david from, bill adare, from politicfact, extensively covering both campaigns, and roland martin. bill, let me start with you. this wide question of who is being more transparent, is this president any better, any worse, about the same as other presidents? >> he's made considerable progress. he made a big promise. he said he would be the most transparent and open president in history. so he's set a high bar for himself. and he's had mixed success. there are definitely some things that he achieved in terms of putting data online, putting data from the economic stimulus. putting up the white house visitor logs. he has been very good at posting data. where he has not done well is resisting the gravitational pull of washington. to do things behind closed doors. he promised that he would open the health care discussions to the cameras of c-span. it never happened. and we have compiled some of these, and we found it's a mixed record of 13 core promises on transparency that we track on politic fact. he's got five kept, five broken and three we've rated compromised. so it's a mixed record

roland martin. here's the ramones, good morning, guys. mid grade dark roast forest fresh full tank brain freeze cake donettes rolling hot dogs g of ice anti-freeze wash and dry diesel self-serve fix a flat jumper cables 5% cashback signup for 5% cashback at gas stations through september. it pays to discover. >>> welcome back. a few quick headlines for you. online attacks against the u.s. are on rise and the man in charge of cyber defense says we are unprepared to stop them. keith alexander says on a scale of 1 to 10 for cyber attack preparedness, the u.s. gets a three. >>> a major crackdown on the synthetic drug industry. 90 people were arrested and seized 5 million packs of fake pot and 167,000 packages of bath salt and $36 million in cash. >>> one of two new jersey state troopers, face disciplinary action resigned. the cara van was spotted at speeds topping $100. sergeant first class stepping down. >> our team this morning the starting point team for friday, ron brownstein and roland martin and w

roland was okay but has a lot to make up. lessen be learned. don't ever count roland out.came back, all the way back, took the lead in the final climb and won the stage. down but never out, pierre rallied for an impressive win on the tour. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, who is definitely leaving "american idol?" and a top earning entertainer under 30 years old. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a guinness record-breaking wedding like you've never seen before. you're watching "early today." >>> well, good friday morning to you. welcome back to "early today." here's your weekend forecast. saturday looks like a very typical day in july, very warm almost wrer. there will be scattered storms in the afternoon. i don't think there will be any washouts. the best chance will be thunderstorms in louisiana and also a few riding up three through areas of kentucky and west virginia. as we go into sunday's forecast the humidity does in crease enough. we will get some thunderstorms. maybe there will be

solicitar los beneficios que anunció el presidente barack obama, tenemos la información con alex rolandejecutiva del presidente barack obama, nueva york es el primer estado en dar ayuda legal para que los beneficiarios no sean estafados. >>> el mensaje principal es que no le den dinero a nadie hoy en día, todavía no sabemos los requisitos, los documentos que va a pedir el gobierno federal. >>> la gobernación del estado espera que sean entre 50 mil a 80 mil estudiantes que se acojan a la ley que daría permisos de trabajo por dos años. > hay muchos jóvenes indocumentados, lo que hemos platicado, es le miedo de ser víctimas del fraude, porque sabemos que mucha gente abusará y tomará esto como una oportunidad para engañar a la gente. >>> aunque falta que la casa blanca dé detalles de los requisitos de la ley, se sabe que no tienen que ser mayores de 30, tienen que estar graduados de secundaria y no tener historial criminal. >>> nosotros le podemos dar consejos, además, si tienen preguntas privadas. >>> se recomienda evitar hacer preguntas a notarios. >>> el estado de e nueva york habilitó l

cnn's roland martin has been calling for action from the beginning. roland, welcome "outfront."ly voice in drawing attention to this epidemic. police say it's gang violence. but gangs exist across america's cities. what's making things explode in chicago? >> it's interesting the police are saying it's gangs. i talked to a pastor who recently convened a meeting of about 20 well-known gang leaders. what they said is that even they are trying to figure out what's going on, that part of the problem is that the gangs in chicago have become so fractured that you have pretty much folks just doing whatever they want. i know it might sound crazy. it used to be -- organized crime was called organized for a reason. but you pretty much had these lone wolfs where folks are doing pretty much whenever they want. and even the gang members are saying, man, we really can't put a handle on what the in the world is causing the outbreak of violence in chicago. that was amazing to me. >> that is amazing. as you know, this spike coincides with former obama chief of staff rahm emanuel taking over as ma

roland martin is a cnn contributor and the host of "washington watch with roland martin" and was nice for me this morning. >> i got your back. >> i appreciate that. >>> still ahead on "starting point," a city is banning feeding the homeless in public parks as part of an effort to get the homeless indoors. critics say it's more about the image of the city than any kind of public service. who's right? it's our tough call coming up next. great shot. how did the nba become the hottest league on the planet? by building on the cisco intelligent network they're able to serve up live video, and instant replays, creating fans from berlin to beijing. what can we help you build? nice shot kid. the nba around the world built by the only company that could. cisco. energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy development comes with some risk, north america's natural gas producers are committed to safely and responsibly providing generations of cleaner-burning energy for our country, drilling thousands of feet below fresh water sources within self-contained well systems. and, using stat

we have will cain and roland martin with us. >> we can't get roland's pretty face?e is inside the convention hall. >> we have major lightning in houston. we can't have the satellite pole up in the area. >> roland provides enough lightning himself. >>> romney branded himself as the serious adult, a strong leader. is that how he came off at the naacp, will? >> yeah, i do think so. i think he came off as something more than a serious adult. i think he came off as something he has never been accused of, and that is consistent. for once it seemed like he didn't take the temperature of the room or test the winds around him. he gave a message that he would have given anywhere. one about obama care, one about government spending, one about government growth. and i think he should be applauded for that, for that consistency in his message. it's not something he is commonly accused of. >> roland, did romney walk into that naacp convention trying to prove a point, not to black leaders but to his base? >> well, first of all, no one can actually assess that, because unless you h

not a single one, roland.hat they are making. >> you got skills, get paid for it, baby. >> tomorrow, we'll have part two of my day with carmelo and chris and maya. they'll talk about how their childhoods helped them become the players th they are today. "starting point" is back in just a moment. stay with us. [ male announcer ] when a major hospital wanted to provide better employee benefits while balancing the company's bottom line, their very first word was... [ to the tune of "lullaby and good night" ] ♪ af-lac ♪ aflac [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. [ yawning sound ] to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye-care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. [ male announcer ] ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help prote

cnn's ted rolands is live in chicago. ted?he bottom line here is that we're getting some information from the jackson camp, but we're not getting a lot of detail. and there have been two camps here in terms of folks on capitol hill that want more information. you've got people like luis gonzalez and dick durbin that have come out in the last few days and said give us more information, give the public more information about what's ailing you. the other side, we ran into roland burress yesterday. and listen to him. he blasts democrats on the hill and the media, saying leave jesse jackson jr. alone. >> all of them need to back off of jesse jr. and let's wait and see what will come forward at the proper time. >> reporter: don't people have a right to know what's wrong with him? >> he is a public servant. at the proper time, they will know. and i'm asking you all to give him some space. the young man has evidently some problems. >> now the extent of those problems, christine, is the big question that remains in chicago. and in the

roland was okay but has a lot to make up. he came back, all the way back, took the lead in the final climb and won the stage. down but never out, pierre rallies for an impressive win on the tour. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, who is definitely leaving "american idol"? and a top earning entertainer under 30 years old. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, a guinness record-breaking wedding like you've never seen before. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. here is your weekend forecast. we are seeing warm conditions just about everywhere. it's the middle of july. it's typically very warm. that's going to be the case again. thunderstorms in the southeast. as we head through your weekend, your saturday forecast, notice many areas in the 80s or 90s. a lot of areas have a chance of thunderstorms. the best chance, louisiana to kentucky. and especially even as we go into sunday, those same locations will have a chance of storms. even watch

i am joined by roland martin and ryan.re but today was a damming editorials and criticized him the way he handles health care and said you're about to do it again on the obama's campaign allegations on outsourcing and you need to shake everything up. >> i think some elements are on target. it is true the romney campaign seems ton rattled now that momentumum seems to have shifted back to the president. on the other hand, i think that mitt romney were right in the first place to say we agree. >> his chief adviser? >> yes. we agree with the justices who said this is not a tax and the idea that you just accept whatever a majority says seems very strange given that conservative republicans have been critical of a lot of majority supreme court decisions in the past >> think they were trying to move it from a than issue. every day you're not talking about unemployment and the economy is a day that is good for president obama and the home team. >> roland, this also comes on the heels of rupert murdoch whose company owns "wall stre

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we're joined by roland martin who has a lot to say about this. >> roland does?lieve it or not. >> i love roland martin. 35 minutes past 5 clock on the east coast. more finger pointing and posturing after house republicans voted to repeal president obama's health care reforms yesterday. repeal. >> it's gone? >> it went through. it went through the house which means doa at the senate. so democrats, of course, because of that are calling this a whole waste of time since there is montpelier way this thing's going any further than here. even if it did miraculously pass the senate, do you think the president would sign a repeal of his own health care initiative? >> nah. the justice department reviewing thousands of cases to find out if faulty forensics may have led to faulty convictions. the justice department has known for years that questionable evidence in some trials have led to guilty verdicts but no reviews of the cases have occurred. it will happen in cases that relied on forensic evidence. i feel like i've seen this on "csi." >> you'll see it in courtrooms bec

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roland martin and former chief strategist for george w.nna join us "outfront" tonight. i want to play a clip of an impressive attack by ohio's own john boehner. let's take a listen. >> i think the president's attack on the private sector in america is exactly what's wrong with this administration. doesn't give a damn about middle class americans who are out there looking for work. what he's trying to do is distract the american people in order to win his own reelection. >> tell us how you really feel there, john. let's talk about the importance of ohio. take a look at the current cnn electoral map. in this scenario, obama seems likely to start with 247 electoral votes. romney expected to get 206. 85 are a toss-up. suddenly obama is within five electoral votes of winning. roland, there's a reason obama has made eight trips to ohio so far this year. romney's made ten. what do you think president obama needs to do to win over the main street middle class voters in the buckeye state? >> actually if you go back to 2009, the two states he was im

roland, explain the basics.eople with a driver's license have a picture, they may be saying, i don't understand this. how could 1.4 million people not have a photo id? tell me who these people are. >> well, a lot of people don't have it because you're not necessarily required. you're talking about senior citizens. you're also talking about any number of minorities because if you're not having a checking account, you're not showing it. i'm a native of texas. i'm in houston right now. they also don't allow a student i.d., erin. now, the georgia law allowed for the public university students to use their student i.d., but not private schools. but in texas, you can use your gun permit i.d. to be able to vote, but not a student i.d. that's what's so crazy. but also the legislature in passing this bill bypassed the normal procedure of two-thirds voting to approve the bill. they bypassed that to get this in. and so it raises the question, why would you do that -- why would you go against your normal procedure to pass t

roland, why are they choosing to do it? >> easy. >> this could cost a couple of states. >> keep in mind, it was president barack obama early in the year who was not supportive of this being included in the platform. once he came out and announced that he was supporting same-sex marriage, that changed the whole ball game. i wouldn't be surprised if you polled folks nationally that probably thought it was already in the platform for the democratic party. >> alice, final word. will this galvanize voters for the gop or a non-issue now? >> if the gay marriage issue wants to take on the traditional marriage folks, game on. i think they're in for a tough battle. the fact of the matter is they may galvanize their base, but this election will be decided by the independents. those folks are results oriented. they want someone who will produce results in the presidency. >> thanks very much to both of you. we appreciate it. >>> next "outfront," the court battle between titans. the two biggest phone makers on the planet. >>> and a new m

we are joined from eddie's of roland park in the kitchen.> today, a simple, versatile dish that can be made quickly. we made some classics and some variations. >> tell us what we have. >> we pulled some chicken, some enchilada sauce, re-fried beans, kidney beans, monterey jack and cheddar cheese. hear, this is playing with three cheeses. >> here, you have a low- carbohydrate one? >> bofa low-carbohydrate -- we have a low-carbohydrate tortilla with 75% fat-free cheese. >> here you have prepared >> this is a desert. it -- here you have freaked. >> this is a desert, crepe variation. but here we have some stake, bacon, and blue cheese. pulled pork with smoke good cheese. >> proving you can make it with just about anything, you have crabmeat. >> this is very simple. put the pan on a high heat. this is some shredded cheese. cover half of it. take some lumps crabmeat. skillions on top. a little more cheese to seal together. folded over simply. lifted up with your hands. put it in the pan. >> does the pan need to be hot? >> it is hot, not super-hot.

roland, there's a reason obama has made eight trips to ohio so far this year. romney's made ten.hat do you think president obama needs to do to win over the main street middle class voters in the buckeye state? >> actually if you go back to 2009, the two states he was immediately going to were ohio as well as north carolina. and when governor strickland lost, that was a big blow to democrats. clearly what he has to do is make the point that although it is a slow recovery, had the actions not been taken, we would not be in the situation here in with private equity sector job growth. it's still going to be a difficult sell. but he has to say, look, there's progress, do you want to change midstream? that's why he's making the argument, go back to the previous policies, how did that work out when we were losing 500,000600,000 jobs a month? >> mark, there is one way that romney could make big inroads in ohio overnight and his name is senator rob portman for vp. what do you think about that pick? >> i think he's terrific. i think he will likely be the pick. he's safe as a seat belt. an