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, host of the martin bashir weekdays on msnbc.s that? that is the best game change pro mow i've seen yet. >> this was an absolute classic from the hannity-palin joint school of conspiracy and contempt. a school which, by the way, reading is optional, historical evidence inaccuracy is irrelevant and unnecessary. they had two targets in mind last night. the late professor derrick bell, who was the first african american tenured law professor at harvard, whose own writings, if either of those two bothered to read them, would tell you that any progress that african americans made in this country had to be with a view to the wider society. he was not a violent, separationist. he was not a black violent lead near any sense and yet they dressed him up as a revolutionary. and then focused on the president. here's the interesting thing, here are two african americans who through the verve of their contributions have risen from humble beginnings to great status, i wonder why sarah palin would attack them? >> radical. he was radical. they we

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not like the little wimpy wuss martin bashir. she didn't leave me her name or number. joining me now is krystal ball and michael eric dyson. welcome. you are going up against one of most vile individuals in the media. advertisers are falling aside and yet rush is saying it's not hurting him at all. >> i think you may have uncovered something in your lead in. maybe he's a democrat plant. maybe obama should have put him there 27 years ago. look how its all unfolding. their whole line of attack is ridiculous. you can't defend the statements that limbaugh made. they are indefensible. they can't let it go. they have to find some way to spin this. the first attack was the people who are calling out limbaugh are hypocrites. the second is this bizarre, pathetic conspiracy theory which is nonsenseic larks. he's lost 50 advertisers but businesses, mainstream businesses are looking at the landscape and saying we don't want anything to do with this guy. we have a lot of places to take our ad dollars. we don't need to be here endorsing this. >> wen he says he's not bothered by this

. >>> i'm martin bashir. sarah palin fans yet another spooers flame. mitt tries grits as the republican good old boys campaign in the deep south. >>> president obama marks new signs of an economy on the mends. >>> investigators are still trying to figure out the official cause of whitney houston's death nearly one month after the star passed away. now for the first time her long time hair stylist is speaking out about the events leading up to her death and about what she saw when she entered the hotel room on february 11th. my colleague tamron hall sat down with her. >> i picked up and called down stair and said we need an ambulance. >> after that you ran back to the room. >> absolutely. >> you saw her there? >> from affaar, yes. i did. she was just there. she wasn't responding. >> she was there. meaning on the floor. >> yes. >> in the bathroom? you walk in and it's not whitney houston. this is your friend. >> yeah. i just want to find someone to help. >> you can watch the entire interview tonight on "dateline" at 10:00 eastern. whitney houston's daugh

. >>> i'm martin bashir.ives as mitt looks to close the deal, but can rick santorum steal away ohio? >>> when is an apology not an apology? rush limbaugh may have the answer to that one. now back to tamron. >>> developing news right now from the senate floor. senator john mccain is calling for a u.s.-led air strike in syria. take a listen. >> some kind of intervention will happen with us or without us. the real question for u.s. policy is whether we will participate in this next phase of the conflict in syria and thereby increase our ability to shape an outcome that's beneficial to the syrian people and to us. i believe we must. >> luke russert join us live. what kind of support is senator john mccain giving high pressure he's ta ? he's talking about the lives lost. what kind of support is he getting? >> as of right now, it's unknown how much support he'll have around capitol hill. senator mccain is a respected figure. it was not expected. really, what he's characterizing here is a new strategy, almost callin

. >>> i'm martin bashir.ers flee rush limbaugh, one candidate super pac is happy to stand by him. >>> strong boards from a member of congress on the gop's war on women. >>> another president obama conspiracy theory goes poof. back to thomas. >>> thank you. the mississippi supreme court ruled some pardons issues by haley barbour are valid. he pardoned 198 people before finishing his second term. this included four convicted murders. jim hood challenged those. he said many of the pardons didn't meet the requirements of the mississippi constitution. the supreme court sided with barbour. >>> the atrocities of an african war lord are going viral with crimes against children being exposed to millions around the world. joseph kony is wanted. his group has abducted 60,000 children for fighters and sex slaves. it includes heartbreaking interviews with children. the movie has received more than 32 million hits on youtube. that's thanks to hundreds of celebrities using twitter and facebook to pass this message along. cr

. >>> i'm martin bashir.ood old boys make their southern stand and tomorrow's alabama and mississippi primaries may be the real game changer in this race. plus, an american soldier snaps in afghanistan. back to tamron. >>> for the first time since whitney houston's death, we are hearing from her only child in an emotional interview. she told oprah that her mother has an angel. she admits being rebellious child but says in the end her mother was everything. she now lives in whitney houston's georgia mansion alone where she says she is still feel her mother's spirit guiding her. >> throughout the house. lights turn on and off. i'm like mom. >> really? >> we still like, i still sit there and laugh with her. i can still sit there and talk to her. >> oprah did not talk to her about her relationship with her father. there's a report that she wants to change her name because of the association with her father bobby brown. tmz says she wants to change her name to christina houston. >>> the battle rounds for season tw

. >>> i'm martin bashir. coming up, high stakes in the land of dixie.d for newt and a new judgment day for mitt and rick. rush limbaugh as offensive as ever and more advertisers plea. a republican member of congress pushing a birthing amendment. i'm not kidding. >>> the group behind the viral kony 2012 video is out with a response. ben said his group has only one goal, to stop war lord joseph kony. they face tough criticism over the strategy and how it is spending money raised. here is what they said earlier. >> using our three-prong approach pd we have adapted to fill the area of greatest need. sometimes that's been worked on the ground. sometimes it's been mobilized in international community and sometimes it's mass wareness campaigns like what we're doing now. >> toure is joining us. i don't know what i'm looking at. you went from this emotional viral video to this numbers board. it's like a five-point plan. what is that? >> they're still doing their emotional formula. we learn third-degree ged this college. they are still working on that motional th

martin bashir from msnbc is with us. he's been watching the results come in through the night. if rick santorum wins in ohio or doesn't, what's the bottom line for the mitt romney candidacy. >> watching people as brilliant as chris matthews, befuddled to what's happening to mitt romney, leads me to think that mitt romney could well be the prince charles of the republican nomination for this reason, prince charles is expected to succeed his mother queen elizabeth ii, everybody said that mitt romney was the inevitable candidate. guess what, both those men are about 64 or 65 years of age, and prince charles can never make the step up, if you look at polling now in the u.k., any public polling suggests that most people would rather prince william succeeded his grandmother than prince charles who's been waiting all his life to succeed to the thrown. that's exactly what you're seeing, i think there is a parallel here with mitt romney who just can't convince anybody, because he's emass cue lated by his past, he's embarrassed by his poor performance in the present. there are problems c

. >>> i'm martin bashir.ring break on the campaign trial as mitt romney and rick santorum go wild in a nasty war of words. i'll im here we come. >>> a closer look at the killer of trayvon martin and the growing sense of anger around what happened that day. >>> after only a five-month run, rosie o' donnell will tape her last show. oprah said he's been an incredible partner working to deliver the best possible show every single day. as i've learned in the last 15 months a new network launch is a challenge. let's get the scoop from chris with witherspoon. five months. she gave her five months. apparently she personal lip ended this. >> she was not delivering. her show launched she was bringing in about 500,000 viewers. in a few days it went less to half of that. she was not delivering. there's a lot of speculation about what went on behind the scenes. we're hearing she was a bit of a t tyrant. she fired and rehooired her announcer. she tried to revamp the show and it wasn't working. she went from a an audience s

>>> i'm martin bashir.critical super tuesday, president obama offers a lesson in leadership for the republican candidates as they attack him and one another. for rush limbaugh a much needed lesson in civility. now back to tamron. >>> back to politics. another big prize in this tuesday's contest, super tuesday, is tennessee. there's 55 delegates at stake. romney and santorum and gingrich are in a three-way tie. it should show the former massachusetts governor can win support of social conservatives and evangelicals in the south. marsha blackburn joins us. haven't seen you a while. thanks for joining us. >> thanks. >> what do you think will happen in your state tonight? >> you said it well. it's going to be tied. it's going to be a couple of hours after the polls close before we know the results. santorum has been in the lead. gingrich has had a strong gain there with the tea party. you have romney who seems to have closed the gap. you're going to have a good solid race. tennessee is kind of a microcosm of am

we'll be talking about it later today you guest host for martin bashir at 3:00 p.m. >> thanks for that. >> the white house had come under some, i don't know if fire is the right word to use, but under pressure to have the president comment on this. "the washington post" had a really interesting article i thought today discussing the fact that eric holder had been effectively their emissary thus far on this post skip gates, the president has been reluctant to wade into racially tinged waters. what did you make of the statement today? >> i think the timing was appropriate. the story moved dramatically from a local story to a national story and a broader question about gun safety laws, racial profiling. lots of other issues that this has brought up. so -- and i thought handled it beautifully. certainly going to the personal, that was what people wanted to hear, particularly given the president doesn't talk about his experience as much as a young african man although he did in his book quite eloquently and that struggle you go through when you're a child of color realizing that the world s

. >>> i'm martin bashir. puerto rico rick on the stump in the shining star a day after dominating dixie. so what's it mean for millionaire mitt and how long will newt play his game of charades? plus, the president and prime minister. one friendship, two very different financial philosophies. now back to tamron. >> is the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old unarmed teenager is being investigated by the florida state attorney's office. that tops our looks at stories around the "news nation." police say trayvon martin was unarmed when he was shot and killed after getting into a fight with a neighborhood watch captain in a gated community outside of orlando. the man george zimmerman told the police he shot him in self defense. martin was carrying a small amount of cash and candy according to authorities. police say they will not charge zimmerman because they cannot disprove his story. after growing outrage from his family, the state's attorney srnls investigating to determine if zimmerman should face charges. >> toda

. >> i'm martin bashir.p of the hour, poor old mitt, he keeps collecting delegates but voters keep reminding him something's not quite right. plus, tough talk from the president in a battleground state. now back to tamron. >> the latest version of the wildly popular ipad now available for preorder. the big company unveiled its new 4g lte ipad about an hour ago. call it the third generation ipad hd because according to apple, it las more pix manies than the high-def tv many of you are watching right now at your home. joining us to talk more about it, executive editor of electronics for c-net is david karnoy. the first generation ipad came out april 3rd, 2010. ipad 2 it, march 11, 2011. here weigh are on march 16th, a year later this new ipad. we can't keep this up at 800 bucks. >> they're just calling it the new ipad which is kind of strange. but for a lot of people who didn't get on the bands wagon earlier on, this will be the time to do it. >> what are the specs here? >> it's got the screen is now a ret nat

also thank you to karen finney who will be sitting in for martin bashir today at 3:00 p.m.bc, must see television good luck to you. coming up, next stop for the presidential race. louisiana. how the candidates are gearing up for tomorrow and how mitt romney is setting his sights on president obama's health care law. that's ahead on "now." carfirmation. only hertz gives you a carfirmation. hey, this is challenger. i'll be waiting for you in stall 5. it confirms your reservation and the location your car is in, the moment you land. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. do your lashes want volume or length? how about both? with covergirl lashblast fusion our biggest brush meets our fiberstretch formula for a blast of volume and length. lashblast fusion. from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. i love it. i take the stuff everywhere. exactly. everyone's more energized, more alert. i've lost their respect. last night i hit on a dirty hyena and she laughed in my face. that's nasty. remember when i used to be it? i was the man. you needed to track the gaz

martin bashir.an. >> place has a special feeling in my heart. >> trees are the right height. morning y'all. >> this race has been a roller coaster. >> let's get right to it this friday with our triple panel. all three of whom pound the beltway. you're all great. washington insiders, i want to start with newt gingrich. let's show you a picture of the historian teaching a class on the dance floor with the lovely wife busting some moves, showing he still has the seductive technique that renders some women weak at the knees. he says alabama and mississippi are must wins. will newt dance on or will tuesday be the day the music dies? >> i think there's a chance next tuesday would wind down the gingrich campaign. rick santorum is close. we've seen some polls in alabama that show a close three-way race between romney, newt and santorum. santorum's got the momentum and the sort of dynamic appeal in the race at this moment. newt gingrich has been a spent force except for georgia. i think it's possible that ri

governor martin bashir in kentucky the sign the legislation.oing to see it in pennsylvania and other states. i think this is a wonderful balance between public safety and religious freedom. i think it's a wonderful way of resolving a real crisis, not only people being arrested, people being killed because they wouldn't put the trinity, triangle up. a wonderful ending to the story. >> let's move to another story in texas, andrea yates. many people might not recall her name but remember what happened back in 2001 she drowned her five children. at the time she called 911. her message was she killed her children and satan asked her to do it. now she's in a mental institution after pleading insanity in that second trial, avery. she's in this state mental hospital. now she says she's found a congregation that will welcome her to leave comp us, go to church -- leave campus, go to church. how will the court respond to this? what are they going to think about the idea of her leaving campus for a church visit? >> i have some strong feelings about this. i

. >>> i'm martin bashir. the not so civil war among the republican candidates.planned parenthood and rush limbaugh's on yours truly. all of that and a little st. patrick's blimy. back to tamron. >>> march madness is in full swing. an incident at one game is causing a lot of controversy today. at a game last night, angel rodriguez was the target of a chant for members of southern mississippi school band. he's puerto rican and here is what the crowd chanted. >> rodriguez has let the ball go. he's a freshman. >> they were chanting, where's your green card? i'm joined now by dave. you are on fire with this one. we were going to talk to you about the end of lin-sanity. how do we know it was the band chanting this? >> all evidence, all witnesses reported it was the band which in some respects makes it worse. if you are a member of a student or school band, you're there officially to represent your school, southern mississippi. this is how they chose to represent southern miss. by being both racist and stupid. racist because they were singling him out because of his na

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