eastern, thank you. >> "martin bashir" at 4:00 p.m. eastern. there we go. >> thank you.> one of these two hosts is better at reading teleprompter than the other. >>> coming up, the obama administration is now in the midst of a massive effort to counteract voter i.d. laws across the country, something attorney general eric holder likened to jim crow era measures during his speech at the naacp last month. >> under the proposed law, concealed hand gun licenses would be acceptable forms of photo i.d. but student i.d.s would not. many of those without i.d.s would have to travel great distances to get them, and some would struggle to pay for the documents they might need to obtain them. we call those poll taxes. >> we will discuss the tactics behind this voter fraudulent behavior when joe sestak and the nation's ari berman join us, next. >>> today, the obama administration is in court asking a panel of judges to reject south carolina's photo i.d. law. the justice department argues that it will likely disenfranchise minority voters by significant numbers. in recent years, repub

" show, martin bashir himself, and jodi kantor of "new york times."now one day away from making governor mitt romney its official nominee but does anyone know who mitt romney actually is? according to mike murphy, a top republican advisor who worked for the candidate in 2008, the next two weeks will be

" show, martin bashir himself, and jodi kantor of "new york times."now one day away from making governor mitt romney its official nominee but does anyone know who mitt romney actually is? according to mike

i'm in for martin bashir. it's thursday, august 16th and here's what's happening. >> this whole big change has become smear, slander. >> if you're a real domestic terrorist, shoot, president obama would be wanting to pal around with us. >> these guys arelosers. >> it's the most partisan, devicive climate we've had. >> these guys are losers. >> moving this campaign into the gutter. >> loser. >> into the gutter. >> loser. >> smear. it has become slander. >> bozo the vp. >> who's radical here? >> he's admitted to buying or selling. >> it has become smear. it has become slander. >> mr. president, take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to chicago. >> smear. >> loser. >> precisely exactly what i said, but i stand by whatever i said, whatever it was. ♪ >>> we begin with a look at the republican machine in outrageous effect, one mitt romney has efficiently given up his talking point of the president as a nice guy, the new gop spin is all about the tone of the presidential campaign. this afternoon, romn

i'm karen finney in for martin bashir and chris matthews picks things up right now with "hardball." >>> robbing seniors to pay paul. let's play "hardball." good evening, i'm chris matthews in new york. let me start with the republican cold feet over paul ryan. their one-day wonder has become dare i say it? a bit of a morning glory. bloomed saturday, kept the blush sunday, by yesterday, the troops were restless. why on god's earth had mr. romney gone out and found the one candidate that could nail them in the coffin with the budget -- throwing mama off the cliff to finance big tax cuts for top 1%? now, we know what's worse than being tagged for republicans voting for the ryan budget, it's having the master mind behind it on the ticket. i give you the next president of the united states, romney said on saturday. getting it wrong wasn't the gaffe, it was some fear, naming ryan himself. this guy could be worse than quyale because this time, the presidential candidate and his team knew the weakness, saw the trouble they were walking into before they walked into it and that's not the best a

pacific when i am joined by howard wolfson, martin bashir, john heilemann and ari melber.s next. good afternoon, andrea. >>> good afternoon. thanks so much. we're continuing to follow the breaking news, eyewitness accounts from the empire state building shooting in new york city. and along the campaign trail, moments ago, mitt romney went there. we have the tape as he takes a swipe at president obama on the birther issue. and we run down all the plans for the republican national convention with rnc's communications director, sean spicer. we are tracking isaac. all that next on "andrea mitchell reports." ere are proje. and there are game-changers. those ideas that start with us rolling up our sleeves... ...and end with a new favorite room in the house. and when we can save even more on those kinds of projects... ...with advice to make them even better... ...that's a game-changer in itself. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. get flooring for every budget with pergo gunstock oak laminate for just $1.88 per square foot. atd g,c ] elib f buoehi urrtale

martin bashir, it is all yours. >> steve kornacki who says chris christie was a giant wasted opportunitythank you, guys. good afternoon. wednesday, august 29. here's what's happening. ♪ president obama rules like he's above the law. >> democrats depend on dependence. >> guy walked into bar and heard that story and he said well, if you have a business, you didn't build that. well, you

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i'm karen finney in for martin bashir.hris matthews picks things up right now. >>> romney's complaint. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews. up in nantucket where kathleen and i started coming on our honeymoon. let me start with mitt romney's dare to call out for negative campaigning. i was in iowa when he carpet bombed former speaker newt gingrich and did the same to santorum. now hoping everyone forgot how he got this far, the curtis will he may of massive tv bombing is sniping at a metd for joe biden used against his economic plans for cutting medicare and giving back the savings and more generous tax doubts those at the top. when is mitt romney going to look around at his own crowd? here he is leading the party, drips with birther talk, slurs with anti-un-americanism rich with chorus. references to food stamp, welfare the practice code of big gots. perhaps mr. romney should unchain himself from this cotillion of nastiness before he tries to play umpire against mr. biden. i begin tonight with cynthia

i'm in for martin bashir. wednesday, august 15. here is what's

i'm karen finney for martin bashir.14th and here's what's happening. >> paul ryan. >> paul ryan. >> paul ryan. >> i think paul ryan is the perfect pick. >> are

martin bashir has covered the royal family extensively. and robert jopson is a royal commentator. the reaction over there? is this a private matter or cause for concern? >> reporter: well, matt, i think the palace will try their best to dust this one under the carpet. they don't really want this one to get out of control and they've done their best to keep the press tamed, if you like. the british press hasn't used any pictures of harry and i think that's strange given that the whole of the world have been looking at them and 63 million people on the internet. it's causing a kurfuffle, if you like, about that. >> let's stick to the press side about this. are the members of the press and the media there concerned about a lawsuit or are they concerned if they publish the photos they'll be cut off completely from the royal family? >> reporter: i think it's basically because of this inquiry of press authority. the press here have been drinking in the last chance salon before law comes in. they don't want to take that chance. the press self-regulatory body has been set up by themselves