still five votes on the supreme court, including anthony kennedy to stay with the core holding of roe v. wade. there's no indcation that the supreme court is itching once again to revisit roe v. wade and possibly overturn that ruling. so if the lower courts do strike it down, it may not make it here. >> pete williams who has made it there on a gorgeous fall day at the supreme court. thank you for helping us out with this. >>> and the personhood amendment is only one of three mississippi ballot issues in the spotlight today. one would require residents to show a government-issued photo i.d. before being allowed to vote. another would put an end to the government's right to take private property by eminent domain and transfer it to others. and, of course, that's on top of the governor's race pitting republican lieutenant governor phil brian against democrat johnny dupri. the election is to replace haley barbour who is term limited. governor barbour joins me now. you have a lot on the ballot in mississippi. it's really a key test vote today on a lot of issues. let's talk about personhood first.

its goal to repeal roe v. wade, the u.s. supreme court decision that legalized abortion. >> if it makes its way up to the supreme court, and they rule that person hood is constitutional, then that does open up a window to overturn roe v. wade. >> reporter: on tuesday in mississippi, one of the most private decisions will be the focus of a public referendum. thanh truong, nbc news. >>> when "nightly news" continues, some of the country's top scientists searching for the fountain of youth and they may have just struck gold. >>> and later, some swanky new digs fit for a future king and queen. ♪ our machines help identify early stages of cancer, and it's something that we're extremely proud of. you see someone who is saved because of this technology, you know that the things that you do in your life matter. if i did have an opportunity to meet a cancer survivor, i'm sure i could take something positive away from that. [ jocelyn ] my name is jocelyn. and i'm a cancer survivor. [ woman ] i had cancer. i have no evidence of disease

, before he was against roe v. wade.und out through admiral mullen that haqqani has been involved with, and that's the terrorist group directly associated with the pakistani countries. and that's exactly what i'm going to bring to washington when i go there in november, or excuse me, in january of 2013. >> that's what they call foreshadowing. at the next debate, we're now into october, we really started to see that the rick perry/mitt romney bickering we've all come to know and love about the republican debate show, that that was not only going to be exciting, it was going to be çÑii >> i'll tell you this, though. we have the lowest number of kids, as a percentage, uninsured of any state in america. you have the highest. i'm still speaking. i'm still speaking. i'm still speaking. we have less than 1% of our kids that are uninsured. you have a million kids uninsured in texas. a million kids. under president bush the percentage of uninsured went down. under your leadership, it's gone up. >> i'm still speaking. that was jus

he said he didn't -- he would not overturn roe v. wade. he didn't think it was a good idea. mean, he proactively offered a lot of these comments to kind of be specific about his position and it was so soon after he got elected that, you know, he voted to -- he vetoed an emergency contraception bill here in the state very soon after he got elected. and he completely changed his tune. so, i think that's an important fact to know about. >> melissa kogut, i'm glad you held on to the notes. thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thank you. >>> up next, white house press secretary jay carney joins me in an exclusive interview to discuss the 2012 race and president obama's agenda. >>> and the crazy right wing family research council gives an award to deadbeat dad congressman joe walsh for being such a great family man. and that, of course, gets joe walsh back in tonight's rewrite. >>> still to come tonight, the other herman cain scandal. the one he's really worried about. the irs has been asked to investigate the cash that got the cain campaign started. it could be some tax

. >> i believe that since roe v. wade has been the law for 20 years that we should sustain and support it. >> i'm in favor of having the supreme court overturn roe v. wade. >> thank you, john huntsman campaign. you get the idea here. so mitt romney saying today that he is, and i quote, "as consistent as human beings can be, that is a mistake by mitt romney for two reasons. one is that it's funny for him to say that. it's so demonstrably, provably, obviously, unshakingly untrue, there is basically not a single major issue in american politics on which mitt romney has not taken both sides of that issue. but the bigger mistake here is that mitt romney is talking at all, that mitt romney is even making himself available to make laugh out loud mistakes at this point. here's another example. here's mitt romney yesterday doing what i think he hoped would be just a local media event in florida. >> let me ask you about tax cuts and corporate tax cuts and tax cuts for the wealthy. >> denise, you're buying into president obama's lin

. >> i believe that since roe v. wadelaw for 20 years, that we should sustain and support it. >> i'm in favor of having the supreme court overturn roe v. wade. >> wow, a lot of 180s along that road. yesterday romney tried to defend himself against the charges of flip-flopping to the seacoast media editorial board. let's listen. >> i think you'll find that i've been as consistent as human beings can be as i look at those issues and as i try to apply those principles to government. i cannot state every single issue in exactly the same words, every single time. >> he's even flip-flopping on flip-flopping. i mean, mark, here's a guy who says, i simply rephrased my position while he was for a man-made climate change before a week ago, now he doesn't believe there is such a thing. he was against -- he was for limiting co2 emissions. now he says we should definitely not do that. he was for, basically, a woman's right to choose an abortion. he's now completely against that now. i mean, i haven't been able to locate it. what do yo

the right next step is to see roe v. wadeg to say anything. >> we've put together an exchange and the president's copying that, i'm glad to hear. >> obamacare is bad news. >> see it all at mittvmitt.com. >> the dnc is spending about $22 million, which amounts to the trailer running a few times in each market, but obviously we're showing it. the idea is to really get people like us talking about it. alex wagner and sam stein joining us. thank you so much, it seems to me you've got to be mitt romney thinking through how you find your way through the flip-flop issue. is this something, a, he can fix, or b, that the independent voter's just going to say, hey, male or female, you know, i flip a lot on issues. i'm not sure where i stand. is there any way this doesn't hurt him? alex? >> alex first? >> i'm sorry, go ahead, sam. >> i mean, i think this is something that's dogged mitt romney for a while now. and it's sort of ingrained in the voter's mind that he has a problem with consistency. my surprise is it took the dnc to do this.

the right next step in the fight to preserve the sanity of life is see roe v. wade overturned. >> he was pro choice, then he's pro life. >> he flip-flops against just like he did on abortion, just like he did on independence. look, i was an independent during the time of reagan/bush. >> the pells are as trued today as the day he spoke them. >>> to the growing tension now over nato's weekend air strike on pakistani army to the afghanistan border. nato commanders suspect they were trick by the taliban into attacking the pakistani post. the nato troops apparently mistook the talibani post for a taliban encampment and called in an air strike. 24 pakistani soldiers were killed. >>> an american businessman held in aruba in the suspect in the presumed death of an american friend is being released today. a judge ruled there's not enough evidence to hold him any longer. his traveling companion, robyn gardner, disappeared in august. gee or dan giordano says she was pulled out to sea while they were snorkeling. >>> on the cbs money watch, positive stock necessary europe and ye

so, i don't think it could exist consistent with roe v. wadee that this new appreciation of personhood would require the court to overturn roe v. wade. >> i'm not a lawyer, but it seems to me to be even broader than roe v. wade, because it's not only about abortion, it's about the establishment of personhood in any fashion. >> well, that's correct. i mean, if it was merely about abortion, commonly understood as the termination of a pregnancy, it might be drafted to say life begins or personhood begins at, say, implantation. but since it goes back even farther than that to fertilization, whatever we mean by that, it implicates more than just abortion. it implicates certain forms of birth control, it implicates fertility treatments, anyplace where we're putting these pre-embryonic persons' life at risk. >> colorado's tried this, as far as i've read, a couple times, maybe? and the group there involved in this, personhood usa, is looking carefully to see whether they can put these on ballots in different states. it hasn't passed anywhere before, bu

secondly i did want to quickly comment on the issue of roe v. wade was not about abortion. it was about a woman's right to choose. nothing in roe v. wade is mentioned the word abortion. there were many issues and pieces of legislation that were presented at the time that were never passed by the supreme court. >> host: we will have to give mr. levin a chance to respond. >> guest: if you read the roe v. wade decision is all about abortion and discusses discusses in great detail the abortion procedure and a woman's right to choose is a matter of choosing abortion. to the first question about grover norquist, it has been interesting to watch how grover norquist has become so prominent in the criticisms of congressional conservatives. i think it is vastly overstated. grover norquist and a lot of c-span viewers know has a pledge that he has any office seeker who wants to uphold to say they won't raise the net rate on the american public. if you raise taxes you have to lower other taxes. the reason politicians stick to that is because they believed their voters want them to, not b

the right next step is to see roe v. wade overturned. >> two mitts willing to say anything. >> we've put together an exchange and the president's copying that idea. i'm glad to hear that. obama care is bad news. >> see it all at mittvmitt.com. >> so, that's the ad that came out yesterday and the obama campaign went as far as sending out a message from the president's own twitter account, mocking romney for having "two sides that can only agree on wanting to be president." the romney camp responded with a series of conference calls yesterday, coming out aggressively, mobilizing a team of surrogates in 12 states to accuse democrats of trying to divert attention away from the economy with that "mitt versus mitt" ad. >>> herman cain is on the defensive this morning with an atlanta woman accusing the former godfather's pizza ceo of a 13-year affair that ended, she says, just before he launched his presidential run. mr. cain flatly denied the allegations. >> it was pretty simple. it was uncomplicated and i was aware that he was mar

those things that would put such extreme limitations on women and this is taking the specter pre roe v wade that this is this is nothing within the margin of revote is so razor thin but i've seen groups all day nationwide saying you know anyone mississippi encourage them to go vote remind them to vote no trying to get is going to pull out if they can and cliff you i realize you deal with issues nationwide as well as just in ohio but what's in the minute we have left what's your carry home from the elections nationwide today as well as well i mean obviously going down a shooter is huge here you know i think in virginia it's really important because if we lose the state senate democrats to you and you'll have it right when control of bob mcdonnell at the top and the toss up you know from what i've read and what i know so that is just i think a really important you know in ohio we've seen what can happen in florida in other states when the right wing gets control everything so the state senate is like that one holdout so i think that's a really important election i just you should actually be

roe versus wade was not about abortion. it was about a woman's right to choose. nothing in roe v. wade that mentions the word "abortion."here were many issues -- pieces of legislation that were presented at the time that were never passed by the supreme court -- host: we will give mr. levin a chance to respond. guest: it discuss the abortion procedure. it's not a matter of choice in general. to the question about grover norquist -- it has been interesting to watch how he is become so prominent in criticism of conservatives. he has a pledge or any office seeker of as holder consign to say there will not raise the net tax rate on the american people. politicians stick to that because they believe voters want them to. not because they have signed with blood 8 grover norquist petition. the actual incidence of republicans is also understated. we have seen republicans on the supercommittee offer a proposal. presumably the leadership in both parties agree with them. what they want a return is reform. democrats are not willing to do that. there's no grover norquist on the left. it is easier to understand politics if you think a

they're saying, you know, this might go a little too far and could hamper our ability to challenge roe v. wadeon hood movement. they're saying we've got to be careful because we might be stepping too far, we might be really strengthening roe v. wade. >> mallory simon, thank you so much. >>> gps tracking. should police be allowed to follow your every move without permission? what the supreme court's decision could mean to your privacy. for a hot dog cart. my mother said, "well, maybe we ought to buy this hot dog cart and set it up someplace." so my parents went to bank of america. they met with the branch manager and they said, "look, we've got this little hot dog cart, and it's on a really good corner. let's see if we can buy the property." and the branch manager said, "all right, i will take a chance with the two of you." and we've been loyal to bank of america for the last 71 years. careful because we might be decision could mean to your nationwide insurance, talk to me. should i bundle all my policies with nationwide insurance ? watch this. on one hand, you have your home insurance with one

it was after you become president and roe v. wade is overturned, what will you do?his response about that nationally. >> to impose intolerance and drive out of existence, religion, it is a threat. they use the government to repress the government -- >> he is ememploying the culture world. and then this is him seeming to flirt with personhood, and that was defeated, but it's the most radical possible conception. >> i would like to explore where personhood begins at conception, and you could in the same law block the court and say this will not be subject to review, which is what we have precedent for. you would not have a constitutional amendment because the congress exercises its authority to define life, and to therefore undue all of roe v. wade for the entire country. >> this is a radical, radical position. congre congressman, as a profession al person, and he says partly of what i would like to explore, this is something you have to practice at to thread the needle, telling the audience what they want to hear. >> i think that's what people think of politicians as

they hope to get it before the supreme court they could overturn roe v. wade and send the abortion issue back to the individuals states, but national pro-life groups don't agree with that strategy, fearing if it were to go before the supreme court and lose it could turn the pro-life movement back 10 years. >> john roberts live in jackson tonight, thank you. >>> the ohio governor signed a bill today designed to limit abortions under the age 18, that they must be asked about the emotional and physical consequences of the procedure. >>> california congresswoman laura richardson says she's being singled out for an ethics probe because she is african american. the house ethics committee will investigate whether richardson made her congressional staff work on her re-election campaign. richardson says the committee fails to apply the same standards to white male lawmakers. >>> still ahead, gun walking before operation fast and furious. >>> and up next, a longtime democratic politician steps d i was having trouble getting out of bed in the morning because my back hurt

. >> i will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose, the right next step is to see if roe v. wade overturns. >> two mitts willing to say anything. >> the last thing the white house wants is to have to run against mitt romney anthony saul in a statement. so, instead of focusing on the economy and creating jobs. democrats. there you are. focused on tearing down mitt romney. the is cicadas that we call political ads have returned. >> shepard: technical glitches have as well too. there is a sex abuse scandal unfolding in a major athletics power house. this time the sport is basketball and the university is syracuse. now a third man has come forward claiming the team's long-time assistant basketball coach bernie fine molested him when he was a child. earlier this month two stepbrothers came forward making similar claims. coach fine had denied all of this but yesterday syracuse university fired him after 36 years of service when the scandal first broke, the team's legendary head coach jim bay heim said in a statement bernie has my full support but then he released another statement sayi

roe/wade and others say this is unreasonable. >> it's fascinating. john, it does challenge roe v wade. what would it mean nationally? >> nationally it would send a signal that this attempt to kick this to the supreme court ultimately was fully in effect. overnight it would ban abortion or attempt to ban abortions in mississippi. but as tom said, this is controversial not just in the polling between men and women, democrats and republican, but even some right to life groups and the local cath thick bishop said they're opposed to abortion, but this is too extreme.thick bishop said they're opposed to abortion, but this is too extreme. so this is a real cliffhanger. >> this is where you get your base. tom, let me ask you about ohio. this is a big deal for unions and their benefits. what's the bottom line on that? >> the mississippi vote will be about 8:00. in ohio, the votes should start coming in around the polls closing at 7:30. in the ohio ballot, issue number 2, they're talking about collective g collective bargaining. the republican governor there signed a new law which takes away a lot of collect of it bargaining

if it were to pass, this provision would set up a challenge to the supreme court, bringing roe v. wadeto question. the second thing it would create at least the possibility of an immediate ban on all abortionses in the state of mississippi with implications as far reaching for birth control for the morning after pill and ivf. significant at stake. back to you you erin. >> thanks, john. >>> out front ahead, s.e.a.l. team 6, the force that took out bin laden, a former member of the team comes out front. >>> students rallies at joe paterno's home supporting him amid growing calls for him to resign. >>> and french president sarkozy said something he didn't mean to. we can't resist. ♪ with the lowest national plan premium... ♪ ...and copays as low as one dollar... ♪ ...saving on medicare prescriptions is easy. ♪ so you're free to focus on the things that really matter. call humana at 1-800-808-4003. or go to walmart.com for details. [ female announcer ] improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula improves skin's health in one day, with

if it were to pass, this provision would set up a challenge to the supreme court, bringing roe v. wadeto question. the second thing it would create at least the possibility of an immediate ban on all abortionses in the state of mississippi with implications as far reaching for birth control for the morning after pill and ivf. significant at stake. back to you you erin. >> thanks, john. >>> out front ahead, s.e.a.l. team 6, the force that took out bin laden, a former member of the team comes out front. >>> students rallies at joe paterno's home supporting him amid growing calls for him to resign. >>> and french president sarkozy said something he didn't mean to. we can't resist. [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up! ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. and here's what we did today: supported nearly 3 million steady jobs across our country... ... scientists, technicians, engineers, machinists... ... adding nearly 400 billion dollars to our economy... we're at work providing power to almost a