sherrod brown joins us tonight. plus, we've got new poll numbers out from key swing states that he's going to win in november. happened when the mayor of one city wanted to raise taxes an the city council said no. the mayor busted employees -- how he defends that one. finally, dozens of members of congress are doing just that. handing out embarrassing moments from their wikipedia pages, but wikipedia is pushing back. we begin with the oba-- media group, michael steele was chairman of the republican party. both are msnbc political analysts. gentlemen, want to show you something that vicpresident biden, he spoke to one of the largest latino political organizations today. what he had to say. take a look.

sherrod brown joins us tonight. plus, we've got new poll numbers out from key swing states that he's going to win in november. happened when the mayor of one city wanted to raise taxes an the city council said no. the mayor busted employees -- how he defends that one. finally, dozens of members of congress are doing just that. handing out embarrassing moments from their wikipedia pages, but wikipedia is pushing back. we begin with the oba-- media group, michael steele was chairman of the republican party. both are msnbc political analysts. gentlemen, want to show you something that vicpresident biden, he spoke to one of the largest latino political organizations today. what he had to say. take a look. >> when his father was a candidate for president in 1986, his father released 12 years of tax returns because he said and i quote, one year could be a fluke. perhaps done for show, end of quote. that was his father. his son has released only one year of his tax returns. making alive the old adage, like father, like son

it's sherrod brown. brown backed obama's agenda a whopping 95% of the time. >> that is an attack ad against senator sherrod brown, democratic, that came out today from karl rove's quote social welfare group. it's part of a multi-million dollar ad buy in other swing states arndt the country, but mr. rove can pass it off quote as issue advocacy and raise untold amount of money from donors he'll never have to reveal. mr. rove in one of the great ironnys continues his plan to purchase american democracy, but always in lieu of social welfare. let's bring back our panel now. david, here we have what amounts to a vast right wing conspiracy led by mr. rove and the koch brothers to buy the election and they're doing it all under the e gis of social welfare. should i be laughing or crying? >> it's a new type of socialism. this is a dodge that's been on the books for a long time. and to be honest, groups on the left, environmental groups an others do this same thing. but the law says if you are a social welfare org

sherrod brown joins us tonight. plus, we've got new poll numbers out from key swing states that he's going to win in november. happened when the mayor of one city wanted to raise taxes an the city council said no. the mayor busted city workers and other public employees to minimum wage. we will ask the mayor how he fends that one. did you ever want to rewrite history? dozens of members of congress are doing just that, editing out embarrassing moments from their wikipedia pages. wikipedia is pushing back. we begin with the attempt to paint mitt romney as being for the rich. howard fineman is the editorial director of the huffington post media group. michael steele was chairman of the republican party. both a msnbc political analysts. gentlemen, want to show you something that vice president biden, he spoke to one of the largest latino political organizations today. what he had to say. take a look. >> when his father was a candidate important president in 1968, his pear released 12 years of tax returns because he said

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sherrod brown, senator from ohio, tells the story. >> they're bringing people in that aren't active. >> the romney campaign denied flying in supporters to the naacp's convention to support mitt romney in his speech. >> eliminate every nonessential program i can find. that includes obama care. [ booing ] >> tonight a prominent african-american republican is contradicting the campaign, and

sherrod brown of ohio on the ed show. thank you so much.mitt romney gets caught in yet another lie. it mean, it just keeps oncoming. see what it is next. and the gop keeps on lying about president obama and taxes. former governor ed rendell, joy reid, and susan delpersio weigh in on the big battle. >>> this is not a syndicated show to tell the truth. but every time we do a story about mitt romney it is. mitt romney has been caught in yet another lie. last night on this program naacp senior vice president for advocacy hillary shelton told me that the romney campaign brought in black conservatives to support romney as he addressed the naacp convention. >> the campaign actually gave me a list of african-american vips that they brought into the naacp meeting. they're bringing people in to support his agenda from other places that aren't active with the naacp. these are people brought in to provide for us so there will be some support along those lines. >> the romney campaign denies that claim. yet today one prominent black leader confirmed hill

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comes to dirty, angry money, there are few senators that had it thrown at them as consistently as sherrod browning to the huffington post, outside conservative groups gave more money to defeat senator brown than any other in the year. conservative groups have spent $10.5 million to date. that's more than four times the amount spent by outside liberal groups. the money is mainly coming from social welfare groups which do not have to disclose donors. one major player is crossroads gps. it was founded by karl rove. the group has spent $2.5 million on ads targeting brown. they have a new million dollar campaign launching today. why has he become such a target? we'll ask hill. him. senator brown joins us now. senator, why you? >> well, i think why me is because i've been a strong progressive voice. i assume it's oil companies spending money in ohio. bass my opposition for tax breaks important the oil industry. i assume it's wall street banks. i want to end my legislation too big to fail to end too big to fail. i assume it's the companies that want to outsource american jobs and want to benefit from

it's sherrod brown. brought back to obama's agenda backed a whopping 95% o f the time. he voted for budget busting obamacare. for obama's tax increase and even supported cap and trade, which could have cost ohio over 100,000 jobs. tell sherrod brown stop spending and cut the debt. >> senator, why are liberal groups being outflanked in this regard? >> well, i think groups that are more progressive don't have this resources. keep in mind that when the oil industry spending this kind of money, when their side wins, they get tax breaks, weaker environmental law, antilabor legislation. there's real incentive for the individual billionaires to get their taxes cut, so they invest, really is an investment to them. they get billions in benefits. >> might labor off set this? i ask the question because "the wall street journal" reported today that organized labor groups send a lot more on politics than previous estimates would have you believe. about four times more. according to the journal -- which chronicle contributions made directly to federal candidates and union spending an

snared sherrod brown in the next hour. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ]us ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. theme theme welcome on july 13th, here on current tv your new progressive morning show. good to have you with us today. i am bill press. liberal and proud of it. we'll cover the big stories of the day, including this one, bad news out of penn state. it turns out in the latest report issued by louism s freeh that the legendary coach was joe patterno knew about the fact that jerry sandusky was abusing young boys in sports facilities and paterno did nothing about it. don't you think maybe it's time for penn state to tear down that statue of joe paterno on camp we will talk about that. we will go to los angeles appeared get the latest. today's current news update from lisa ferguson. hi, lisa. good morning. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everyone. there could be an eye witness to the killing of trayvon martin. a woman says she was lying in bed that night in february when she heard a commotion outside. she saw two men struggling on the g

joining me now is senator sherrod brown, democrat from ohio. nator brown, first of all thanks for coming on the show tonight. >> good to be back. thank you. >> you have a history of standing up for what's right. you did it again today. but clearly it's made you a focus on the right. how are you going to deal with this avalanche of money that's being planned to be spent against you? >> well, they've spent $10.5 million so far. the u.s. chamber i heard just bought another $800,000 or $900,000 more. they don't really know where the money comes from. we figure it's from the oil industry. we figure it might be chinese money tied in with the outsourcing of jobs. you keep fighting for the middle class. you stand up. at the end it's whose side you're on. i don't think people think conservative, liberal, they think whose side are you on? in today's vote it shows are you on the side of the middle class or always hold out for tax cuts for the rich. in my state, it's 99% of taxpayers got a tax cut today. we need the house to do the same thing. >> explain to

sherrod brown of ohio on the ed show. thank you so much.y gets caught in yet another lie. it mean, it just keeps oncoming. see what it is next. and the gop keeps on lying about president obama and taxes. former governor ed rendell, joy reid, and susan delpersio weigh in on the big battle. [ female announcer ] when you're trying to lose weight, the more options you have, the more likely you are to stay on track. that's why there are 10 delicious kinds of special k® cereal. ♪ because every girl could use a little variety. ♪ enjoy special k®, in 10 delicious flavors. so many possibilities. what will you gain when you lose? >>> this is not a syndicated show to tell the truth. but every time we do a story about mitt romney it is. mitt romney has been caught in yet another lie. last night on this program naacp senior vice president for advocacy hillary shelton told me that the romney campaign brought in black conservatives to support romney as he addressed the naacp convention. >> the campaign actually gave me a list of african-american vips that

that's right, schultz and sherrod brown have been married since 2004.ot the hardest info to track down, if you're a great blogger. no word from the wild last off base blogger who sent that stupid message. up next, the journalist who got vetted like a vice presidential candidate lives to write about it. we'll find out what it's about right now. you're watching "hardball," place for politics. now back to "hardball." >>> back to "hardball" and back to the sheer game of it. there's been a lot of speculation about when mitt romney might name a running mate, when and who, and will it be tim pawlenty, rob portman, or louisiana governor bobby jintal, their thought to be topping the list right now. the vp vetting process is shrouded in mystery, but jason zhangerly went straight to a former campaign vetter, one who vetted sarah palin to get himself vetted so he could see what it's like. he writes about it in the magazine's august issue. and susan paige covers -- i hate to do this to you, nine elections so far. she's the washington bureau chief. i think i might ha

that's right, schultz and sherrod brown have been married since 2004. the hardest info to track down, if you're a great blogger. no word from the wild last off base blogger who sent that stupid message. up next, the journalist who got vetted like a vice presidential candidate lives to write about it. we'll find out what it's about right now. you're watching "hardball"," place for politics. [ engine revving ] ♪ hey, hey, hey ♪ [ tires screech ] [ male announcer ] with fuel economy that's best in class and better acceleration than camry and accord, you'll wish you had the road to yourself. [ tires screech ] it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ on december 21st polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space. which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd, and you still need to retire. td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. we'll even throw in up to $600 when you open a new account or roll over

sherrod brown joins us tonight.ers out from key swing states that he's going to win in november. happened when the mayor of one city wanted to raise taxes an the city council said no. the mayor busted city workers and other public employees to minimum wage. we will ask the mayor how he fends that one. did you ever want to rewrite history? dozens of members of congress

sherrod brown joins us tonight.ey swing states that he's going to win in november. happened when the mayor of one city wanted to raise taxes an the city council said no. the mayor busted employees -- how he defends that one.

we found numerous note owes of you with sherrod brown. you appear to be hugging him. comment? turns out she did care to comment. here is what she wrote back. dear mr. blank p.m. i'm surprised did you not find a photo of me kissing u.s. senator sherrod brown. so hard, he passes out from lack of oxygen. he's really cute. he's also my husband. you know that, right? connie shulz. ohio democrat. married since 2004. not the hardest info to track down if you are a great blogger. no word from the wildly off-base blogger who sent that stupid message. up next, the journalist who got vetted like a vice presidential candidate lived to write about. we will find out what's going on in mitt romney's world is all about right now. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement available only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. to learn more, visit us today. responsibility. what's your policy? according to ford, the works fuel saver package could literally pay for itself. jim twitchel i

>> i think the races will come down to ohio, sherrod brown incumbent democrat, missouri, the incumbent claire mccaskill and florida bill nelson, all democrats. where i think the president needs to win and i think he will win as well as virginia, pennsylvania where in pennsylvania, we have an incumbent. in virginia, we have a -- hopefully newly to be elected tim kaine and i think the races will come down to those five. >> eliot: if we hold the senate, you will be chair of which committee? we want you to be chair of the judiciary committee. i don't know whose toes i'm stepping on. senator richard blumenthal, senator of connecticut, thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. >> eliot: joe walsh doubles down on his attack on a purple heart recipient. stimulate your senses. 5 gum. now in micro pack. and who doesn't want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more cash is good ri... what's that. ♪ ♪ you can spell. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's

one of the best senators in the country -- your senator, sherrod brown. [applause] one of your outstanding members of the congressional delegation -- marcy kaptur is here. [applause] and your former governor and my campaign co-chair -- ted strickland is in the house. [applause] >> we love you! >> i love you! it's great to see you. [applause] i hope everybody had a wonderful fourth of july. [applause] we invited some people over for a barbecue -- [laughter] -- had a chance to say thank you to our incredible men and women in uniform. [applause] and we're so proud of them. and then it was malia's birthday yesterday. [applause] she's 14 years old -- i know, it happens too fast. [laughter] don't even remind me. she's going into high school next year. which means that she's -- see, when she was small i could say, all these fireworks i had arranged for her birthday. [laughter] but she doesn't believe me anymore. [laughter] now, unless you have been hiding out in the woods somewhere, you are aware of the fact that it's campaign season. >> we're fired up and ready

>> i think the races will come down to ohio, sherrod brown incumbent democrat, missouri, the incumbentskill and florida bill nelson, all democrats. where i think the president needs to win and i think he will win as well as virginia, pennsylvania where in pennsylvania, we have an incumbent. in virginia, we have a -- hopefully newly to be elected tim kaine and i think the races will come down to those five. >> eliot: if we hold the senate, you will be chair of which committee? we want you to be chair of the judiciary committee. i don't know whose toes i'm stepping on. senator richard blumenthal, senator of connecticut, thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. >> eliot: joe walsh doubles down hershey's chocolate syrup. stir up a smile. really? no. it comes with a hat. see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,000 miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for 25,000 miles. frustrating, isn't it? but that won't happen with the capital one venture card. you can book any airline, anytime. hey, i just said that. after all, isn't traveling hard enough? ow! [ male announcer

sherrod brown, senator from ohio, tells the story. >> they're bringing people in that aren't active.romney campaign denied flying in supporters to the naacp's convention to support mitt romney in his speech. >> eliminate every nonessential program i can find. that includes obamacare. [ booing ] >> tonight a prominent african-american republican is contradicting the campaign, and we have the exclusive report. and how can anyone defend joe paterno after today? >> sometimes, and this is what people may not want to hear, but sometimes you have to make tough decisions, and sometimes you have to work around decisions. >> we'll ask "the new york times" about today's penn state disgrace. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. it seems like only yesterday when mitt romney was on fox news talking about the political philosophy of responding to attacks. >> i, of course, respond to the attacks. but they say in politics if you're responding you're losing. >> romney and his campaign had a lot of responding too today. "the boston globe" expanded on the recording, only to find

just this week, a political attempt to do something about china, democratic senator in ohio, sherrod brown said that this treasury department hasn't done enough against that. they can't run on the program -- >> i'm not changing the topic. >> gentlemen we'll have to leave it there. that will be the last words. i guess. and governor jindal and governor o'malley. >> thank you, terry zmrrjts don't go anywhere, our powerhouse roundtable is coming up in just 60 seconds. my specialty is pastries, not predictions. knowing what to make and when could help cut down on thousands of unsold baked goods per month. using analytics, we discovered when it's drizzling outside... people eat more cake. and when the temperature rises, panini sales go up. finding these hidden connections helped our european bakeries increase profitability by up to 20%. let's build a smarter planet. by what's getting done. measure commitment the twenty billion dollars bp committed has helped fund economic and environmental recovery. long-term, bp's made a five hundred million dollar commitment to support scientists studying the

. >> reporter: senator sherrod brown says this factory in his home state could pull it off. >> they coulde the blazers i'm sure in ten days and get them to london in time for our athletes. >> reporter: would the olympic committee be willing to make a change to this year's outfit or the next olympics. we asked them. when we didn't get an answer, our made in america team fanned out across the country. in colorado, clayton sandel. >> we were hoping to chat with someone about the athlete uniforms made in china. >> reporter: he was escorted off the property. here in new york. no answer. we did receive late word from the u.s. olympic committee, a statement saying we are singularly focused on supporting our athletes as they take the stage in london. we also reached out to ralph lauren. no comment there. we are starting to hear from some olympians. we heard from sprinter nick simmons. he tweeted outsourcing will always be part of the global economy, but the opening ceremonies outfits, that just seems wrong. based on the phone calls we have been getting a lot of americans tend to agree. sharyn alf

sherrod brown, senator from ohio, tells the story. >> they're bringing people in that aren't active.denied flying in supporters to the naacp's convention to support mitt romney in his speech. >> eliminate every nonessential program i can find. that includes obama care. [ booing ] >> tonight a prominent african-american republican is contradicting the campaign, and we have the exclusive report. and how can anyone defend joe paterno after today? >> sometimes, and this is what people may not want to hear, but sometimes you have to make tough decisions, and sometimes you have to work around decisions. >> we'll ask "the new york times" about today's penn state disgrace. good to have you with us to

sherrod brown, senator from ohio, tells the story. >> they're bringing people in that aren't active.g in supporters to the naacp's convention to support mitt romney in his speech. >> eliminate every nonessential program i can find. that includes obama care. [ booing ] >> tonight a prominent african-american republican is contradicting the campaign, and we have the exclusive report. and how can anyone defend joe paterno after today? >> sometimes, and this is what people may not want to hear, but sometimes you have to make tough decisions, and sometimes you have to work around decisions. >> we'll ask "the new york times" about today's penn state disgrace. good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. it seems like only yesterday when mitt romney was on fox ne

one of the best senators in the country, your senator, sherrod brown. [ cheers and applause ] one ofmembers of the congressional delegation, marcy kaptur is here. and your former governor and my campaign co-chair, ted strickland's in the house. [ cheers and applause ] i love you! it's great to see you! i hope everybody had a wonderful fourth of july. we invited some people over for a barbecue, had a chance to say thank you to our incredible men and women in uniform, and -- we're so proud of them. and then it was malia's birthday yesterday. she was 14 years old. and i know, it happens too fast. don't even remind me. she's going intoç high school next year, which means that she's -- see, when she was small, i could say all these fireworks i had arranged

you've had a lot of -- sherrod brown said he had a hugo boss factory in his district that would be more make these and certainly speaker boehner said they would know better than this to do it. so one of those rare issues where both sides agree, but in terms of real change happening this olympic, probably not going to happen. >> thank you so much, my friend. >> be well. >> okay. stay with us. the day's top lines are coming up next. [ female announcer ] you can make macaroni & cheese without freshly-made pasta. you could also cut corners by making it without 100% real cheddar cheese. but then...it wouldn't be stouffer's mac & cheese. just one of over 70 satisfying recipes for one from stouffer's. his morning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when... hang on. stan's doctor recommended aleve. it can keep pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is rudy. who switched to aleve. and two pills for a day free of pain. ♪ [ fem

one of the best senators in the country, your senator, sherrod brown. [ cheers and applause ] one of your outstanding members of the congressional delegation, marcy kaptur is here. and your former governor and my campaign co-chair, ted strickland's in the house. [ cheers and applause ] i love you! it's great to see you! i hope everybody had a wonderful fourth of july. we invited some people over for a barbecue, had a chance to say thank you to our incredible men and women in uniform, and -- we're so proud of them. and then it was malia's birthday yesterday. she was 14 years old. and i know, it happens too fast. don't even remind me. she's going intoç high school next year, which means that she's -- see, when she was small, i could say all these fireworks i had arranged for her birthd birthday, but she doesn't believe me anymore, so. now, unless you have been hiding out in the woods somewhere, you are aware of the fact that it's campaign season. >> we're fired up and ready to go! >> you're fired up! [ cheers and applause ] it's campaign season again. look, i understand it's not alway

sherrod brown said there's a place, i think i heard of the clothier that could have made the uniformsn ohio. what were they thinking? >> why doesn't congress talk about getting these jobs back and president obama has already been working -- >> this is typical, congress is outraged about this, yet we have no manufacturing policy, no interest in the infrastructure. they're talking about this. but come on, you're head of the olympic committee. >> let's revisit the greatest hits of the olympic committee. >> you have to save that money for bribing delegates and the judges. >> absolutely. >> steroids. >> it is worth noting in may 2010 the usoc signed a $24 million sponsorship deal with bmw, gm was a sponsor of the 2008 games. in september 2011 the usoc extended the sponsorship with bp through the 2016 games despite the fact that bp had its hand on the spigot of the worst environmental disaster in u.s. history. >> how about we still make cars in america. didn't they see the chrysler commercial? >> this is a great international thing. in london the scandal is the marketing deal with mcdonald'

senator sherrod brown so hard he passes out from the lack of oxygen. he's really cute.ch benjamin is back at the table. i want to find out what my guests think we now know at the end of this week. i'll start with you, rich. >> i now know a trend in the wealth management industry, a ceo of the ruden group advising her industry to declare the middle class is toast and that they should now focus on the wealthy. we'll see what charles says about that. >> wait n terms of investments? >> in terms of growing business. you say middle class is toast, forget about them, and ushld only focus on the extremely wealthy. >> there's a book coming out soon from jeff faux called "the conservative economy." the conceit is that increasingly we'll have essentially a wealthy class and then jobs in the service industry giving them the things that they want. and i'm anxious to talk to jeff about the book. betty? betsy? >> we know chairman bernanke thinks there's more that the fed could do to help the economy and combine that with what we already knew is that the fed is projecting they are goin

senator sherrod brown from ohio here in studio with us tomorrow. have a good one!k me, my answer is damn right. if we can stop iran from building nuclear weapons without bombing the country or without sending in the marines then i am all for it! i don't care who leaked the news. that's my parting shot for today. great line-up for you tomorrow. eliot spitzer will be joining us as well as sister simone campbell, one of the nuns at the

and one of the best senators in the country, your senator sherrod brown, and one of your outstandingembers of the congressional delegation marcy kaptur is here. and your former governor and my campaign co-chair ted strickland is in the house. i love you. it is great to see you. i hope that everyone had a wonderful fourth of july. we invited some people over for a barbeque. had a chance to say thank you to our incredible men and women in uniform and -- [ applause ] >> and we are so proud of them and then it was malia's birthday yesterday. she is 14 years old, and i know, it happens too fast and don't remind me, because she is going into high school next year which means that when she was small i could say all of these fireworks i had arranged for her birthday. but she doesn't believe me anymore. so now, unless you have been hiding out in the woods somewhere, you are aware of the fact that it is campaign season. >> fired up and ready to go. >> fired up. it is campaign season again. look. i understand it is not always pretty to watch. there's been more money flooding into the system tha

sherrod brown suggested the usoc get their uniforms from hugo boss in his home state of ohio. and harry reid was so mad, he wanted to destroy uniforms. >> i am so upset that i think the olympic committee should be ashamed of themselves. i think they should be embarrassed and should take all of the uniforms and put them in a big pile and burn them and start all over again. >> the u.s. olympic committee released a statement earlier this week which says, unlike most olympic teams around the world the u.s. olympic team is privately funded and we're grateful for the support of our sponsors. we're proud of our partnership with ralph lauren, an iconic american committee and excited to watch america's finest athletes compete at the upcoming games in london. and ralph lauren, we reached out for comment. they told me they are not giving any statement about this, soledad. i was e-mailing with someone inside the company at ralph lauren, when i first told the person i was doing the story, the person said, is the story also focusing on the other olympic sponsors who do not manufacturer in t