joining me are lynnny mcallister, senior contributor to politics 365, marshall white, project manager and senior consultant, and guy regehr, senior vice president. thank you all so much for being here. lydia, i'm going to start with you. an interesting moment, not official yet, but mitt romney is for all intents and purposes the republican nominee for president. how does that make you feel? how do you feel about that nomination? >> it's a mix because romney wasn't necessarily saying the types of things that african-american republicans really liked on the primary process. if you look at some of the things that newt gingrich said or rick santorum, they stepped in some holes. they also tried to direct some of the issues that african-american voters needed to have addressed in regards to schools, in regards to jobs and the like. >> what are the things that republican voters, and particularly black republican voters, want? what are the issues that matter? and what kind of stance do you want your president to take on? >> what i'd like to see more out of mitt romney, particularly for the bl

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but everybody from chief justice marshall to rehnquist to justice white said, "you don't let them convert their economic power into political power." and that is the fateful step that's been taken by the roberts court. >> justice scalia would disagree with you. i want to show you justice scalia earlier this summer on cnn. >> at the moment, under your interpretation, i believe, of the constitution, you should be allowed to raise money for a political party. the problem, as i see it and many critics see it, is thatt has no mitation to it. so what you've now got are these super-pacs funded by billionaires effectively trying to buy elections. and that cannot be what the founding fathers intended. thomas jefferson didn't sit there constructing something which was going to be abused in that kind of way. and do think it's been abused, don't you? >> no. i think thomas jefferson would have said the more speech, the better. that's what the first amendment is all about. so long as the people know where the speech is coming from. >> but it's not speech when it's -- >> the first -- >> it's ultimately

marshall part you can go watch 80,000 lbs. of ice sculpture of melting. >> let's talk about betty white. there was a push to get her there but unfortunately her schedule would not allow >> there was a groundswell after clint eastwood to have our own democratic candidate surprise guest and people seem to settle on betty white although there are grumblings that it was a republican idea because they wanted democrats have been equally embarrassing moment so they could match up to the republican moment. >> she certainly would have made it funny. right? >> she would have been marvelous. one of the disappointing things about the speaker list is that includes a lot of people but no celebrities. if george clooney or eva is going to speak, they have not appeared on the agenda yet so we won't know if that will happen. i think people are hoping for a big celebrity name and we all love betty white >> maybe they will have a secret weapon at the last minute. >> it is 622, the stanford alum who is creating quite a buzz at the u.s. open >> good news for drivers, the ,,,,,,,, ♪ [ ukulele strumming ] ♪ [ f

white marsh, 68 at b.w.i. thurgood marshall and catonsville at 69. i'll start to the day.owards the afternoon. mostly sunny skies today, but there's still a chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm. if you may encounter that. satellite picture remains mostly clear. it will cause a slight chance for thunderstorms this afternoon. a more substantial cold front moves through on saturday evening and that will be a big drop in temperatures at the seven-day. 80 degrees on sunday. that cold front comes in on saturday evening, and that is when we could see substantial thunderstorms, some of them turning severe. big dro . >>> 8:00 on friday morning. it is september 7th, 2012. it's actually a pretty beautiful day here in new york city right now after some gray times in the last 24 hours. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and al roker out here. we had a pretty shot of jacksonville beach because the waves are picking up. with leslie out in the water. >> hurricane leslie. we're going to have to worry about riptides. as the weekend goes on, those risks are going to move up t

had said as far back as chief justice john marshall in the dartmouth as recently as chief justice rehnquist and other conservative justices like justice whitethat a corporation is not a person armed with political rights but it is an artificial entity that's an instrumentality of the state that's used for purposes of accumulating wealth, investing wealth and it does a great job at that. but we should never allow the corporations to breach the barrier between economics and politics. but that's precisely what the 5-4 decision in citizens united did. corporations can use their treasuries as political slush funds essentially to their favorite candidates. >> jennifer: so essentially what you've said -- free speech does not depend upon the source of the speech. i can have free speech. the corporation can have free speech. can a municipality have free speech? can a church have that kind of free speech where you might see you know, a mayor directing tax dollars or a pastor directing church dollars to a candidate because they believe that it further their interest? >> the new doctrine is that the identity of the speaker is irrelevant and that all po

marshall who was packing the household goods and the expectation of the transfer triet instead, much to everybody's surprise, fdr put the white steel eisenhower to be the supreme commander. he did so because he had observed eisenhower functioning in north africa and other venues and decided that eisenhower was the best political general and best sense of the word that eisenhower had the talent to pull together strong egos and dominating personalities who lead other nations to lead the armed forces of the nation's. the recruiter in chief chose to run the navy. in many ways, he was a terrible human being. he was irrational, and patient, difficult, his leadership policy was to praise his people in private and chew them out in public. his daughter once remarked that his tv career father was the most eager tempered man that she had ever known and he was always mad itself. [laughter] in mid 1942 a number of losses of allied ships at sea was horrifying. much faster than the ships were being launched and roosevelt in this role displays his leadership. he has confidence in him as a fighter but he launched the ships crossing the atlant

white house, and nbc's tracie potts joins us from charlotte with details this morning. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. they're breaking down now, but this place was packed last night. the fire marshal declared it at capacity early in the evening, hours before president obama spoke. ♪ will it make it easier on you now ♪ >> reporter: after a final night of music, jokes -- >> i know it's an empty chair. it makes you nervous, doesn't it? >> reporter: and speeches, including the vice president's. >> this man has courage in his soul, compassion in his heart and a spine of steel! >> reporter: president obama laid out what he called the choice, not just between two candidates, but two visions. he rallied against too much government. >> we don't want handouts for people who refuse to help themselves, and we certainly don't want bailouts for banks that break the rules. >> reporter: he took a few jabs at mitt romney. >> feel the cold coming on? take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call us in the morning. >> reporter: and he recounted make accomplishments. >> osama bin laden is dead. >> reporter: plus, the auto bailout, detroit building more cars. >> today they can't build them fa

marshal yanda may have grabbed him. yanda got a little bit off balance. >> referee: holding offense number 73. ten-yard penalty. second down. >> cris: reggie whitend he could almost throw you in the air with one arm. "get off of me!" then you really have no choice but to grab something at that point. marshal yanda a pro bowler from a season ago. a good player also. >> al: wilfork with a tremendous career. their first round pick back in '04 in young. second and 15. pierce, the rookie out of temple in the backfield. and they will check it down and it's dropped out in the flat by leach. he started to look up field. third and 15. >> cris: i think flacco really wanted to throw this thing to torrey smith but he kind of geared it down in the middle of the field instead of just ripping across there in man coverage. you know, a lot of times if it's a zone, you'll settle down, but watch him at the tail end of this. he's open. he just keeps going but he stops and that allows chung to catch up and flacco wanted to get him the ball. >> al: third and 15. flacco time again. going for smith. deep down the field and incomplete. mccourty is there to help break it

marshals. >>> and do you know who this is? believe it or not, this man with the black eye is olympic star shaun white.was arrested yesterday after pulling a fire alarm at a nashville hotel, destroying a phone and kicking a man while trying to run off. white fell and hit his head and was treated at a hospital. he was released and due in court october 10th. >>> the first fda-approved diet pill in 13 years is now available by prescription. qsymia is made up by two medicines that suppress appetite and cut down food cravings. the drug's maker says clinical trials showed a 10% loss of body weight with the pill. >>> how about how the 1% spends its money? cnbc's michelle caruso-cabrera is here with what's moving your money, and i think some people might be surprised by the way the superrich spend. >> yeah, chris, there's a new survey out of couples that are worth at least $25 million and what did they spend money on last year in the biggest thing turned out to be charitable contributions. 48% of all of those worth $25 million gave at least $25,000 to charity and then 22% of those people worth $25 million gave

now, maria, what the white house is saying also, senior officials here in a briefing earlier today they hope now that some of these painful cuts are laid out, this could help marshalport from republicans to do something about the fiscal cliff before it hits at the end of this year. obviously, there's a big election between now and then. >> oh, yeah. thank you so much. worries those budget woes and tax hikes could come to pass are among the reason businesses are holding back from hiring. that's according to a new survey by manpower. 17% of employers surveyed plan to add workers in the fourth quarter. the vast majority, a whopping 72%, say they don't see any changes to hiring plans. many cite the fiscal cliff as to why. joining me is the president of the americas for manpower. good to have you on the program, sir. let me get this straight. they think that the fiscal cliff uncertainty and the uncertainties around these tax cuts expiring and these spending programs expiring, because they don't know what to expect, they want to just sit back, wait, and not hire any new workers. >> well, that's right. when we concluded the survey, we look at the results we see that empl

white university of mississippi. >> mr. president, please, why don't you, can't you give an order. >> how can i remove him, governor when there's a riot in the street. >> kennedy sent in the u.s. marshalsd to restore order and james meredith became the first black graduate of ole miss. then 11 days before he is assassinated. >> tuesday, november 12th. >> the last words on the last tape are about the hard battle ahead. >> and so our lot becomes more difficult. >> our lot becomes more difficult. and that's it. last word. >> i love that. i think that's really, i thought the was really moving. and obviously, knowing what happened. he understood how difficult awf all of this really was. >> wow. >> fascinating stuff. 260 hours worth of the tapes. >> just fascinating. fascinating. apparently after his assassination it was immediately dismantled. the families kept the tapes until 1976 and gave them to the archives. wonder if the practice is going on. >> she felt it was thrilling to hear. back there with her dad. like he was here. >> i felt lick ke he was there. >> missiles, missiles, missiles. doodling missiles. >> especially the calm he had. that that -- that temperament. i was impressed by t

white castle >> i love hamburgers. >> if things are bad, then i calm down. >> you write in the book about your brother, obviously a well-known director, gary marshall who gavecouple" and you say he would open doors for you, very honest about the fact he opened doors in hollywood for you, but us a walked through those doors you made it your point to shine. >> he said i'm not going to risk my career for yours, but i'll open the door, but you've got to do it from then on in. >> that's a lot of pressure. >> well, i didn't know what was going on. it was new to me. fear makes you do strange things, like ask for white castle. >> exactly. >> so i do things, and they laughed. >> when you signed on for "laverne & shirley," this sitcom quickly went to number one, one of the funny episodes, they are all funny, when you guys go on mexico to mexico. >> not quite south of the border. we couldn't say mexico. >> exactly. you wrote ron howard, henry winkler and steven spielberg all came to watch the taping of that show. what was it like to be caught up in the middle of that? >> well, ron and henry were on the next stage so they came over. we shot on different nights, we spli

white party tents. go on and on. i talk more here on protesters in this his speech. thousands joined occupy charlotte members in marshall park become a center of activities. still uncertain is how many will converge on charlotte. estimates range from 2,000 up to 10,000. tampa, they write as expected, thousands for the rnc, but hurricane isaac kept many away. they're gearing up for quite a bit more protesting in charlotte than in tampa. long island, new york. christie, democrat, you're up now. hi there. >> hoy, how are you doing? >> good, how are you? >> all right. what would you like to say? >> they're drieded because there's really -- nobody is thinking of anybody else but themselves. they're thinking about who they're getting money from. all of the rich people have given them money. mid romney. oh, yeah, i'm going to do this, i'm going do that. i'm going to do this, i'm going do that. if i say anything, they'll criticize it. well, if he says everything that he is going to do and we know about it, people criticize it if there are any areas that can correct them. there's so afraid to talk about this. tell us what we're

white castle >> i love hamburgers. >> if things are bad, then i calm down. >> you write in the book about your brother, obviously a well-known director, gary marshall who gaveouple" and you say he would open doors for you, very honest about the fact he opened doors in hollywood for you, but us a walked through those doors you made it your point to shine. >> he said i'm not going to risk my career for yours, but i'll open the door, but you've got to do it from then on in. >> that's a lot of pressure. >> well, i didn't know what was going on. it was new to me. fear makes you do strange things, like ask for white castle. >> exactly. >> so i do things, and they laughed. >> when you signed on for "laverne & shirley," this sitcom quickly went to number one, one of the funny episodes, they are all funny, when you guys go on mexico to mexico. >> not quite south of the border. we couldn't say mexico. >> exactly. you wrote ron howard, henry winkler and steven spielberg all came to watch the taping of that show. what was it like to be caught up in the middle of that? >> well, ron and henry were on the next stage so they came over. we shot on different nights, we split

white castle >> i love hamburgers. >> if things are bad, then i calm down. >> you write in the book about your brother, obviously a well-known director, gary marshall who gavecouple" and you say he would open doors for you, very honest about the fact he opened doors in hollywood for you, but us a walked through those doors you made it your point to shine. >> he said i'm not going to risk my career for yours, but i'll open the door, but you've got to do it from then on in. >> that's a lot of pressure. >> well, i didn't know what was going on. it was new to me. fear makes you do strange things, like ask for white castle. >> exactly. >> so i do things, and they laughed. >> when you signed on for "laverne & shirley," this sitcom quickly went to number one, one of the funny episodes, they are all funny, when you guys go on mexico to mexico. >> not quite south of the border. we couldn't say mexico. >> exactly. you wrote ron howard, henry winkler and steven spielberg all came to watch the taping of that show. what was it like to be caught up in the middle of that? >> well, ron and henry were on the next stage so they came over. we shot on different nights, we spli