in pennsylvania, you cannot do that. in michigan and florida, if you show up on election day and do not have the right kind of id, you vote by provisional ballot but you also fill out an affidavit saying you are you say you are. it's a signature matches with what is in the foot to -- registration books accounts automatically. and pennsylvania, you have to go out and get a valid form of id within six days in order for your vote to count. as we showed at trial, if you're starting from scratch trying to get a new id, that will be virtually impossible to do. the number you keep throwing out, 759,000, is a number the state generated. that is our own number. it actually does not include another 700,000 voters where the state could not positively determined that they have some form of id. even the state's own numbers show it is over 1 million people. i don't think it is over a million people that don't have id, but somewhere between half a million and a million? i would not be surprised. if it is a close election -- and i think

first we're going to pennsylvania. believe it or not, there is a plan to rig this election. >> referee: good morning, i'm melissa harris-perry. if you're old enough to be a baby nerd in the 70s, you learned about how a bill becomes a law. he told us his life story. >> when i started, i wasn't even a bill, i was just an idea. some folks back home decide they wanted a law passed. he said you're right, there ought to be a law. >> this morning, i'd like to look into the life story of a law that's not quite as innocent as bill on capitol hill. pennsylvania's voter id legislation. this week, it will find it's way into pennsylvania supreme court where the american civil liberties union and others will vote for it. the voter id laws are one of the strictest in the nation. they will be appealing the decision of common welt court judge robert simpson. he rejecting a idea that would have kept the law from being implemented at the polls on november 6th. he based it on a 2008 ruling in which the court upheld voter id law in indiana

pennsylvania is expected to announce its decision on voter i.d. tuesday. >>> the onions gallup poll says white rural americans prefer iran's president over president obama. we'll tell you who took credit for the phony story. >>> but, first, let's go to chicago. a man came up with the idea to open up a gym after he lost his job. as you see, it has a lot more to offer than just dumbbells and treadmills. chicago yoga instructor bret holten had no idea to be a small business owner until he lost his job. >> this gym actually closed down and those of us that worked here pretty quickly got together and said, is there anything we can do to sort of keep going and do our own thing. we had sort of pieced together some equipment and some classes and were up and running within about two months. >> they reopened as i.d. gym and kept the previous staff. >> we started with zero member, which i would never do, again. we had to move really quickly. when the former space closed, there were about 600 members and before they went anywhere else, we grabbed like 80 or 1

first, to pennsylvania. because believe it or not there, is a plan to rig this election. >>> good morning, i'm melissa harris-perry. if you are old enough to be a baby nerd back in the '70s. you learned on school house rock how a bill becomes a law. remember just a bill sitting on capitol hill when he told us his life story. >> when i started i wasn't even a bill. i was just an idea. some folks pack home decided they wanted a law passed and called a local congressman and said you're right there, ought to be a law. >> well, this morning, i would like to look a little more into the life story of a law that's not quite as innocent as our little friend bill on capitol hill. pennsylvania's voter i.d. legislation. this week, it will find its way into pennsylvania's supreme court, where the american civil liberties union and other opponents will present oral arguments against it. pennsylvania's law requiring voting identification at the polls one of the strictest in the nation. opponents at this week's pennsylvania

is working in pennsylvania but certainly pennsylvania is slowing down those efforts certainly there's also an opportunity for another lawsuit should plaintiffs in in pennsylvania decide look the law may be legal the law may be in place but there's not there's insufficient education there's insufficient ability certainly that suggested by the testimony at trial that. the ability of pennsylvania infrastructure to be able to reach all these voters may be in question and that the inability for pennsylvania to be able to enact this law reasonably to be able to enact it fairly may give rise to an equal protection challenge as well so that may be a sort of an eleventh hour lawsuit should this prove to be an six. well remarkable moving on to florida where famously in two thousand governor jeb bush successfully through katherine harris successfully through some somewhere between ten thousand and eighty thousand largely african-americans off the voting rolls governor scott has has tried to restart this do you think the elections officials in florida will follow governor scott's orders and start

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is serious, this notion that he potentially has a shot in pennsylvania. if he does, it would be a dramatic shift. >> wow, we heard, wolf, a lot of analysts say the real turning point could come in the debates which begin wednesday in denver. now we also have received this memo from a romney senior adviser that makes it sound as though romney is the underdog. let me read a portion of it now. saying president obama is a uniquely gifted speaker and is widely regarded as one of the most talented political communicators in modern history. this will be the eighth one on one presidential debate of his political career. for mitt romney, it will be his first. so what is at the root here? is this a little reverse psychology? >> right, they're trying to lower expect takings for their respective candidate, making the other guy seem like he's lincoln or douglas or the greatest debaters in the history of the united states. so that if they don't do so well, the expectations game is a little lower. reminds me when al gore was debating george w. bush in 2000, al gore, the

. >> in pennsylvania, challenging the new voter i.d. a lot. >> it's a criminal offense against democracy. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> someone releases a crudely made anti-muslim video and four americans died in libya. protesters stormed the american embassies in egypt and yemen. suddenly, the campaign is no longer about the key economy but the way the president is conducting foreign policy. >> the administration was wrong standing by a statement sympathizing for those who had breached our embassy. >> , romney has a tendency to shoot first and aim later. as president, i have learned you cannot do that. "the american embassy in cairo said that they condemned the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of muslims. at 10:15 a.m., a crowd began to gather outside of the cairo embassy. protesters scaled the wall and pulled down the american flag. at 4:00 p.m. eastern time, a gunman attacked the american consulate in benghazi resulting in the death of four americans inc

how does pennsylvania compare? >> you have to have a photo i.d.many, you can use a utility bill, a birth certificate as i.d. pennsylvania and a handful of other state, you need a picture i.d. what's more, in pennsylvania, if you don't have a picture i.d., you'll get a provisional ballot and the ballot will be counted only if you hand in a photo i.d. somewhere down the line. but at the end of the day that's what the opponents of the law are objecting to, they say that it will disproportionately affect minorities, elderly, students. in the case of student, the law says you need a college i.d. that has a specific expiration at a time. you'd be surprised at the number of schools that don't do that and of course in pennsylvania and elsewhere, students voted heavily for president obama. >> any inclination how they might go? >> three are democrats, three are republican, one can't vote because she's been charged with corruption. so it's likely to be a tie and frankly the law is likely to stand. protests are likely to continue right up to election day. >>

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coming to pennsylvania avenue on october 6 through october 8.it us online for more information. >> good morning, washington. >> 6:00 then on this tuesday morning. the taliban has added ba prince harry to its hit list. he is flying an apache helicopter on his second tour of duty in afghanistan. the british military is keeping him away from afghan soldiers and using code names. they were able to keep a secret back in 2008 before twitter. >> the duke and duchess of cambridge arrived in singapore this morning,. they will visit four countries in nine days in asia. this is their third official trip since their wedding. they will tour the world famous botanical garden in singapore today. it's time to check in with adam caskey. >> looks like a beautiful sunrise this morning. >> i have been meaning to get around to some of the photographs that my wonderful facebook friends are posting on my facebook page. . thanks for the look at this one taken saturday night, the sunset in west virginia at bear river. it looks like the sky is on fire. and this one is in

florida in 2000, pennsylvania in 2012. and that's the real fear here.ot of the argument was that this is being done too fast and they don't have the capacity to do it well. georgia put a law like this in place. they took years to put in it place. and in pennsylvania, they have potentially 800,000 voters. the d.o.t. says they are expecting to process like 10,000 ids. the maximum they could do about 60,000 in this period. so that's hundreds of thousands of people that they have no capacity to get an id, even if all of them showed up tomorrow. >> joy reid, you have to wonder what the urgency is about here when you consider this stipulation -- this is an agreement between both sides that was filed with the court. it says, there have been no investigations or prosecutions of in-person voter fraud in pennsylvania, and the parties do not have direct personal knowledge of any such investigations or prosecutions in other states. >> yeah, and, lawrence, that is exactly the question that was asked by each of the three democratic justices in the court arguments tod

romney is in pennsylvania today, not airing any ads in the state today. this is a state that hasn't supported a republican in nearly 25 years. apparently his visit, according to his aides talking privately is more about fund-raising to try to sort of slow the president's momentum with early voting in many areas under way. early voting began in iowa thursday morning and voters lined up to cast their ballots. president obama's team is feeling confident that most of these early votes will be for the president. >> this many people this early in the morning really shows that there's strong support here in iowa for the president. >> reporter: on thursday, both candidates were in another battleground state. >> how's it going, virginia beach? >> reporter: president obama talked to voters in southern virginia. >> growing our economy begins with a strong and thriving middle class. >> reporter: while mitt romney talked with veterans about looming cuts to the military in the northern part of the state. >> 136,000 jobs will be lost in virginia as a result of this move

two pennsylvanias we talked about. pennsylvania-kentucky. whatever you want to talk about.ban areas, philadelphia, allentown, scranton, and then erie and pittsburgh on the other side. and in the middle, it's all red. when you think about organized labor and the power that they have in those urban areas and the ability to turn people out. it's critical. you can win the state by just winning those urban areas, in fact, the last time around the president won the state of pennsylvania, by winning the urban areas. >> there's a bit of common wisdom that there aren't any blue states, there are only blue cities, and the cities are big enough, powerful enough and mobilized enough to carry the state or not. >> it's a real contrast in pennsylvania. you can see it you have the cities, the rural areas and suburbs, and those areas that carry the state. and which is why voter suppression is so prevalent in pennsylvania. the speaker of the house said in a republican state wide convention, we have voter i.d. pass paths to help romney win. done. >> check. >> if you look at it, it's significa

the republicans are just playing catch-up right now in pennsylvania but they do have field teams in pennsylvaniahink what the republicans are doing in pennsylvania is forcing obama to play a little bit of defense. they want to make sure that he is not too comfortable in pennsylvania but they're not investing a whole lot of time there. we'll see romney visit the state a little bit in the fall but not the way he will be visiting states like ohio, florida or virginia. jenna: do you think appearances by either of them, mitt romney because he is behind in the polls, will really make a difference? is that what pennsylvaniaians want to see? do they want that attention? >> i don't necessarily think that will make that much of a difference. i do think the president showing up in places like philadelphia does excite the base, does get people out. romney is probably going to spend time in western pennsylvania. that is where your white working class, so-called reagan democrats are. i think if he is going to win pennsylvania he will focus a lot of attention on that side of the state hoping to get out voters

what exactly does legally entitled to vote in pennsylvania mean anyway.ou got help that somebody smiled on you. this afternoon after jim cramer posted on twitter, he tweeted again pennsylvania came directly to my rescue and he can vote. it's clearly happy news for a citizen who loves voting and a son who loves his dad. and as for the other several hundred thousand pennsylvaniians who won't be able to vote, well, for you there's just one last hope.

we're going to win pennsylvania. we're going to take the white house. >> reporter: it could be a questionable move. not only does romney have ground to make up in swing states like ohio and florida, the latest cnn poll of polls in pennsylvania shows romney trailing the president by ten points. republicans have tried but failed to win pennsylvania in recent presidential elections. just ask john mccain who made his own last-ditch effort. >> there's just one day left until we take america in a new direction. we need to win in pennsylvania tomorrow. with your help we will win. >> reporter: now, it's unclear what kind of resources romney would put into pennsylvania when asked whether the campaign would buy any ads here, romney aide said that is for the romney campaign to know and for the obama campaign to worry about. but getting back to that phone call, wolf, between romney and prime minister netanyahu, mitt romney just briefed reporters on his campaign plane just about half an hour ago about that conversation. he said n

the republican lawmaker in pennsylvania who sponsored the voter photo i.d.ard, the one that top republican in the legislature said would allow romney to win the state in november, now says that the people who can't comply with the law's rigorous requirements are simply too lazy, lazy, to go through the rigmarole, too lazy to worry about. there we have it. the plan. keep blacks from voting, spread the word blacks are too lazy to works too lazy to get new i.d. laws. think black people don't get it? thank they don't recognize the jim crow tactics of shutting down voting? you name it, then stirring up racial resentment against them, insult added to injury, insult that leads to more injury. if the black turnout is lower they'll pile on and say you lost it for yourself. get ready for the worst.

rain continues in southern pennsylvania. the pennsylvania turnpike is not an enjoyable ride this morning. this rain is heading for philadelphia and new jersey eventually as we go throughout your morning rush hour. as far as the forecast goes today, we're beautiful in the northern portion of the country and it's in the middle that we're dealing with the rainfall today including washington, d.c. that's a look at your national forecast and now here's a look at the weather outside your window. washington, d.c., will not see rain all day long. most of it will stay to the north of you this morning. there will be an additional chance of showers and storms later today. very warm conditions continue. dallas, texas, lorraine field, you have to wait. it doesn't seem like a big deal but two inches of rain that have had a horrible drought, enjoy it. >>> bill, thank you. >>> well, another union deal, student debt climbs, and a new meaning to the term k-nine cop. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, twilight

we're going to win pennsylvania.white house. >> reporter: now, just to get away from some of the horse race news going on today, one of the other things that mitt romney talked about at this event was he went back to this line of attack on president obama, referring back to the president's comments to "60 minute minutes" when he described activities in the middle east as bum npz tps in the road. he talked about the nuclear situation in iran, worries about iran developing a nuclear weapon as a bump in the road. and, fredricka, that was a clear signal that mitt romney is, you know, courting jewish american voters who are concerned about israeli security and just a few moments ago we can report our rachel streitfeld, political producer, is very close to mitt romney right now as part of the press pool, and she said that the romney campaign has confirmed that mitt romney just wrapped up a phone call with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, done while romney was sitting on the tarmac at a philadelphia airport this comes aft

what exactly does legally entitled to vote in pennsylvania mean anyway.n you. this afternoon after jim cramer posted on twitter, he tweeted again pennsylvania came directly to my rescue and

but we really need to keep an eye on pennsylvania. jim cramer, cnbc's popular host, told his 500,000 million twitter followers that his elderly father will not be allowed to vote because he cannot drive. he is elderly and cannot prove his citizenship. and within seven hours, cramer's dad got his i.d. that's great news. it's that easy, right? no. if you have a famous son it is, yes. but what about the millions without a voice? an abc news report just detailed how hard it is for pennsylvanians trying to get i.d. it can include two long waiting periods. one man helping his 87-year-old mother described, quote, it was hell all told. that is why tomorrow is so important. pennsylvania supreme court will consider whether the law is unfairly blocking the vote. court testimony suggested that the controversial law could disenfranchise over a million people. governor tom corbett signed it in march claiming it would stop voter fraud. but our top pennsylvania republican admitted what it's really about. >> voter i.d., which is going to allow governo

it start pennsylvania republicans passed a law to make voting harder.you have voting unless you show a new kind of documentation you never had to show before and that thousands of people do not have. it's been called the strict test in the nation. in the court cases that are fighting it, it's estimated it may ban from voting 700 thousand people, more than a million people. when you have that many people cut out of the most basic exercise of citizenship, you are bound to know one of them. it starts being a pressing problem for you or somebody in your life. this voter, for example, michael, he calculated the time and money he spent getting his new id, the one that's required if pennsylvania. there's nothing strange about him. he's a guy who lives in philly, uses public transportation, doesn't have a driver's license. to get the id, it took a lot of motivation, six hours including two days missing time off from work. the expense amounts to just over $65. abc news chronicled dmv trips from hell. facing long drives, long lines in government offices, repeat t

ceremonies will take place in new york, virginia, and pennsylvania. the events start at the pentagon, where a ceremony will be held early this morning with the u.s. flag unfurled over the side of the building at sunrise. president obama will attend a wreath-laying ceremony here later this morning. in new york monday night, the new freedom tower was lit up in red, white, and blue. at its base, the world trade center memorial. today, the names of each victim of the twin towers attacks will be read aloud by their families. and in shanksville, virginia, monday, leon panetta toured the memorial with united flight 93 went down. at sunset, 40 luminaries lit the wall. vice president biden will attend ceremonies there later this morning. and good news for visitors to the 9/11 memorial in new york. a dispute over how to fund construction of a museum on the memorial grounds was resolved monday night. >> we feel the public is so needing this complimentary experience to the memorial. >> reporter: construction begins at the end of the month. >> that was susan mcgin

law in pennsylvania was very, very weak. they had people who were, for example, testifying who were out of state, union workers who came into pennsylvania and allegedly went around and observed department of motor vehicle practices, not being followed, although they could produce no report. so they had people -- one of them was a moveon.org person and they had voters complain that an office wasn't open or a security guard handed them the wrong form and the list went on and on. very minor as far as we are concerned. but the plaintiffs didn't show that this law would in any way, shape or form disenfranchise voters. >> eric: those opponents, they may say they have major objections and even one person -- one who can't get the proper i.d. and could be denied the vote, that that is a violation of what this country stands for? >> no one will be denied the right to vote in pennsylvania. if you show up at a polling place under this law and you don't have your i.d., your acceptable photo-i.d., you can vote by provisional ballot and th

romney is right to feel uneasy about pennsylvania. a republican pollster in the state told reporters why romney is in such a bad position with pennsylvania voters. >> i think the bain capital ads that the president has run and the super pacs have run have stopped some of mitt romney's growth in the western part of the state with working class voters. >> romney isn't getting much support from those closest to him either. anonymous friends of the campaign associates savaged the candidate in politico. louie candidate. doesn't know the the room. not a great politician. and he's missing the normal guy gene. >> "i think romney is in trouble. and he has got to win this debate. i don't think it can be well, it was a draw and -- >> wait a minute, wait a minute. where did you get that from? what do you mean romney's in trouble? because of this poll manipulation crap? >> let me just say something. the criticism of the polls is craziness. i did some research on this today, which is more than you've done. >> some righties are losing their nerve. f

is pennsylvania in play?vernor ed rendell who knows pennsylvania like no other. welcome. >> hi, alex. >> we want to talk about the fund-raiser. it's been on the governor's schedule for a while. he's not been in your state campaigning since mid-summer, so why now? >> i don't think they intended to have this rally, but i think the pennsylvania state republican party pressured them into having a rally. they're not playing in pennsylvania right now, and unless the polls improve significantly, i don't think they'll play much at this point. president obama's been very, very popular in the southeast, in the philadelphia suburbs and the city itself. it's a real tough hurdle to overcome. but interestingly, ohio, pennsylvania, florida, none of them according to the time's poll looked promising and no candidate can win without winning at least one of those three states. >> as a political veteran, you know well it's not over until it's over, and you say there are a couple of scenarios under which mitt romney could win. o

pennsylvania -- >> oh come on. >> pennsylvania, and i believe he would be competitive in michigan. >> you know you really have to be crazy for hannity to go come on. this is now being called pole trutherism. and i love what our own michael shure started. he started a hashtag called dick morris predictions. no one will even notice that the nfl is even using replacement reps. he is already catching on fire. i love it. another way that they go here with the counterattacks is mitt romney doing an on-air ad. when you see the actual candidate in the ad, you know he is in a little bit of trouble. why? because they don't normally go in that direction. he is trying to do a personal appeal. here is mitt romney trying. >> romney: president obama and i both care about poor and middle class families, the difference is my policies will make things better for them. we shouldn't measure compassion by how many people are on welfare. we should measure compassion by how many people are able to get off of welfare and get a better job. >> cenk: problem number 2 if you have to start your ad by talking abou

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