it may not be sufficient for msnbc viewers. >> no, mitch mcconnell, senator, the republican mitch mcconnellor him and his party and karl rove. >> the reality is mitch mcconnell is one of the worst political hacks on the a plant earth. mitch mcconnells of the world are one of the biggest problems we have. i think more and more conservatives through this todd akin situation seeing the double standard here are recognizing that really the problem here so much isn't the democrats trying to oppose, but it has been their human shields, their defacto human shields in the washington republican establishment that is the most clear and immediate danger. that's why you're seeing such a fault line develop here over this todd akin situation. if there was a consistency of a standard here from the republican national leadership, people might be more inclined to say hey, maybe you need another senate nominee. really what they don't like about todd akin is that he's pro-life. they want somebody who will take marching orders from the mitt romney party establishment. they want somebody in there that won't figh

i don't. >> we heard it from senator mitch mcconnell.e said democrats are making promises they can't keep and they are writing checks they can't cash. your party under barack obama has become a tax and spend party. a big government party which is unpopular. the guy can't get past 45, 46 he polls. i think you're in trouble, howard dean. i think paul ryan is going to illustrate with facts, truth and figures exactly how much trouble y'all are in. >> first of all, mitch mcconnell said "no" to every reform that came through the senate. he's mr. no the entire time. it's irresponsible. his only goal as the senate minority leader is to get rid of barack obama's president e si. that's not the right thing to do for america. that's first. secondly, barack obama has cut taxes for middle class people. and there is no plan to do it at all by the republicans. so, look, these guys -- >> only temporarily. >> these guys are in the pockets of big corporations financing their campaigns that i don't trust at all. >> oh, all right. >> lots of money going into

just remember mitch mcconnell and if that doesn't keep you from having sexer, know what will. [cheers and applause] folks -- good man. folks, that is not the only disaster we are facing because the economy is facing for a fall. >> the fiscal cliff is fast approaching. >> the fiscal cliff is looming. >> the fiscal cliff it's looming, owe oh, yeah. >> stephen: oh, yeah, the fiscal cliff not to be confuse withed with the financial glory hole. unless congress comes up with a deficit reduction deal on january 1 there will be a trillion dollars in automatic spending cuts and the bush tax cuts expire which the congressional budget office says together could cause another recession. our only hope is that democrats and republicans in congress work together to find a compromise on tax cuts. in other words, we're all going to die. [ laughter ] now last week the democrats made the first move until this game fiscal chicken. >> the democratically-controlled senate passed a democratic bill renewing the tax cuts but only for people earning less than $250,000. >> the senate has approved a demo

well, tonight we salute senator and galapagos american mitch mcconnell. [ laughter ] yesterday on the floor of senate mcconnell once again attempted to repeal obama care. now why was it so important for him to stop it yesterday? well, it's because today is the day that rush limbaugh tried to warn us about. >> the obama administration's controversial contraceptive mandate goes into effect today. most businesses including kat lick institutions must ensure that health insurance provides birth control coverage to employees. >> stephen: that's right. free government birth control for all the ladies. so don't forget -- [cheers and applause] don't forget reset your watches and check your calendars because it's now whoroclock on the first everybody reported to bell hooked up to the yaz force feeding tube like a sex crazed. the gangs of hot blooded sluts are ma rawing the streets. of course, birth control means no more american children, and i think that was the whole idea. leaves our women all the more free time to take the loose lady express to bonetown junction. worst of all. worst of all i

mitch mcconnell agreed to do it. >> wow.hings are getting lower and lower by the day. >> martin, that's the way this speech writing works. okay. they are not all completely tone deaf. there were people in that speech writing room who knew that we are taking this speech directly to a barack obama/tiger woods comparison. we are trying to put those two characters together. is that something we should really let the senate republican leader do and they all agreed yes, we should. and then the worst thing is the senate republican leader agreed to do it. because he doesn't control his speech, martin. every speech here is controlled by the people running everything that happens in this room. that speech is not up to him word for word. >> okay. lawrence o'donnell, thank you very much indeed. lawrence will, of course, be a part of prime time convention coverage which follows this broadcast. keep it here. >>> next, more red meat for the gop base. good times. tampa style. stay with us. >> the guy walked into a bar and heard that story a

but senate minority leader mitch mcconnell seems worried that as the benefits of the affordable carereality the popularity of the law just might increase. >> i think it would be appropriate to have a vote on the repeal of obamacare, and i would and hope to be able to offer that amendment during the pendency of the bill on cyber security which we believe will be open to amendment. >> no discrimination where they're charged more and get less. that's what obamacare is. if you want to repeal that, then bring it on! we're ready to fight. >> yes, it is a war on women. because if they really cared about women and they didn't like obamacare, they would still have a proposal on the floor to keep these fine pieces of the legislation going forward. >> so i'm wondering, what is with this idea of repeal? do you really want to take away these benefits from women? from children? from men? from families? yeah, i guess you do. >> joining me now, women's health advocate sandra fluke. sandra, it seems to me that the best selling tool for the affordable care act is to actually have it go into effect and

mitch mcconnell some of the democrats in the senate. and of course he is the son of ron paul who ran against mitt romney. now, it's very interesting. they had a few minutes ago, harris, a profile of ron paul but they separated it from rand paul's speech. my guess they don't want the ron or rand paul fever to get too heated on the floor tonight. remember this is convention. >> harris: when we come back i do want to ask you about some words that senator rand paul had to say about the vice presidential nominee's budget plans. very interesting on the heels of his speech. we'll do that coming up with chris wallace of "fox news sunday." for now we want to go back down to new orleans where i'm just reading there have been many more rescues, shep, are going on in the areas where those levees are now either being breached on purpose or they are giving way. >> yeah, and they found out about a number of people trapped laplas, louisiana not far from here at all. where numerous people are said to be trapped in their homes, in their attics, waiting f

senator mitch mcconnell weighing in saying although representative akin has apologized, i believe hee time with his family to consider whether this statement will prevent him from effectively representing our party in this critical election, so now senator mcconnell weighing in on this and echoing what we heard from john corning as well, many indicating this is a nudge for akin to drop out of that race which would be an incredible development for claire mccaskill. fact finding mission gone wild. a gop congressman now apologizing for skinny dipping in the holy sea of galilee during an official trip to israel. what kevin yoeder is saying now about that evening that involved alcohol and more. we'll have the details. first there is a lot going on today. here are things we thought you should know. big news as the world of golf meets the world of politics. after 80 years augusta national golf club made history by allowing the first female members, one of those selected former secretary of state condoleezza rice. rice will be joined by darla moore as new members when the club opens for a ne

did anyone get that word to senate republican leader mitch mcconnell?a administration the very night of obama's inauguration. how many times these past four years have we looked at the republican house of representatives and seen a caucus devolted to rejectsing obama's programs? all of them.

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in oklahoma say our courts are woefully understaffed yet rather than doing something about it mitch mcconnell is content on just being a jackass and the very very ugly another jackass rep steve king most of the nation finds dog fighting disgusting but steve think thinks it's a ok and defending his efforts to weaken animal cruelty laws can express his support for animal abuse and dog fighting telling his constituents that quote it's wrong to raid animals above human beings and quote instead that if we allow humans to fight i can boxing in dogs and other animals should be able to fight too well last time i checked we don't allow humans to fight to the death but i suppose king would support that too right you know next up proposes america's very own version of the hunger games and that is very very ugly. coming up. coming up despite thousands of japanese citizens protesting the continued use of nuclear power in the nation government officials are restarting some of their nuclear power plants with the fukushima plant still in ruins and on the brink of further disaster why is the government puttin

up next, "republican leader" takes a look at the life of mitch mcconnell who's served as senator of kentucky since 1985. >> mcconnell is the senior senator from kentucky. he is the longest-serving senator from kentucky. he is the republican leader in the united states senate, and some would contend he is the foremost republican in kentucky political history. he was born in alabama, came to kentucky as a young person, got involved in republican politics, served as the county judge executive here in jefferson county which is where louisville -- the largest city in kentucky -- is located. ran for the u.s. senate in 1984 and ousted the democratic incumbent and has been reelected four times since then. it's been a steady, upward climb in the ranks of republican leadership in the u.s. senate. he came in with really no connections and no national reputation, kind of built his reputation on issues like campaign finance reform, resisting a lot of measures of campaign finance reform. got into the leadership and now is the leader and would aspire to become the senate majority leader after the elections

mitch mcconnell and senator rand paul kentucky will speak. you've it -- you will see a short tribute to ron paul, the former presidential candidate. senator john mccain of arizona, followed by senator john thune and rob portman of ohio. at 9:00, the porter regan governor, tim pawlenty, former republican presidential candidate, and mike huckabee, who ran in 2008. wrapping up this evening, condoleezza rice, the former secretary of state, former national security adviser to president bush, susana martinez, the governor of new mexico, and the vice presidential nominee, paul ryan, will wrap up the evening tonight. all that coming up live on pre convention coverage at 6:00, gavel-to-gavel coverage at 7:00, live from tampa. omar is on the independent line. caller: i just wanted to say, president obama talking to today's youth, i thought he did a great job. since i am independent, he is the best president next to ron paul. i just think he does a great job with our youth, and i am thankful for it. host: he is emphasizing issues like education and same

mitch mcconnell is blocking those in the senate right now. >> anyone else want to pick up on that? who else has a question? we will bring the microphone around. this is not a shy group. >> [inaudible] ron ball, ky. i am a guest. my question has to do with the advertisement that was discussed several minutes ago, the one that was called disgraceful and a lot of people objected to. i want to have closure on that. i would like to know whether it did try to find people that had good experience or does look for people who had bad experiences. i would like to get the logistics of how those decisions were made to run that. >> what we did is we talk to a lot of folks. we talked to 18, but the number was larger. people just told their story. we talk to them about telling their story with a larger audience, and they were happy to do it. i want to tell you something about the advertisement being disgraceful. i know the theatrics people fell into talking about it. in all of the facts in the advertisement are true. if you look at the context of where we are right now, mitt romney has an adverti

. >> please give a warm welcome to senate republican leader mitch mcconnell of kentucky. >> mitch mcconnellblican leader. ron paul was in the crowd being cheered during that video of him. and now we'll hear from the senate republican leader. the cheers for ron paul continue as you can hear. >> and we believe mitt romney is the man for this moment. that's the hopeful message coming from tampa tis week after four long years, help is on the way. [cheers and applause] america is about to turn the page on barak obama's four-year experiment in big government. and it starts by renewing our belief that we are called to do something better. over the past fourears, americans have been led believe we are just like everybody else. that america really isn't unique. but it's not true. we are, we are different. not because of where we were born, but because of who we are as a people. because of what we have in here. the president stops at this idea. to him this kind of thinking is the problem, not the solution. that's why he spent the last four years lowering americans' expectations instead of raising the

you saw that statement mitch mcconnell, the republican leader of the senate just released.. get out and get out now. >> all right. we'll be watching right along with you through your next two hours, wolf blitzer, in "the situation room." wolf, thank you. >>> meantime, a family trip turn sboos a tragedy in texas. this is a car wreck. killed five children, injured six other people. this happened just yesterday. a back tire blew and caused the driver to lose control on his way to a water park. police say none of the kids had buckled up -- none of them were wearing seat belts. there were too many people in the suv. the driver could face five criminal charges. >>> and a close call for atop u.s. military officer in afghanistan. general martin dempsey's plane was hit by shrapnel of two rockets. two air force base workers were slightly injured because of this. dempsey had left afghanistan on a separate plane. his visit, we've been reporting on this, coming at a time of growing attacks seemingly daily on u.s. troops by afghan security forces. and sorry to have to report, diana nyad

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we're dealing with a reality in which the senate could be controlled by mitch mcconnell.sidency could remain in president obama's hands, you have a truly divided government. but within those republican caucuses, there are the moderates, dwindling number, and then there are the tea party factions. there's been several major moderate retirements announced, and in each case, those moderate lawmakers go out by complaining about the bitterness in their own party and within congress as a whole. it gets worse the more you see people like ted cruz elected because they want to bring things to a halt. >> if the people within the republican caucus itself, so to speak, in the broader republican circles are fed up at the intransigence of the tea party, does it bode well for a person like ted cruz? is he going to be a major player on the national stage? >> sure, and part of the reason he was elected is that he had that dynamic to him. he's the type of dynamic figure that i think could be a fast riser in the republican party. the question is when you get to washington, do you benefit by

mitch mcconnell want president obama to fail. over the past three years, we've watched the republicans put partisan politics ahead of the american people. look at the number of filibusters. and the proof is if the pudding -- record number of filibusters. no jobs plan, and a tax proposal that helps millionaires at the expense of the middle class. a peculiar called "the new new deal," confirms what we've known all along. mcconnell is leading the charge against president obama. vice president biden tells author michael gruenwald that early on, several republican senators told biden upon to expect any cooperation on major votes. "the way it was characterized to me was, for the next two years we can't let you succeed in anything. that's our ticket to coming back." former senators pop bennett of utah and arlen specter of pennsylvania, both retired, have confirmed that these had these conversations with senator biden -- vice president biden at the time. former senator george voinovich of ohio tells gruenwald mcconnell ordered troops to

. >> that's mitch mcconnell. so republicans siding with him on this.ma administration and labor department saying you shouldn't be alarmed. we shouldn't send out noeltss because we don't know if they are going to come. it's going to be up to the companies. and as you know, if they don't send out the notices and do layoffs, they could get sued. so it will be interesting to see if the companies are going to do this. and it's absolutely political now. saying inappropriate to send the notices out. >> once again, we have uncertainty by employers not knowing what to do and that could cost americans jobs. thank you for a great explanation. what are the defense contractors planning to do? the biggest government defense contractor says they are reviewing the guidance. their ceo says they may have to layoff 10,000 workers if congress doesn't act. and warn notices are possible it could layoff 4,000 if the sequester happens. joining me is rick mcneil, the president and ceo of lord corporation, which makes critical parts for helicopters. and thomas buffenbarger. ri

so that makes -- that's another reason why karl rove and mitt romney and paul ryan and mitch mcconnell were frantic about this. because it really could come down to missouri in the senate, and the key thing here is if the democrats pick up that one additional seat, then it doesn't matter if mitt romney is elected. paul ryan won't get to cast the deciding vote to organize the senate. >> howard fineman, separating the solid from the not so solid. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> up next, what if? what would happen if the world's population jumped at the same time, all of them in rhode island? we have a fascinating science experiment/dooms day scenario, and it's coming up. on imy0'.. o mancelar aarmeanla u obo oume tu. on imy0'.. sueaine p psof d and -o mio wiy psof d i whi r and [ ]wihe ou'lesi r . pa.o us n wiy psof d verai alsollst r and [ ]wihe ou'lesi r . thdeon dd aame t us n anl soe. w trleon po lrnrinemrarsrp izg eo anl soe. w heov d hoa oft qu yode veimncs.0 d hewninhe coem >>> welcome back. okay, i am going to tell you something and i'm asking that when i am done, you do n

>> you you're going to see mitch mcconnell crying. >> i'd be interested in that. >> the race in texasntive -- >> but the word moderate is now like a four-letter word. >> too likely to work with mcdonnell. or somebody like todd akin who is taking on claire mccaskill. recently it's not as big as the debt ceiling. during that debate todd akin who might now end in the senate says that involvement in student loans has thrust america into the stage three cancer of socialism. this is not somebody who will work on federal education policy except to obstruct it at every step. >> richard mourdock who could be the next senator replacing lugar. here's what he was saying about getting things done. >> bipartisanship ought to be democrats coming to republican view. to the idea that republicans and more specifically conservatives would be in the majority of the united states senate and the house and hopefully that we have a republican in the white house. if we do that bipartisanship means they have to come our way. to me the highlight of politics is to inflict my opinion on someone else. >> like you

so that makes -- that's another reason why karl rove and mitt romney and paul ryan and mitch mcconnellere frantic about this. because it really could come down to missouri in the senate, and the key thing here is if the democrats pick up that one additional seat, then it doesn't matter if mitt romney is elected. paul ryan won't get to cast the deciding vote to organize the senate. >> howard fineman, separating the solid from the not so solid. thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> up next, what if? what would happen if the world's population jumped at the same time, all of them in rhode island? we have a fascinating science experiment/dooms day scenario, and it's coming up. [ female announcer ] the power of green coffee extract is now in our new starbucks refreshers™ -- a breakthrough in natural energy. made with real fruit, starbucks refreshers™ are delicious low calorie drinks you can feel good about. ♪ rethink how you re-energize. ♪ get a boost of natural energy with a new starbucks refreshers™, in three ways. natural energy from green coffee extract, only from starbucks. natural en

because obviously these words from mitch mcconnell are of concern for a reason.rt your party in november? >> i think what we're doing is talking about it today and not talking about unemployment number or jobs, we're talking about rape. though it's a terrible thing to talk about it it's like one of the most -- i can't imagine anything worse for a woman than rape, that's what we're talking about and we're 80-something days away from the campaign. this doesn't help us as we go into our conventions next week. >> chris, i was going to ask you, does it help the democrats. obviously it does. senator boxer was on made the point of the legislation co-sponsored by the potential vp here, paul ryan, and his close association at least on that legislation with congressman akin. >> i mean, listen, it hurts the republicans because you have akin becoming a story, if he doesn't drop out, it's something that's going to literally hang around and haunt the republican party to the election, no question about that. especially when you're already having problems reaching female voters

that's something by the way that senate minority leader mitch mcconnell basically admitted. >> you said quote the single most important thing we want to achieve is for president obama to be a one term president. so, how do you respond to those democratic lines of attack? >> well, that is true. that's my single most important political goal. >> all the issues we have about last night, a lot of journalists have it, especially by paul ryan and his speech, they were rooting for this guy from the sidelines, hoping to cooperate rate with him, yet we know romney was running for president again from the very day he lost last time. it's now on the record he wasn't rooting for him. he was looking for an opening and mitch mcconnell was saying i'm going to stop this guy this his tracks so he doesn't have one trophy to show the voter in four years. >> chris, you're asking me. i believe that's exactly what the republican goal was. i believe they met and conspired for that purpose and they executed it. there wasn't one occasion when the interests of the country and this nation superseded partisan borr

you look in the eyes of mitch mcconnell, jim demenint, and realize they are out to take you down. you need a plan be. there was no plan b. there was not a. it. -- there was not a pivot. he had extraordinary skills as a speaker during the campaign. he moved this country, millions of people. he angered millions and made them think he was a socialist and other matters. but he has not used those skills in a consistent, powerful way to tell a narrative about the challenges, what the country is going through, and where he is taking the country. by playing on the republican field of deficits and debts instead of joblessness or say we're all trying to compromise, you make people feel everyone is equally involved in a gridlock that has led to a point where congress has a lower popularity rating than the banks. that is a feat. 9%. it is dropping even though there are good people inside the congress. there is a progressive congress. they put out a people's budget. bernie sanders has exposed the fed giving out trillions of dollars in addition to the tarp bailout. >> barney frank has taken a h

thank you, leader mitch mcconnell. we will welcome the former governor of mississippi, haley barbour. [applause] having a word with the leader. we will let them check. good morning, governor. very kind of you. welcome to "politico" playbook breakfast. welcome our lives stream and c- span audience out there. you were in the hall last night. >> i was. >> we are grateful to have you. what was it like in the hall? >> high-energy. i thought the feel of the place changed when ann romney came on. i had expected it, but it was clear. >> how much can she help? >> millions watched on tv knowing what we all know, a wife knows more about her husband than anyone else in the world times 10, and i thought she in a very easy-spoken way gave people a view into what the values, the views, the religion, the family, the philanthropy of her husband is. i thought it was positive and very helpful. >> you have a great doubt about the american people. >> a great -- gut about the american people. >> a great gut, you have that right. >> will the

rush limbaugh, karl rove, erick erickson, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, paul ryan, and mittomney, and refused to drop out of the missouri senate race. here's congressman akin on sean hannity's radio show today. >> if this becomes a big enough distraction that you lose this race and it hurts mitt romney and paul ryan in missouri, how are you going to feel the day after election day? >> well, obviously, terrible. and if i thought that were going to happen, then i would get out of the race. >> congressman akin then touted a new robo poll conducted after his, quote, legitimate rape remark, showing that among likely voters in missouri, todd akin polls now one point ahead of democratic senator claire mccaskill, 44-43, within that poll's margin of error. the poll asked if todd akin's remarks on, quote, legitimate rape were appropriate. 75% said inappropriate. 9% said appropriate. today, todd akin suggested to sean hannity that mitt romney was using akin's remarks to close his deficit among female voters. >> if you were in romney's position, don't you think that he may have bid this