last night on the rachel maddow show, he told rachel the country's loose campaign finance rules have made dialogue between democrats and republicans practically impossible. >> i realize we now live in the worst of both worlds. the old debate between the liberals or progressives and conservatives. we're between full disclosure and limits. liberals wanted broad limits. conservatives wanted disclosure. they both said. we have neither now. neither. it's wide open. i mean, today's case with john edwards was about personal integrity and corruption. we're talking system 80 corruption now where policy, whether it be military, trade policy, budget policy with earmarks, a tax code you cannot read, rachel. these issues, these policy issues are moved by cash and big checks. they're not moved by debate anymore. in fact, when one side is speaking on the floor of the house, the other side is not even there. we've quit talking to and with each other. we're just talking at each other now. and i think the driving force, rachel is the power of money. it's gone berserk. >> lean forward with the rachel m

when rachel shackman talks about her new york retail store she named story, the last word she uses to describe it is store. >> it has the point of view of a magazine and changes four to six weeks like a gallery and sells things like a store. >> if this is sounding confuseding to you you are not alone, but it is clear when you walk through the door. it has a feel like a magazine, and every eight weeks rachel changes everything, and that means changes everything. ♪ change will do you good >> the focus and the products and the look and everything but the location. >> i think that having a physical space that changes adds a level of content and community and entertainment to the experience. >> rachel is pioneering a new concept in retail, and rather than knowing exactly what to expect as you do in most stores, you would visit story precisely because you don't know what to expect. >> i feel like it can be so, especially if you shop a lot like i do, it can be very routine like doing the same kind of shopping all of the time. and it is nice to be able to get excited about something changing.

. >> rachel, it's me! rachel! >> exhibit b-5 creates an internet sensation sparking vigorous debate. some believe it's really leaked trial evidence. >> it feels real. like the shaky camera and the sort of awkward moments when they aren't saying a lot. >> many others think this is a sick and twisted hoax. >> this is definitely fake. if somebody's hit by a car you're going to keep a camera on your face and run to them? our instincts are to drop and help your friend. >> so what is the truth? >> well, i just got back from the funeral so i'd have to say exhibit b-5 is pretty damn real. >> wait, there's no way -- >> hi. i'm cindy and i played rachel on exhibit b-5. and i am all good. >> that's more like it. >> rachel! >> exhibit b-5 is a ghoulish take on prank videos. it comes from the creative mind of film director kyle rankin. >> i think people like to watch videos like this because it's similar to getting on a roller coaster. it's skirting death. that's why it's so popular. >> kyle has worked on many films including

but for rachel, they bring more than just money. >> it also gives us authority.ot just about a transaction. you know, you wouldn't see, you know, color story brought to you by taco bell. >> rachel wouldn't divulge what the next theme will be the reveal is part of the fun. >> it's a surprise. you have to sign up to find out. >> now it's likely most of you watching aren't going to change your whole store around every eight weeks but what can you incorporate from story into your own business? let's turn to jennifer hill, an attorney and best-selling author carol ross is a business strategist. >> great to be here. >> the one thing that rachel said in the piece that i found interesting, she repeated it a couple of times was content and community. which are generally things we hear about online retailers or online ventures, not offlien ventures. does it make sense, though? >> it does. just as we are trying to create and connect our online world in our offline world, there are ways to do that. having that in a retail space is something different. giving people another e

thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, rachel. thank you all for coming today to join us in discussing these very important questions and issues. we have a wonderful panel here this morning to talk about the issues of race in policing. let me introduce them all briefly and we'll get started with the discussion. to my immediate left is lisa dugard. she works to reduce racial bias in the criminal justice system and focuses on drug arrests. we have a leading scholar on race in law enforcement and we have a federal prosecutor who is now a law professor at wake forest university and nationally recognized on police accountability. we have police chief in new jersey since 2008 after joining the department in 1994 and received repeated awards for his leadership and to his left is professor tom tyler, professor of law and psychology at yale law school who is world famous for his research on the ways that policing practices and the conduct of other officials help to shape the legitimacy of law and legal institutions. so over the last two mo

rachel is one of our nation's leading criminal law scholars. she's written some of the most important work on sentencing over the last ten years and has also cast herself in, has basically started this new academic field of looking at criminal law as part of the system of administrative law and regulation. that's been an extremely powerful paradigm, and rachel's work has been enormously recognized for its path breaking nature. she's written some very important briefs recently. both on the side of governments and defendants that have been cited by our appellates court including the supreme court of the united states recently. i'm grateful for all the scholars and practictioners who are here today and our keynote speaker. it's a great privilege to host the annual conferences and have all of you here today. now that it looks like everyone is seated, it looks like an appropriate time to turn things over to our leader. >> thanks so much. thank you all for coming to our fourth annual conference. our center is an organization that's dedicated to promo

bring on rachel maddow who is not running against me.ant to say i'm running against her anyway, even if i'm not. so when i say scott brown has been kind of weird as a u.s. senator, that's the kind of thing that i mean. and now he is doing it again. seriously, it is hard not to take this personally. the person who really is running against scott brown for senate is elizabeth warren, the middle class economics expert and so-called sheriff of wall street, who founded the consumer financial protection bureau and thereby did not endear herself to the hedge funds and wall street investment banks who have been scott brown's top supporters. elizabeth warren is running against scott brown, but senator brown has been very reluctant to agree to a debate schedule with her. "the boston globe" reporting that the senator and his staff have refused to meet with elizabeth warren or her campaign to discuss debate invitations or dates or terms for debating. this week, though, scott brown says he would agree to a televised debate with elizabeth warren, but

joining me now are rachel maddow, host of "the rachel maddow show." and dorian warren, assistant professor of political science at columbia university and fellow at the roosevelt institute in new york. rachel, the exit polls indicated this was going to be close. we were being warned we were going to be up very late tonight counting the votes. the decision came in sooner than we expected. what does it mean in national terms and also, what does it mean in terms of the future of wisconsin? >> i think it means more in terms of policy than it does in electoral outcomes. everybody is wondering whether or not wisconsin is going to be a swing state in november. i think a lot of other things are going to affect that in wisconsin, more than this governor's race. but i think it's important in terms of policy and what drove this recall in the first place. and the reason that this all happened in wisconsin, the reason wisconsin became a totally unrecognizable place when compared with its previous politics is because republicans decided to strip union rights in tha

>> thank you, rachel. not sure if he'll have a lot of say in that. >> thanks, rachel. >>> coming up on the broadcast, the charismatic former millionaire, just convicted of arson. caught on tape in court. he appears to put something in his mouth. what happens next? we're going to show you after the break. 3 o'clock. my daily meeting with a salty snack. and then at 3:15 with my guilt. [ female announcer ] special k cracker chips. 27 crispy chips. 110 delicious calories. same time tomorrow? [ female announcer ] find them in the cracker aisle. ♪ [ female announcer ] weak, damaged hair needs new aveeno nourish+ strengthen. active naturals wheat formulas restore strength for up to 90% less breakage in three washes. for strong, healthy hair with life, new aveeno nourish+ strengthen. >>> welcome back, everyone. now, to that dramatic courtroom video. a former wall street banker apparently swallowing something, just moments after learning he was headed to prison. abc's bazi kanani has the story of what happened next

and that's what we've got set for tomorrow night's "rachel maddow show." "rachel maddow show." i hope you'll join us then. "first look" is up next. >>> scot-free. the john edwards case ends in a mistrial as the jury deadlocks on most charges. >>> bump in the road. a horrific moment in china as a car slams into a motorcycle carrying five passengers. >>> and top dog. a california restaurant cooks up the world's most expensive wiener. good morning, everyone. i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc.

the "rachel maddow show" show starts right now. good evening. i'm trying to be perfect, but i'm not there yet. >> the on-air correction is an underappreciated art. >> how come newspapers get to put it in the corner but we have to come out here and do all this. >> we can mumble, and that makes it into fine print. "rachel maddow show" starts right now. thank you, ed. thanks. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. big news day. last week when bloomberg news reported that the mitt romney for president campaign had asked the governor of florida to please stop talking about the economy getting better in florida. sighting two sources, they said the romney campaign asked florida governor rick scott to tone down his statements heraldingiment provements in the state's economy because they clash with the romney message that the nation is suffering under president barack obama. in the last few years since the financial crisis, florida unemployment did get up over 11%. now it's getting better. still bad in florida, still 8.6%, but it's better th

. >>> last night on "the rachel maddow show," former wisconsin state senator mordecai lee talked about the ground game telling rachel due to this being a simple ballot count, voter to turnout is as important as it's ever been. >> we're going back to 19th century elections where the only thick that counts is actually voting. i think this is very much a 21st century election in the sense of think of all the social media and all the technology they're going to be using tomorrow to be sure mrs. smith votes. she hasn't voted by noon, she hasn't voted by 3:00. the only thing that counts is getting people physically to the polls. and that's why i think people are watching the weather forecasts because they think that's going to askt ground game. >> how's the weather going to be tomorrow? >> light breeze, sprinkles, otherwise pretty good. and the conventional wisdom of american politics and wisconsin politics is that good weather leads to sort of casual voters deciding to vote instead of staying home so they probably break democratic. >> you won't want to miss out on rachel's unique take on po

rachel dugal claims not to have slept properly or eaten for days. she's being held along with throw other britains, julia ponder, paul beals after police seized cocaine worth more than $1.5 million pounds. from bali, nick brian reports. >> for a british woman at the center of the drug trafficking allegations, the awfulness of the situation has made her fearful and fragile. concerns for her physical and mental state today led the internetion authorities to transfer rachel dugele from the jail where she's being held to a police hospital. the 38-year-old said she hasn't been sleeping or eating and that she's missing her 6-year-old daughter. another britain in custody is 5-year-old lindsey sanderford, arrested at bali airport on the 19th of may. it's thought she agreed to take part in a sting operation aimed at rachel dugal and dugal's partner julian ponder, arrested last friday. both claimed they were set up by lindsey, who allegedly disguised the drugs as a birthday present for their daughter. sanderford's lawyer said she brought the drugs into the co

good evening, rachel. >> i love you, ed, you're awesome. >> i love you too, rachel. >> thanks, man, i appreciate it. >>> thanks to you, again, for joining us on this hour on what is a hisric news day for the richest country on the planet. the united states of america is the largest economy in the world, the richest country on the planet, and that sometimes makes it hard to believe that this has to happen here. >> what brings you here? >> oh, just can't afford to go to a regular doctor and they advertise this on tv, so i called in to get my blood pressure medication done, anti-anxiety medication, get it filled. >> how often do you go to a doctor? >> least as possible. >> haven't been very often? >> no, can't afford to go to the emergency room, costs too much. >> you drove 200 miles to get here and slept in this parking lot just to have this done?ç >> yes. i've been in very excruciating pain. >> there's no shame in seeking health care. >> no, you're right. really, i am sad that we are the wealthiest nation in world and we don't take care of our own. but it will be okay. >> free clinics

rachel smolkin and steve thelma, thanks so much. we appreciate it. >>> later this hour, the political firestorm over the bush-era tax cuts. >>> meantime, developing now, today russia says it wants a big international meeting on syria, not new sanctions. and this just in, 17 syrian civilians, most of them women and children, have been killed today in dahra by a syrian army bombardment. and new video from the massacre that killed nearly 80 men, women, and children. syrian tanks rolled into town on thursday, but united nations observers did not get there until yesterday. and there is new shelling, including in the city of homs, which is the center of the 15-month-old uprising. >>> now the headlines. fiscal cliff hanger, gone fishing, and fast food makeover. forbes staff writer morgan brennan is joining me to make sense of all this. good morning. >> good morning. >> so fed reserve chair ben bernanke says the u.s. is facing a fiscal cliff. take a look at this testimony before congress. here it is. >> a potential expiration of the so-call

i said -- my exact words was this -- >> yes. >> call rachelle. tell her i need to speak to her.eep ] decision. grow up or something like that. >> yeah, you did. >> if you send me to cw or send me to the box. >> right. >> i was aggravated, rachelle. >> i know that. >> and the only way i know how to channel my anger is physically. so instead of me doing that, i'm yelling. >> yep. >> i'm yelling. >> that was recognized. >> rachelle, tell you the truth, all jokes aside, i'm not trying to play with you. like you know, you got your job. you the boss and i respect you. know what i'm coming from? >> yep. >> you and i both know usually i wouldn't care about being -- about being seg. doesn't matter. i'll stay here. >> i know. >> i just feel as though, if i just did four months. four months. >> that's why i'm saying you're not dead in the water. >> the next step for esdale is administrative segregation or asu hearing that will determine how long he remain in segregation. >> you'll most likely be seeing asu tomorrow. yes. >> i'll be there. >> all right. >> i'll be there. >> all right. >> ye

my colleague, rachel maddow, host of "the rachel maddow show" joins me from new york., good to see you. >> thanks. >> let's talk about this, because it was not entirely what was expected. you have this coalition of justice roberts and the four liberals, quote/unquote, on the court. and it does send a signal that you can't always prejudge. you shouldn't prejudge what the court will do. and perhaps it takes some of the sting of politics out of this whole debate. >> it's so interesting to look at the difference in expectations about what was going to happen today. and then what actually happened. i mean, reading the political body language yesterday in washington, i mean, the republicans planned to have their congressional spokespeople on health reform, cathie mcmorris-rogers, one other member of congress, at the court and walking outside and making an immediate comment. the democrats, meanwhile, did their press conference at the capitol, reserved, defensive, raising money on the prospect the court is going to overturn it. president obama watching at the white house. you

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. >> thank you, rachel. >> up next, acting.

and that's what we've got set for tomorrow night's "rachel maddow show."or "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good night. >> tonight, the newest battleground state is massachusetts. >> the democrats are moving on to attack romney's record. >> dueling campaign events. >> they attack like this. >> the obama campaign goes to massachusetts. >> the state lagged far beyond the rest of the country. >> the state economy argument. >>

>> you're supposed to turn on rachel maddow and watch her call out the lie. i think actually i say that. i think that is exactly what media are supposed to do. i think we may be in this disturbing time of double or triple realiies where somebody's lie is taken to be as good as somebody's truth because it was in a book somewhere, or it was on fox or it was on some website. and that becomes sufficient to back up something that if you check just a little further is blatantly untrue. i think it's going to be a real challenge to all media but particularly the mainstream media. i've been in the old media all my life. i think that our function has to be to try to create a level playing field where the conversation is based on fact. people can have all kinds of opinions. but candidates aren't supposed to lie. romney is in dangerous territory. we heard the word lie used about him more than i heard used about a candidate in a very long time. there were the two you called out in your piece. there is the famous obama apologizes for america. he repeated that over and over

parents rachel and tony are in their car with their three small children having just left rachel's parentsheel. >> we had been driving for about 15 minutes and all of a sudden tony tells me, there's a snake head. >> i looked up out of the corner of my eye and i was like, it's a snake head and i looked back down and started studying, again, and i did a double take and thought, what in the world? >> i look over for a minute and he does a double take, too, and gets out his phone. >> being a daddy of now three, you just anything happens your phone is ready to start videoing. >> and we watch this snake come out from in front of him on the passenger side and start sliding across our windshield wipers and then over to my side. >> before they know it. a 4 1/2 foot rat snake turns their regular routine into a terrifying adventure. >> but i know nothing about snakes, so, i'm just thinking it's a poisonous snake and at that point i'm freaking out. >> the fishers' next scary thought is that it must have crawled up from the car's engine and was there a chance that it could slither its way inside the ca

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charges that's almost $1 million provided by donors fred baron and rachel "bunny" mellon to hide edwards' pregnant mistress rielle hunter while he ran for president amounted to illegal campaign contributions. edwards' attorneys argued the money was a gift and at least on one count, the jury agreed. for that, edwards was contrite. >> while i do not believe i did anything illegal or ever thought i was doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was

. >> thank you, rachel.n honor to be on the best show in television. >> flattery will get you everywhere here. you are a democrat. you're not one of these people who is idealogically committed to the idea that government knets everything wrong. why do you think we're getting this so wrong. why is this so screwed up? >> i just want to go one step further about how bad it is. people die before they get that final adjudication or may commit suicide. it's so bad that these things occur. and i think it's a bureaucracy that has been in charge for decades that doesn't want to do anything any differently. it's veters groups who sort of have -- they drank the cool-aid of the bureaucracy. they say, well, let's just play around the edges of it. and they're afraid to take on the system also. and i think what's really going on, rachel, is that we want to talk about the glory of war. how patriotic it is, and we don't want to focus on the cost of war, what happens when the young men and women come back. we don't want to pa

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