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of fact, we mentioned this bachmann defended her claims in a letter to democratic congressman keith ellisonssman, good morning. >> good morning. >> michele bachmann says she has sent you evidence about her concerns. what's your reaction to what you got in the mail? >> she has sent me no evidence. she has sent me a 16-page document full of allegations, rehashed, regurgitated. just stuff from anti-muslim websites. but she's sent me no evidence. she sent me another follow-up letter, no evidence contained there either. but if she has some, i do hope she's forthcoming with it. i hope she does not try to broadcast it for any kind of a political advantage, but gives it to the proper authorities if it is meritorious. but otherwise, i wish she would just stop this mccarthy is tick witch hunt. >> she got your letter and issued a statement yesterday. i want to read part of it. the letters my colleagues and i sent on june 13 and the follow-up letter i wrote to represent ellison on july 13, are unfortunately being distorted. the intention of the letters was to outline the serious national concerns i had

. >> congressman keith ellison, a practicing muslim, believes bachmann may have other motives. >> if you're not the right religion or background in some way in her judgment, then you're just suspicious. >> she is married to former congressman anthony weiner. >> now bachmann says her words are being distorted. in a statement she says her intent was to outline syria's national security concerns and get answers about the muslim brotherhood's access to top obama administration officials. terrell? >> tara mergener in washington for us. tara, thank you so much. we go to the supreme court now. justice scalia says reports that he is feuding with chief justice john roberts is are off the mark. during an interview on piers morgan tonight, scalia said they clash legally but not personally. >> you should not believe what you read about the court in the newspapers because the information has either been made up or given to the newspapers by somebody who is violating a confidence, which means that person is not reliable. >> you've had no falling out with justice roberts? >> i'm not going to talk a

congressman keith ellison of minnesota, starting his third term representing the fifth congressional district in that state. he co-chairs the congressional progressive office. congressman ellison enjoys a moment in history here as the first muslim elected to the united states congress. previously he served two terms in the minnesota house of representatives. congressman ellison, welcome. the floor is yours. >> thank you, senator durbin, also thank you senator graham. thank you for holding this important hearing. also, thank you for urging attorney general holder to revise the justice department's racial profiling guidance. very important. as you know, that guidance has a loophole allowing law enforcement to profile american citizens based on religion and national origin. while any

now surely afterwards representative keith ellison who is muslim he spoke out against the fellow minnesota lawmakers theory comparing your accusations to those of the mccarthy era and help pointless they are. every time she sends out another letter she just regurgitate the same old tired stuff that doesn't amount to anything. well just the day after initially calling out bachmann went after allison to on glenn beck's radio show bachmann then noted how the muslim lawmaker has ties to care and the muslim brotherhood nothing like feeling a little islamophobia and having one of your fellow lawmakers be the target right now you'd think that after all of her very well summarized well documented thoroughly analyze accusations became public she had no problem discussing it with the press but that actually was the case when c.n.n.'s dana bash tried to reach her for a comment. a congresswoman where you can hear everything i just need to ask you about senator mccain was just on the senate floor and he said that what you're doing right now is going after a homeowner that i used to get right now and yo

one of the congressmen who sponsored the ten dollar minimum is minnesota democrat keith ellison. without the minimum wage. >> an employer will pay the least they can, even if they could pay more because, y they can get away with it. people would paid, 10 cents. >> john: it sounds logical except only the law that prevents greedy employers from paying 2 cents or 10 cents an hour. how come most americans get paid more than minimum wage? what is going on here? let's ask a businessman, merv owns a bar in bakersfield. you pay most of your workers above minimum wage? >> about half above and other half. >> john: why pay any of them above minimum wage? >> they have learned skills in their work life that if i don't pay them that, someone else will pay them more. >> john: you have to pay them more because of competition? >> absolutely. something called the free market. who thought that could raise people's wages. a lot of people start at the minimum wage and then work their way up. >> absolutely. the ones that don't have the knowledge need it. interns. they want the knowledge is the informa

one of the congressmen who sponsored the ten dollar minimum is minnesota democrat keith ellison. without the minimum wage. >> an employer will pay the least they can, even if they could pay more bause, y they can get away witht. people would paid, 10 cents. >> john: it sounds logical except only the law that prevents greedy employers from paying 2 cents or 10 cents an hour. how come most americans get paid more than minimum wage? what is going on here? let's ask a businessman, merv owns a bar in bakersfield. you pay most of your workers above minimum wage? >> about half above and other half. >> john: why pay any of them above minimum wage? >> they have learned skills in their work life that if i don't pay them that, someone else will pay them more. >> john: you have to pay them more because of competition? >> absolutely. something called the free market. who thought that could raise people's wages. a lot of people start at the minimum wage and then work their way up. >> absolutely. the ones that don't have the knowledge need it. interns. they want the knowledge is the information

joining us now is minnesota congressman keith ellison. congresswoman bachmann was on glenn beck's radio show and had some things to say, on you as well. i just want to play a little bit of what she said. >> he has a long record of being associated with care and muslim brotherhood. care is an unindicted co-conspirator. largest terrorist financing case we've had in the united states of america. he came out and essentially wanted to shut down the inspectors general from even looking into any of the questions that we were asking. so he wanted to shut it down. >> let me ask you just on two things. one, she's saying you have a long record of being associated with the muslim brotherhood. is that true? >> no. that's not true. >> do you support the muslim brotherhood? >> i don't support any organization that -- i support american institutions. i don't know enough about them. what i know about them is that in egypt one of their candidates has ascended to the presidency. i've never met that person. but i do think the united states should have a fore

. >> congressman keith ellison and richard wolfe, thanks for your time, thisvening. >> thanks. >>> comingitt romney flip-flops on the health care law. now he's claiming it is a tax after all. and he's really, really trying to convince republicans that he believes it. >> when the supreme court has the final word and their final word is that obama care is a tax, so it's a tax. it is a tax and it's constitutional. they concluded it was a tax. that's what it is. it is now clear that his mandate is a tax. they had to find it was a tax and they did. and therefore obama care is a tax. >> gee. what are you trying to say, mitt? >>> also, stunning news about how republican governors are putting politics above people hurting millions of uninsured citizens right in their own back yards. >>> and we'llig into the biggest mystery of the summer. who's leaking secrets from the supreme court? you're watching "politicsnation" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] let's say you need to take care of legal matters. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than using a traditional lawyer? well,

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there is another muslim member of congress, keith ellison. he hasn't said anything.e you don't have members self policing and saying this is outrageous? >> i'm a member of the democratic party and i think it's outrageous. religion has no place. and jack, i do disagree. we have plenty of republican members and democratic members down south saying there is no reason we shouldn't have religion in schools. nobody is running them out of town on a rail. >> and there is to say schools should have no values to basis of the judeo christian tradition on which this country is founded. 84% of the country is chris chichbl the values in the bible are very important. >> what values? >> what values? don't murd yes, don't steal. >> but those are not judeo christian... >> that is also part of the koran. >> and actually to read -- . >> jack. jack. i couldn't want to get into international studies with you. you and are both in the same religion. there are old testament beating and stoning women. come on. come on. >> and there is a conference the purpose of defending sharia law. i studie

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she's not only hurting miss abedin, but also hurting people like keith ellison here in the state.she's making allegations and she's connecting the dots as though she knows more than the rest of the country because she's on the intelligence committee. this is not the kind of behavior we expect or we should have from a congressional member that sits on a very important committee. >> well, mr. graves, politico says this dustup has, if anything, galvanized her base. in fact, a recent democratic poll shows that you're trailing at the moment by five personal points. and redistricting has made her district even more conservative along the way. so as you're going out there and trying to convince voters to vote for you, who are you going after? you're certainly not going after her base. >> no. we're going after the people that are reasonable, that are intelligent, that happen to read the news and between the lines. the moderate people in the district are very, very in tune with what's going on. we understand that these kind of comments have no place in america. we're better than that. and

and we'll speak with congressman keith ellison who is muslim and wants the accuse to name their sourcesead, fighting intensifies in had syria's capital, amid reports the assad regime is moving technical stockpiles. the question tonight, would bashar al assad use chemical weapons against his own people. the most syrian politician to defect says yes, he would. we'll talk about with former cia officer bob bear. >>> also my interview with a man many are calling a hero tonight for catching this 7-year-old girl who plummeted three stories from her apartment window. he saved her life. he doesn't consider himself a hero. true hee heroes, of course, never do. we'll show that video and also t the ridiculous at the top of the hour. >>> now we go to iowa for the latest on the search for the two missing girlgs, 8-year-old elizabeth collins and 10-year-old lara cook. five days since the cows ins disappeared out for a bike ride together. and authorities are again focusing their search on meyers lake where the girls's bikes and purse were found. we talked about the fbi's involvement in the search and w

huffington post and keith ellison from min associated a who, despite what michelle bachmann says is notfirst. >> other headlines making news, lynsanity is done in new york city. can it survive in houston, texas as? nba star reported signing a $23.1 million deal with the rockets after the knicks refused to match the offer. it returns, the rockets claimed him back in december. he played seven minutes before building dropped and being picked up. >> lynnsanity is over? >> we have lynnsanity. >> lynn sweet sanity. it was big in madison square garden. >> all of that is worthlesseless. >> at a timeit might be collect orr's items. >> katie homes and siri cruz said a garb alan garbage truck hit them. a paparazzi hit that are car. katie has stayed in the public eye with their daughter since the divorce announcement with tom crews taking her to central park, garb stores ice cream shops and other locations in new york. >> katie homes has shown women how to handle a divorce. >> we do not know. >> we don't know what the numbers are. it must be a pretty good deal. >> stay nag 12,000 dollar a month apa

. >> minnesota's keith ellison, the nation's first muslim congressman, said the letters reminded himof the 1950s witch hunt for communists in the government. he called bachmann's evidence misleading and fake. >> it's like a bizarre game of six degrees of separation. she mentions that her father, who has been dead for two decades, knew a guy who knew a guy who was connected to the muslim brotherhood in some unspecified way. >> abedin is a 37-year-old new mother who graced the pages of vogue in the past. she is married to former new york congressman anthony weiner who is jewish and a fierce defender of israel. >> weiner resigned in disgrace last year after his provocative texts to female supporters were made public. in this week's people magazine, the two said they have worked hard to repair their marriage. i'm proud to be married to him, abedin said. this isn't the first time that bachmann has let her suspicions outpace the facts. last year she suggested falsely that hpv vaccines might cause mental retardation and in 2009 she urged the media to look into the loyalties of her congressi

. >> i am turning it over to rep keith ellison who will introduce the house members who are here and also family, usa. >> let's hear it for our senators, everybody. [applause] we're joined by dr. pollack. back in the day, roosevelt went -- wanted to see health care for all americans. truman wanted to see it. kennedy wanted to see it. we remember how president kennedy fought for it. -- clinton foght for it. but today, health care for all americans has been found to be constitutional. we are out here today marking this victory, clear that this was the right thing to do and clear that we are going ahead full and continued to make health care truly something that all americans can have and enjoy. i'm so proud to be here with members of the progressive caucus and the progressive community who fought for health care, who will continue to fight for health care. [inaudible] let me say to the members of the caucuswho fought so hard and we have more miles to go. let's take a moment to celebrate. healthcare is constitutional. for words ever, backward never. let me say, come on up to my co- chai

keith, eugene, i want to start with congressman ellison.victim yourself of some of this, but this crazy yahoo talk, do you think the people who push this stuff over and over again, this guy's done everything right. raise ed his family right. fought his way to the top and in a blind test, becomes head of the review. everything he's done in clean as a whistle. he's never done anything wrong. the perfect father, husband, the perfect american and all they do is trash the guy and it's impossible for me to believe they would have said the same about a walter mondale or jimmy carter or bill clinton. there's an ethnic piece to this, i've never call anybody in this country all his opponent nonamerican. >> chris, there are a group of people in our country who have a very rigid idea of who belongs and who doesn't and in their mind, you know, what economic class you come from matters, what color, what's your sexual orientation matters, there's a whole set of cry tier that they will tier area they will use and if you don't meet thoed, you're excluded. >