a wildfire. tlames ripped through at least one ho

the election of the first black president, the first jewish candidate on a major ticket, senator joe liebermanand next week, another breakthrough. the first mormon nominee for president. a profound and historic moment for the mormon faith, which is still a mystery to a lot of people. so, tonight, dan harris begins a two-part series, answering questions about this uniquely american religion. >> reporter: with their imposing temples, where secret rituals are performed, rituals so sacred that non-mormons cannot enter, and with their all male leadership believed to have a direct line to god, members of the mormon faith are keenly aware that they are sometimes seen as a source of mystery and suspicion. >> i'm a skateboarder, and i'm a mormon. >> reporter: which, in part, is why the church of jesus christ of latter day saints launched this public relations campaign, with the message, "we're your neighbors." >> i'm a mormon. >> i'm a mormon. >> i'm a mormon. >> reporter: while mormons, who make up just 1.7% of our population, roughly equal to jews and double that of muslims and buddhists, are trying

true for maybe a span of a few months they had sixty in the senate but that included people like joe lieberman what you can do people like spend nelson you can see from the public and have committed themselves to filibustering every single thing requiring a supermajority for every bill that's ever passed the senate which has never happened to this degree that's why the one thing i don't like they'd move but they got health care through did they they got the reconciliation why can't you do that with taxes so as i said it works and i don't have to vote you cannot you cannot get taxes through reconciliation you can't cut taxes and i don't believe you can fact check me on this but i don't i'll make sure that you can make overarching tax policies reconciliation as you do with budget stuff you can if you want to do the budget what did you do it could add tax policy to a budget that absolutely there will be no there is a big total reform of the to. access to metro to reform at the club with making those who pay more those who make more pay more they should pay the same amount of terry pay already do

i think both men are very honorable man, as was joe lieberman. i think they will tell you the truth. i do not think the democratic party has been telling people the truth about the economy or their campaign ads against the republican candidates. thank you. host: their sunday paper headline looks light this. their headline this afternoon -- from jsonline. we go to california. independent line. this is a charity. i am sorry, minnie from pennsylvania. what is your take on the romney pick on paul ryan? caller: i love it. i love everything the man has to say. i think democrats blame the republicans for everything that happens. i am sorry to say this, but every time obama opens his mouth, i detect a live. but i like this. i think these men are telling the truth. everything obama has done has been totally against everything that i believe america stands for. thank you for taking my call. host: paul ryan is chair of the budget committee. he has a lot of courage with the budget being a major issue on capitol hill and elsewhere. he has met with secretary t

here are the bill's cosponsors, republican susan collins and independent joe lieberman. >> all of the experts tell us it is not a matter of if a cyberattack is going to be launched. it is when it is going to occur. >> this is one of those days when i fear for our country and i'm not proud of the united states senate. >> eliot: republicans in large part blocked the vote out of a desire to protect private industries from requirements to meet higher security regulations meaning today was another disgrace for a chamber of congress and another victory for the chamber of commerce. here to discuss the implications of the senate's inaction today is council with the aclu's washington legislative office michelle richardson and senior tech editor with "the huffington post,byian" ca. thank you for your time tonight. by bianca, what would this bill have done to protect the utilities, the grid, banking systems? >> the first thing to understand is that some 85% of our critical infrastructure is controlled by private companies so that means the water that we're getting our electricity, all of the thi

she is running for joe lieberman. in wisconsin former governor tommy thompson winning a four-way race for the senate nod. he will replace tommy baldwin. connie mac the 4th cruises to a victory. he is looking to unseat bill nelson. >>> major hasan is expected to plead not guilty today in the fort hood shooting rampage. hasan's trial is scheduled to begin monday. yesterday a judge refuse to do delay the trial a third time despite the defense saying they still haven't finished sorting through all of the evidence. >> patty ann you might not be able to visit mars any time soon but at least you can do this. you can still explore the surface. nasa's rover sent back these stunning 360 degree pictures from the red planet. they are pieced together to create an interactive panoramic that allows you to have a look around and zoom in on different shots. in the distance you can see mount shark a 3 mile high mountain that curiosity will travel to within a week. >> that is your 5@5:00. >>> mitt romney and pault ryan firing back after

. >> joining us now is independent senator from connecticut, joe lieberman. book is available now. you told us one of benefits of being independent, you no longer have to go to fundraisers. >> this is true, you don't have to go to fundraisers or either party convention. think about the extra time i have to be a good senator and maybe a good family guy. >> you heard the president near your hometown in connecticut using this new phrase, romney hood. >> what do you make of that? do you think this campaign is getting too negative, too nasty? >> you know, the campaign has i think already set records for nastiness and negativity. it's the opposite of what the country needs. part of what our countries needs now is a healthy dose of vision about what both of these candidates will do if they get elected instead of scaring the rest of us of how terrible it will be if the other one gets elected. it diminishes our confidence, which we need to get out of the recession and start growing jobs again. and hope it changes. i hope this name calling changes to actual discussions

this time, she is vying for the open senate seat vacated by retiring independent senator joe lieberman. martha: that --, in the meantime. how about this from our, just coming in across the wires in terms of gas prices because they're now spiking. a new consumer report that is showing americans are now cushing spending a bit to compensate perhaps for higher gas prices that they're experiencing. in fact 2012 will likely be the most expensive year ever for drivers. this year-to-date the average price across the country for a gallon of gas has been $3.61. more than 10 cents above the previous record average that was set last year. so let's bring in our good friend, stuart varney, anchor of "varney & company" on the fox business network. good morning and what do you think about this? >> this one crept on us, didn't it? unlike previous gas spikes were all over the headlines and everybody knew it was happening this thing has crept up very gradually. we've been getting one cent every day for a gallon of regular for a month and a half and the average price now across the country is $3.71 a gall

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. >> senator susan collins and joe lieberman are sponsoring a bill that would set voluntary standards>>> thousands of bay area children are about to grab an immigration lifeline extended by president obama. we're live in san francisco with how scammers are already preying on those with dreams of staying here. >> reporter: the asian law caucus here has already received almost 100 phone calls about this deferred action policy. that's why they're sending the application process in many different languages. it's been a complicated journey. at 13, the san francisco state student traveled from the philippines on a tourist visa. he didn't realize he'd spend years lying to friends for fear of being deported. >> a lot of my friends ask why i don't have a license and stuff like that. most of the time i tell them because i don't have a car. >> reporter: next wednesday, thousands of young people across the bay area can apply for a temporary reprieve under the obama administration's new deferred action policy. about 1.76 million who came here before they were 16 years old would qualify. 460,000 he

joe lieberman was almost knocked off in a primary.d a system that says you've got to stick to the party line or you're going to get knocked off. >> there's too much power with activist voter that don't have a place. >> that's part of my point. my point is also that if you don't change the system so that the people themselves can can make the decisions instead of having the parties weed out their options for them in the primaries or draw congressional districts that are going to make people who are very close to the party line or allow leaders in congress to decide who sits on what committees as long as they promise to tow the party leaine you've got to change that. >> for those not inside the beltway, how might we understand this? >> let me give you an example. the state of delaware has a million people in it. in their senate primary last time, christine o'donnell got 30,000 votes. >> right. >> i don't care whether your listeners would have been for o'donnell. what mattered was castle could not be on the ballot in november. he wasn't

they'll talk with senator joe lieberman on his upcoming retirement and his thoughts of the presidentialace. >>> before that we'll have one more check of traffic and weather so stay with 9news now. i got the chance to start my own business. i know what it's like to hire people and to make ends meet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the games were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legislature was 85% democrat. and every one of the four years i was governor, we balanced the budget. i want to use those experiences to help americans have a better future. we believe in our future. we believe in ourselves. we believe the greatest days of america are ahead. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> one more thing before we go, you ever seen your cat playing outside, maybe playing hockey with a mouse. you've seen that happen, right? >> i've seen it happen. but this story is creepy almost. cats as predatory animals. >> violent beasts. apparently they only bring home 3

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i mean, sarah palin, joe biden, john edwards, joe lieberman, and dick cheney, they all polled a heck of a lot better than that when it was first announced they were going to be on the ticket. even if americans don't know exactly who paul ryan is, they know his ideas are way out of the mainstream. 79% of americans do not want to change medicare. almost 8 in 10 say leave it alone. preserve it the way we always have. i mean, folks, if you look at his premier issues, they poll terribly with the american people. turning medicare into a voucher program, nobody wants to do that. huge tax cuts for the rich? show me a model where we are going to tax ourselves into prosperity to pay for record debt, record foreign debt, and record trade deficit. it's not going to happen. huge programs cut for the poor. what are you picking on them for? conservatives say paul ryan is their modern day version of ronald reagan. they got it wrong again. he's more of a closer version of this guy, a modern day version of barry goldwater, the conservative standard bearer who was rejected by americans in a landslide.