krystal, you've just been fabulous. msnbc is my very favorite channel. >> same here. >> thank you for all you're doing. a few short months ago, sandra fluke was a third year law student at georgetown juf university. she was a woman of accomplishment. among other thing she had been president of the georgetown reproductivity students for justice. she co-founded the new york state coalition for fair access to family court which successful lobbied for legislation that would allow lgbtq teen and other survivors of intimate partner violence to access protective orders. when representative darrell issa, i was waiting for that, chair of the house committee on oversight called a hearing for the purpose of sputtering and railing against the obama administration's inclusion of contraception in the list of preventive health care services that insurance companies must cover without co-pays, mr. issa banned sandra fluke for testifying at his hearing. here is how mr. issa described this accomplished young woman. quote, a college stude

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>> you know, it's really interesting, krystal. so many cities do the wrong thing.s is what i spend a lot of my life talking to cities. we're going to put a casino up, a convention center up, bring the ball team downtown. we're going to get a factor downtown. that's not what works. there was a woman from scranton, the greatest urbanist of all time, jane jacobs wrote all of these great books and she said it's the small things that make a difference. empowering people to clean up their block to, make their neighborhood safer, to build new businesses. it's the small grassroots up from the bottom things. detroit tried all the big things. they didn't work. and then finally -- and detroit still has a long -- a long, long way to go, but they finally said by giving people access to affordable space, by letting young people start their own businesses, by no longer trying to big thick solutions and now fortunately trying to get their budget under control which is still taking awhile, that's the kind of thing that leads to urban rejuvenation. saw it in new york, in the bay are

kr kr krystal, i just thing with the "national review" editorial, this is absolutely the worst day of the campaign so far for mitt romney. it's getting worse. yesterday was bad, today was worse. there's got to be a way that i can't see right now, but there's got to be a way for it to be worse tomorrow. >> we're hoping. we're crossing our fingers, right? i mean, it's a disaster for him and it's hitting him where it hurts, which is in the republican establishment. i would point out that this is a problem on many levels. i mean, the story line, the narrative is a disaster. and the fact that his republican allies aren't backing him up is a disaster. and also a disaster when you think about rich lowry, the editor of the "national review," someone who's been pretty critical of romney, and has been throughout the primaries, bill kristol, all these guys, and rick perry and ron paul, no love lost there, all these guys were never really satisfied with romney as candidate. so it kind of indicates to me as the campaign goes on, they're not going to be willing to just back him up when they disagre

>> what about krystal? >> krystal's the consistent, but the up and down. a different emotion or a different thought, you see a little bit of -- i'm not exactly sure what that one is there -- >> i'm not either! >> but when you're aggressive about something, you do display it in your body language, just as s.e. does, but much more consistent along a thought. >> interesting. and what about our good friend steve over here? >> steve is actually the sweetheart of the group. >> i knew it! >> we knew that. >> i think we'd all agree on that. he has what some experts call the open face. you can see it's a very -- he sits forward, his eyebrows go up a little bit and he brings you in. if anybody cuts him off, i don't know if you realize, you're not cutting him off nearly as much as you cut each other often, simply because he's such a nice guide with his open face -- >> aaron, it's like you know us. >> i'm not going to say anything here. >> he is precious. i know you have analyzed the promo shot we took, which is interesting, because we kind of had just met when we too

>> don't say anything to krystal before the show. save it. >> we were discussing whether before the show -- we will now share. we all know where rupert murdoch is coming from. we all know where his media empire is coming from, a very conservative republican. but it was striking to me to see him basically admit, outright, that he wants mitt romney to win the election. i thought that was kind of striking. i always thought there was a little more nuance there to see him come out and say that, i thought was interesting. but the question of fernstrom and his long-term future in the campaign. the one thing is this, this the friday, the next jobless report comes out. and we know the romney campaign, it is all about basically, they want that number as high as possible, heading into november. and i've got to say, if it's bad news this friday in terms of where the economy's going, you know, we will now be talking about eric fernstrom -- >> let's dwell on some bad news for romney for the moment. let's listen to mitt romney talking about the man

. >> joining me now, msnbc's krystal ball and chris cillizza. he is the author of request "the gospel according to the fix: an insider's guide to a less than holy world of politics". that's in stores now. let's listen to rush limbaugh's take on taking president obama out of context. >> there's no taking obama out of context. in context, obama's mad. in context, he's mad -- you didn't do anything on your own! who do you think you are! you're no smarter than anybody else! there's a resentment for achievement. there is a resentment for success. it is a resentment for success and achievement that all intellectuals feel toward capitalism. >> krystal, there's a very mad rush limbaugh accusing the never-mad barack obama of being mad about, i don't know what, exactly. but that the republican party has aligned itself with the rush interpretation of, hey, you never need context, just use any words you want at any time. >>, grab anything you can possibly use in a political context, no matter if it's what he actually said, no matter if he was quoting john m

. >> joining me now, krystal ball, co-host of msnbc's "the cycle." david cay johnston, pulitzer prize-winning reporter, tax columnist for reuters, and a psychologist, and steve schmidt, a former senior adviser to the '08 mccain presidential campaign and a senior strategist in the bush/cheney '04 presidential campaign. so steve, we have to go straight to you. 23 years' of tax returns handed over in the vetting of a possible vice presidential candidacy for mitt romney. did you see those tax returns or who at the campaign did see those tax returns? >> no, i never saw the tack returns, lawrence. they would have been seen by rick davis who ran the vetting operation for senator mccain in that campaign. but certainly, there was nothing, as we talked about mitt romney, seriously, as a vice presidential candidate, as a team. we never talked about -- there was no indication that there were any problems with the taxes. but i don't know the specifics of them. >> but when you guys assembled an opposition file on romney in the primary, you did have a lot of bain s

martin, it's all yours. >>> thanks, krystal and to all of you. great show and

martin, it's all yours. >>> thanks, krystal and to all of you.our, good afternoon. it's thursday, july the 5th and here's what's happening.ç the president hits the road and hits mitt romney on bain. >> i sure don't agree with his plan to keep giving tax breaks to companies that shift jobs overseas. i'm not a democrat first, i'm an american first. >> meanwhile, mitt romney disses the chief justice and his campaign. >> certainly wouldn't nominate somebody that comes out with a decision i veemdly d skreemtly disagree with. they concluded it's a tax. >> a tax? maybe mitt romney will know how to avoid that with an offshore account, perhaps? >> what's the effective rate? probably closer to the 15%. >>> we hope you've had a wonderful fourth of july. we expect the president to speak in this hour at an ice cream social in sandusky, ohio. don't let the gentile sound fool you. he is in the fight of his life to hang on to those key battleground states that went for him in 2008. and he warns supporters in the toledo suburb earlier today that now is not the t

joining me now, krystal ball, co-host of msnbc's "the cycle" and howard dean, former vermont governor and former dnc chairman. charles krauthhammer is out of adjectives. do any come to mind for you as to how this tour is going for mitt romney? >> this is bad. i am a little surprised they didn't take a trip to switzerland and cayman islands while they're at it. first of all, insulting the british prime minister is really bad. when the prime minister thinks it's necessary to call out the candidate who's running for president of the united states, this is not a good thing. i wish i could be more charitable, sort of. but this is pretty bad. i haven't seen a bad trip like this for a long time. and i have to say, george w. bush never did anything like this. >> worse than dubya you're saying? >> i can't imagine george w. bush doing this. i can't imagine that. he had some sophistication about foreign affairs. this is shocking to me. >> krystal, this is one of those days where i have to say i appreciate the spirit of the british press. they are willing to step right up there and say what they

joining me now is krystal ball, the co-host of msnbc's "the cycle" and chris hayes, the host of "up with chris hayes" and the author of the new book "twilight of the elites, america off the ameritocracy." do you mind if i just sit here and read the book? talk amongst yourself. what did you think of the tax/penalty thing. >> i thought it was fascinating for this reason. >> talk to her, i'm reading the book. >> here's what i thought was interesting. >> the entire book is a dissertation on the difference between a tax and a penalty. >> i'll be the background music. >> you be the bed as we say in the industry. here's why the tax thing is hilarious. conservatives have worked so hard to stigmatize those three letters and yet they haven't done anything to make it possible to run a government without revenue. and so we have seen throughout our political system from the federal level to the state and municipal system is defining taxes into fees. they jack up the fees on parking or you're getting speeding tickets in the state of virginia for $900. and this cost shifting because the word itself t-a

i kind of go and watch what krystal is saying so i can get my stuff in order, and know where, what i got to move on, but as the 32-year-old female national executive director of the reverend al sharpton's organization, his baby, that he started 21 years ago, we are serious about the hostile environment that is really upon women across this country and across the world. women all over are suffering with so many issues, and we take it very seriously and work really hard at trying to make changes. as a woman myself, you know, i'm in front of the issues. any time we do a conference or have a conversation anywhere, if there's all men on the list, you'll see me being the one to say, wait a minute, there's got to be a woman who is an expert on this issue as well. everybody goes, i'm so sorry. i'm so sorry. absolutely. i've really been the trailblazer there. what we realize is that with all the issues that we're facing, all the things that we're going through, courage and activism are the only things that we need to get by. we can win, if we're active and if we have courage, because it's not

krystal, the clinton thing for me is fascinating with romney. he's -- it seems to me that he thinks he's taken the republican thing as far as he can go. in order to get these swing voters, in order to appeal to people in colorado, independents, he wants to now run as bill clinton. >> it's an awkward fit, especially -- >> it's an awkward fit. >> the best comparison to him with recent democratic candidates is probably john kerry, just in terms of being the sort of out of touch wealthy guy, who's running against an incumbent president, rather than actually or trportraying himseld putting himself -- >> john kerry, let's get one fact straight. john kerry did not grow up in a family that had some wealth in the past, but no big -- he wasn't a rich guy by inheritance. >> but in terms of the public caricaturing. but i think for romney, he has this problem where he's gone so far to the right, in the republican primary, and he's still having his feet held to the fire by his base, he can't actually change where his policy positions are, so instead, he just

. >> joining me now, our co-host of msnbc's "the cycle," krystal ball and steve kornacki. let's listen to what president obama said on friday with rush limbaugh's reaction to it today. >> i'm sure that many of you who are parents here had the same reaction that i did when i heard this news. my daughters go to the movies. what if malia and sasha had been at the theater. as so many of our kids do every day. >> this is an egomaniac, who really thinks that the people of this country think he is more important than any other human being alive in this country. and then i say, can he only relate to this through his own flesh and blood? why does he have to turn everything of noteworthy consequence in this country around and so that it's about him? >> of course, the president didn't only relate to it through sasha and malia, but krystal, let me explain something to you about rush. he's in what is now about his 40th year of absolutely perfect birth control. he has practiced perfect birth control. and he does not have a child. so he does not realize that every parent in america had,

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the trip is a good opportunity for romney to change the conversation like krystal said.ing about bain or tax returns. originally designed to talk about his roll in the olympics but also talk about anything else beyond what's happening with the u.s. he's been struggling in the last few weeks. >> isn't it a great opportunity to talk about his horse. >> the horse is coming up. it's a big deal. >> opens him up to those type of things. the trip is to look presidential so americans can imagine him heading up foreign policy and also to fund-raise. that's what his priority has been to fund-raise and hitting up ex pats for cash on the road as well. >> krystal ball. thanks to both of you. we'll be back with more after this. with the spark miles card from capital one, thor's couture gets the most rewards of any small business credit card. your boa! [ garth ] thor's small business earns double miles on every purchase, every day! ahh, the new fabrics, put it on my spark card. [ garth ] why settle for less? the spiked heels are working. wait! [ garth ] great businesses deserve the mos

. >> joining me now, krystal ball together. >> joining me now, krystal ball and the king of the emmysoday. >> that's right. >> the hbo movie based on your book was nominated for 2,700 emmys today, wasn't it? >> that's only -- no 2,288 too many. >> 12. >> we're happy with 12. all of our actors, directors, everyone got nominated. >> i think you're going to win just about every one of those. >> let's complete the story about the romney ad. jack gilchrist went on tell -- television today and it turns out, he actually agrees with president obama. >> the president's message is you had help along the way, the government was there, there was a support structure there that without which, you wouldn't have done what you did. what do you say? >> well, there's truth to what he said. my 11th grade english teacher made an impression on me that will last with me for the rest of my life. i can't even tell you what, but she just sticks with me. i think my dad and his parents, the great generations on their backs, we built the interstate highway system and the bridges and what not. but we all pay taxes