responded to represent of smith and the letter was obtained by mother jones and the response they outline their hiring practices a career attorney is in charge of all hiring rather than political point at point appointees excuse me as was the case under the bush administration internet searches of candidates aren't allowed to reduce the chance of bias now that obviously rules out rep's missed suggestion of a google search to expose the radical leftist tendencies of the qualifiers and letter also of the year olds that hires can only be overruled by the head of the civil rights division a political appointee with a written statement why don't more same world represent a smith would be trouble that the d.o.j. isn't able to find more qualified conservative civil rights attorneys but i think that we all know it's not a sane world right in fact that i'm sorry we're wrote about this morning in mother jones it's pretty interesting to hear smith complaining about hiring bias in the first place high requirements have long been the bane of the conservative movement existence after all they're the on

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with me right now is david corn of mother jones.neralized attacking on labor, you don't hear that anymore. it's like birth control. you might have one guy like jimmy hoffa going after it. >> we're really going back to the '50s this week. republican leaders out there, including governor rick snyder, are not backing romney up on the union bashing. when asked about it they're saying, we have some disagreements because they know the stat that you just put out there. 18% of the voting electorate are union households. so what he's doing is making a bid for a very small group of people. republican primary voters who can't stand unions. why? because rick santorum from pennsylvania, a good union state, has voted against right to work laws. this is where he thinks he can be more conservative than rick santorum who is widely seen as more conservative than him. >> i don't think he's known as anti-labor. >> no, rick santorum is not. this is one of the few places -- >> you can't survive in pennsylvania politics and known to be antilabor. it's a u

will now apply all the time even when our wars in iraq and afghanistan are both over adam serwer mother jones wrote about this issue today he put it this way he said you think that somebody who couldn't even bloom self up right now would be a joke a punchline instead of accidentally setting himself on fire went to all of managed to inspire panic that culminated in congress altering the law all i can add to that one is that once again we hear when. our guide for a happy hour enjoyed you this evening as sam sachs producer of the big picture with tom hartman and dave kat nice national political reporter for politico hello gentlemen like you for joining us to handsome gentleman very very lucky tonight ok let's first start talking about the movie i'm sure everyone's seen the trailer already but we're going to show you clip again anyway because i believe it comes out on monday take a look. before she was captured morales was working up jobs so it could be why she was abducted. but you're a soldier from the war. all right so the whole thing in this movie act of valor is that some of the actors are a

jones' mother says her son was not armed. >> i talked to my son. my son says momma the officers is lying they watched me get out the car, watched me walk and started speeding up and i took off running across the street. when i took off running i just her the gun. >> jones' attorney says his client has not been charged. he plans civil claims against the police department. oakland police have not responded to our repeated requests for comment on the family's claims. >>> investigators looking for clues into the death of a man whose body was found on the sidewalk in the mission district on julian between 15th and 16th. the question is how long was he there before anyone called for help? a woman called police at 7:45 sunday morning asking them to do a welfare check on a man she saw lying in front of the home on julian avenue when they got there he was already dead. police don't know how he died. they posted fliers in the neighborhood asking for the public's help. bloggers say the man yelled for help and for someone to call police, but no one did. reside

. >> let's talk to andy cole, a reporter with "mother jones." you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> the gallup poll. this is registered voters and the margin of error is 4 either way. are there other explanations for it? is there a romney or republican surge indicated by that poll? >> i don't think there's any underlying reason why this poll seems like an aberration. when you also look at the general trend from the beginning of this year, and through the president, president obama's numbers are stacking up against all republican candidates are on a slight uptick. job less claims are on a four-year low. things are turning up for him in the most important places so i don't think we should read too much into this latest poll suggesting that obama is getting weaker somehow. >> this was additional today it canning that president trails in some other states. those things that the white house would worry about? or were they expecting very little out of iowa and virginia anyway. >> no doubt this is getting brought into the fold. but we're s

responsible lending his writing has appeared publications like forbes magazine the new york times mother jones and much of their writing has been devoted to the foreclosure mortgage crisis still plaguing our nation today as well as the corruption in the big banks on wall street which underlie our current financial crisis mike is widely recognized for his work has been a ward of the george polk award for magazine reporting that john hancock award for business journalism has received multiple accolades from the national press club an american bar association among others currently mike is a business and finance writer with the institute for public accuracy and is the author of the book the monster a gang of predatory lenders and wall street bankers fleeced america and spawned a global crisis mike welcome. but thanks for having tom i just want to correct you upfront it's an easy mistake to make actually work for the center for public integrity center for public integrity thank you very much michael where does your interest in exposing corporate corruption and greed come from and what attracts you

people in the house that could have killed her. >> okay. >> you or your mother. >> but police apparently don't believe melody jonesd kaylee. >> now, all i want to know -- i really want to know why. >> why what? >> why you would kill your sister. >> i wouldn't. >> but you had to have because your mother didn't. >> i didn't kill her. i know i didn't. i'm finally starting to realize that she was dead. i'm scared. i'm getting a bit frustrated at the police for asking me all these questions. it pushed me over the edge and i start to break down. >> you killed your sister. >> i didn't kill her. i didn't. >> it will feel a whole lot better if you just tell me. >> i didn't. i didn't kill her. i did not. >> it had to have been you, son. >> i didn't do it. i didn't kill my sister. i wouldn't kill her. >> is there any way i can prove that to you? >> it's going to be difficult. >> i'm going in circles. there's nothing else i could think about what there had to be somebody else who got in there, but the cops kept saying that wasn't the case. >> now, i'm not saying that you killed her. >> look it, it's a possibility that it coul

of these billions of dollars actually get the american taxpayer wells out of weinstein over at mother jones pointed out almost nothing to a two thousand and eight congressional report on the facilities there is quote no coherent mission to justify it unless the decision is made to begin aggressive new nuclear warhead design and pit production mission at los alamos or for example build new nukes that's something that supposedly we're supposed to be moving away from. fulfills our common objective to negotiate a new strategic arms reduction treaty that includes significant reductions in the nuclear weapons that we will deploy it cuts our delivery vehicles by roughly half that includes a comprehensive verification regime which allows us to further build trust. that would be president obama speaking in prague when he signed a historic new start treaty pledging to reduce our nuclear arsenal to five thousand warheads far more than we would need to blow the world into smithereens five times over so if we're trying to reduce our nuclear arsenal but we possibly want this facility for all those who su

police department is hiding the fact that they shot him in his back while he was retreating. >> jones' mother says her son was on probation, but would not say for what. >> it was a month and a couple of days. >> reporter: so far jones has not been charged with anything according to his attorney. police say they did find a weapon at the scene. we tried repeatedly today to get further comment from oakland police, but we did not hear back. the attorney says he did get to see his client tonight, but she planning civil action against the police department. in oakland, john alston, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> the shooting death of a homeless man by a bart officer was justified. that's the finding in the san francisco district attorney's office. the bay citizen reports that the d.a. will not press charges in the death of charles hill. he was shot and killed at civic center station in the city. shortly after bart released surveillance video that claims hill threw a knife at officer james cromwell. the d.a.'s office said he fired in self-defense and praised him for maintaining a calm and professional

police department is hiding the fact that they shot him in his back while he was retreating. >> jones' motherson was on probation, but would not say for what. >> it was a month and a couple of days. >> reporter: so far jones has not been charged with anything according to his attorney. police say they did find a weapon at the scene. we tried repeatedly today to get further comment from oakland police, but we did not hear back. the attorney says he did get to see his client tonight, but she planning civil action against the police department. in oakland, john alston, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> the shooting death of a homeless man by a bart officer was justified. that's the finding in the san francisco district attorney's office. the bay citizen reports that the d.a. will not press charges in the death of charles hill. he was shot and killed at civic center station in the city. shortly after bart released surveillance video that claims hill threw a knife at officer james cromwell. the d.a.'s office said he fired in self-defense and praised him for maintaining a calm and professional demeanor.

david corn, washington bureau chief of mother jones magazine. joining us is krystal ball along with dr. james peterson. thank you, sir. david, i have to go to you. yesterday we were being briefed by sources close to trump that he was going to endorse newt. i guess many of us felt that made sense particularly because they could spend some time comparing third wives. now it appears that romney has stolen the endorsement. what happened? >> these guys just don't have any fidelity, do they? you never know who they will end up in bed with. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. i just couldn't resist. the interesting thing to me is not why trump is doing this. trump is doing this because we're giving him the attention. what's happening with mitt romney, not just having the endorsement, he's appearing with donald trumpb today, was announced a couple of hours ago. he'sgoing to fully accept this. why did he do it the day after. he's opinion worried that newt gingrich may make good on this threat to lead a tea party rebelon against mitt romney. as you know from the polls

reporter: we spoke with jones' mother tonight. >> i'm in mourning hurting for my son and i have to stay strong for the rest of my family. that was my one and only son. reporter: meanwhile homicide detectives were back at the crime scene today still trying to learn what may have sparked the violence. >> this time we're still investigating that. it's too early to say whether or not it is a hate crime. reporter: a third person was at the bus stop last night police say. he chased after the man who did the stabbing, but when he caught him, the killer fell to the ground pretending to be hurt. when the witness ran back to jones, the killer got up and ran away. >> we have spoken with some people who have seen parts of the assault that took place and we are still in the process of going through those interviews and trying to piece together exactly what. what. reporter: advocates for the transgender community say african american men living as women particularly vulnerable to violence. >> he worked really hard to make the city safer and to curtail a lot of discrimination that was happening here a

we went to mary harris mother jones elementary school. say hello to the second graders. we have some of the older kids there in the back too. will we get out of school? no, kids you will not get out of school from this event. the snow will start too late in the day tomorrow to see any kind of cancellations. storm 4 radar all clear around our area. look back to the west, this is our storm system, it's so warm today out ahead of this storm. notice these clouds right here, that's the cold air. so the cold air is going to move in, just in time for our next storm system to move in too, that will create the possibility of snow in parts of the area, we'll break it down for you in a second. 38 in pittsburgh, 39 in state college. you can see where the colder air is, 48 in richmond, 39 in state college. that's a big difference and those temperatures will fall as we make our way through tonight and tomorrow morning. we start around 6:00 tomorrow morning, no problems. so kids out there toward adele phi, you're going to school tomorrow. look at this, no snow even close to the area, u

david corn, washington bureau chief for "mother jones" magazine and jonathan capehart.give you a lot of red meat to comment on this afternoon. jonathan, let's start with you, our new bearded friend. >> hello. >> santorum tossed out reverend wright. we were thinking all right. >> right, no pun intended. we're talking about reverend wright when i'm sure and i lot of people expected reverend wright would be one of the characters on stage during the general election. this is bringing up reverend wright and all of the red meat that you're talk about that we have been listening to this entire campaign season but definitely this weekend is all about ginning up interest in the base because that's what strick santorum and mitt romney will need if they quantity to get the nomination to go afterpresident obama in the general election. the only problem i see is that can these guys go so far to the right that they can't do the traditional republican strategy. i think he pivots toward the center. they will still be far right. >> david, santorum has the apron on right now. he is tossi

. >> david corn is an msnbc political analyst and bureau chief for mother jones magazine.the first amendment, religious liberty, but also respect for women's rights and what's seen by today's standards as full health coverage. >> the interesting thing about this was the obama administration made this decision after much deliberation and internal discussion. and they got caught up in this firestorm that obviously they didn't see coming. afterwards it's obvious they should have seen it coming and our friends all last week on this show and elsewhere were saying what went wrong here. but they ended up getting to a point -- >> by the way iappreciated what they say. >> they ended up getting to a really good point from them. policywise and politically. they got all this response and said, hey. we're going to take another look at this. we don't like getting clobbered by the bishops or anyone else. they came up with a compromise that has the same outcome. women will still be able to get contraception without copay. >> the church zoent to -- >> the only people who have an issue here

david corn is mother jones washington bureau chief. both are msnbc political hot shots. here it is.r enough. four years ago. no, your big 16-ounce gloves against each other. back in 2008 rick santorum spoke at a catholic university down in florida and spoke about the threat of satan in the united states. in fact, on the united states. let's listen to what rick had to say back then. >> this is not a political war at all. this is not a cultural war at all. this is a spiritual war. and the father of lies has his sights on what you would think the father of lies, satan, would have his sights on -- a good, decent, powerful, influential country. the united states of america. if you were satan, who would you attack in this day and age? there is no one else to go after other than the united states. >> there is no one else to go after but the united states, mr. devil. last night rick santorum tried to put those remarks into context. let's watch. >> i'm a person of faith. i believe in good and evil. i think if somehow or another because you're a person of faith you believe in good and evil di

mother jones writes in december of 2000, the equal employment opportunity commission ruled that companiesat provided prescription drugs to their employees but didn't provide birth control were in violation of title vii of the 1964 civil rights act. that opinion which the george w. bush administration did nothing to alter, or withdraw when it took office the next month, is still in effect today. so this is already law. bush did nothing about it. these republicans that were up there saying what they said today did not propose anything about xdit. all of a sudden, when the hhs under president obama has to rule it becomes a war on religion. why wasn't it a war on religion under george bush? this law was there then? >> in an odd way this tells you something. if you are the obama white house you have to almost be encouraged by this. it's because the republicans if they had their way, would be talking about the economy right now. the entire republican bet from january 2009 on was that they could express reflexive opposition to anything obama did, anything he proposed and they'd get away with and

joining me now is david corn, msnbc political analyst and mother jones washington bureau chief. and ted devine, democratic strategist and senior adviser for the kerry and gore campaigns. great to have you with us. david, let me start with you. you saw that speech last night. did that sound like a confident leader to you? >> oh, it sound like someone trying to talk to the board room. you know, i don't know if you're going to do this tonight, but if you compare that speech, play it against the president's speech to the uaw workers, it literally is night and day. you know, romney, he just -- you showed earlier, he can't get above 37%. if you are grading him as a political candidate, just on his pure performance skills, he really can't get above a b. maybe 85%. and he's been doing this now for five years on the presidential campaign level. he was governor of massachusetts. he ran for senate against teddy kennedy. i've been covering politics for 30 years now from the city council level to the presidential level. every candidate i've ever covered keeps getting better, whether they win

pulled up behind him he ran across the street that's when he was shot in the back. >> reporter: jones' mother and oscar grant's father are siblings. so jones and grant arecus s -- are cousins grant was shot and killed by a bart police officer. jones is in the hospital in stable condition he has not been charged in that robbery that police were originally investigating. he says he was not armed. his attorney believes him. police say he was armed that's all officers are saying. police tell us they cannot comment any further because the case is under investigation. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> the san francisco district attorney's office says the shooting death of a homeless man by a bart officer was justified. the d.a. will not press charges again the officer in the death of charles hill he was shot and killed last july at civic center station. shortly after bart released video they say shows hill throwing a knife at officer james crowell. the d.a.'s office says crowell fired in self-defense and they praise him for have a calm demeanor. >>> deputies trying to determine the cause of an early m

he is with "mother jones," a magazine that covers the republican party instinctively.lican voters don't seem to care for any of the candidates. take a look at the latest cbs/"new york times" numbers which show only one-third of republican voters are even satisfied with the candidates still standing. 62% wish there were other choices. in other words other candidates. compare that to the beginning of october when republicans were evenly split on the issue, 46/46 in terms of were they happy with their field? where are you, ed? are you happy with this field that now has come down to basically mitt romney who is only ahead in one of the three big national polls, and santorum, who is right ahead of him in a couple of the three polls, and of course newt is still in the race? >> it is not a flattering time for our party. we are into a hand-to-hand combat phase, a phase that doesn't serve the republican party well. >> do you like the combatants? >> there will never be a better contrast than with obama now. >> do you like the combatants in your field? >> you fight with the army

david corn is the washington b buree -- buree chief for mother jones and a political analyst here forntlemen, let's look at the polling. this is from fox news. it has some fascinating findings. the poll was conducted from monday through thursday of this week. in the first two days of this ç week, romney has a big lead. his closest opponent is gingrich. santorum, a distant third. look at the numbers for the last two days. wednesday of thursday of this week shows santorum surging, doubling his vote practically, and gingrich collapsing. look at the numbers on the right. santorum is now tied at 30% with mitt romney and gingrich is, again, a distant third. david corn, this is stunning. it shows -- what a boring word -- volatility. this is a national poll by fox and it shows what happened. this guy wins three primaries and all of a sudden, the entire people in the country, the republicans like lemmings? they just all of a sudden say, oh, is that the word from the big boys? i guess we're all now for santorum. >> it's a shiny object. >> why are they doing it? >> if you look at the numbers, m

joining me is politico reporter joe williams and david corn from mother jones.re both political analysts. you first, joe. is this all good news, or is it quick -- is it too good, too soon it will get worse and then we'll be in worse shape? i hate to be irish about it. my mother -- the worst is going to happen, no matter how good the news is. then she was right or wrong. whatever. >> it's not -- >> assume the better and it always turns out that way. >> certainly a dark cloud around the silver lining. sure, unemployment is down. sure, things look good. lifetime between now and november. anything can happen. already we've seen signs in the middle east where the strait of hormuz situation could tick oil prices up, slide the economy back down. >> that's what screwed carter. oil prices. >> the cbo report indicates it's going to be about 8.8 by the end of the year. it looks like they may finish ahead of that. it may still maintain around 8.3, mid8s. >> you are fearful of a second dip? >> second dip is inevitable and nobody can control whether that happens or not. >> be

and david corn is an msnbc contributor for mother jones magazine.great to have you on this friday. let's just look tat it in generl terms. let's start with virginia. virginia state politics there. why is it -- is it the republicans pushing it there? ultrasound was picked up -- well, why are they pushing like ultrasound and personhood and issues like that? 2012? >> i think the party has moved so far to the right in so many states around the country, that you see in virginia, a state that's a must win for republicans if they're going to win the election in the general election. going so far right with a bill like this that mcdonnell, governor mcdonnell looked at it. at first glance thought it was okay. then remembered he might be a running mate for mitt romney and realized maybe it's not okay. and said it's not acceptable. i think what you are seeing is a real takeover on the right, maybe an overreach on social issues where they think maybe we've gotten this far in the primary race. maybe we keep this going and go for the gold. >> your thoughts as a m