bush squeaked by in that state by two points as he won re-election. his margin of victory in ohioas 120,000 votes. after 175,000 people in the state looked at the lines and decided they couldn't take it. significantly less than the number of people who went home rather than stay in lines was the margin of victory for george w. bush that year. after that voting disaster in 2004, ohio tried to get their act together a little bit. they didn't want that embarrassment again. between that presidential election in '04 and the next one in '08, one way ohio tried to fix its third world caliber system was by giving people more time to vote than on election day. the weekend before the election. and so 2008 rolled around and there were still lines in ohio, and people did still have to do some work to vote, particularly in densely populated places, on the whole it was much, much better. on the last weekend before the election alone, that saturday and sunday more than 9,000 -- excuse me, more than 90,000 ohio votes were cast on that weekend before election day. and you'd think that early voting

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-- for now, it's approved by the supreme court, and like voters across the united states, the people of the state of ohiopprove of the ultimate sanction. . in what way could it change in >> it would change in judges, legislators have or governors of state were required to be there or required to start the procedure by hitting a button that sent these chemicals into these people they kill. >> so you maintain if people had to face the consequences of the judgments they make personally, they might not be so quick to make those judgments? >> i do make that argument, yes. >> and what -- would you want people to know about what you saw that day? maybe someone who is watching this program who considers themselves a strong supporter of the death penalty? >> the natural human inclination is to preserve life. in that room, i felt trapped. a fellow human being was dying. no matter what he had done himself, the natural inclination is to try to help him, and i was unable to. gathered with a room full of people watching this whole horrible saga unfold, and the agony with which one is forced to witness it, including hi

of the voters. joining me now are nina turner, ohio state senator and a canada for ohio secretary of state and msnbc'sal ball. senator turner, so how many convictions do you get in a typical year or in any year in ohio on voter fraud? i'm not impressed by this number of, this is how many referrals we made to law enforcement to investigate. i want to know how many cases they actually brought and got a conviction on, because that conviction tells me how many actual instances of voter fraud we can prove. >> absolutely, lawrence. never let the arithmetic get in the way of a good story. so far there's only been one conviction right now. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, wait. senator, you said one. that's not possible. because you wouldn't pass a big giant law to interfere with the actions of exactly one person in ohio who's trying to vote fraudulently and then make it difficult for thousands and thousands and thousands other legal voters. no one would do that. it can't be one! >> they're doing it, lawrence. this really gets in the way of thousands of voters having access to the ballot box, not only in this state but a

we did this for the whole state of ohio. if we went around the country throughout. e went around the country introducing tanif to local grass roots leaders and inspire a change in attitudes. we need to have a whole conference of just celebrating solutio solutions. so i think that we need to do that more. just have conferences where we just bring people together and exchange strategies of redemption. >> you want to encourage flexibility. in our legislation, the states doing it well, then they get block granted dollars. that's flexibility, and that is all good. that's how you meet the needs in these communities that bob is talking about. >> we have time for one more question. right here. >> thank you, perhaps all of you could respond to this. i'm deeply concerned about, since the president made the comment a few weeks ago about marijuana and minimizing it's seriousness. and also talking about the states of washington and colorado and the experiment going on there which is against federal law. i wonder what do you -- how do you incorporate in the kinds of public assista

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you know what i'm saying ok let me move along here turns out that in the state of ohio john huston the ohio secretary of state the republican secretary of state noticed that in the largest county in the state fifty six percent of all the weekend voters were black people they only make twenty eight percent of the state's population but they're fifty six percent of the weekend voters so what does john has to do these says we're not going to hear any more voting on the weekends indeed yesterday he eliminated early voting hours on that state in weekends two days before the election and on sundays and this is just i mean this is not just in fact yesterday joe biden told the group of attendees at a black history month reception that the new republican backed voter suppression laws across america are a form of a tree he said these guys never go away never never goes away the zealotry of those who wish to limit the franchise franchises legal speak for the vote cannot be smothered by reason. is the vice president wrong. because this is a slave trade or is this just trying to suppress the black

the governor of ohio defended this saying his spokesman saying ohio has more early voting than 40 other statest a defense for these actions in that state? >> certain states vary in terms of how much early voting they provide. but the way that needs to be evaluated is how people have come to use it. in our country, we have plenty of people not participating and when you have people that you're getting to the polls and you have systems of engagement such that churches and community groups are able to get people there, you know, manipulating rules of the game such that some can participate and some can't is really something that is very, very hard to overcome, especially when it seems so clear that there's a continuing effort on the part of the partisan folks in ohio to keep trying to restrict voting rights and take different steps. one of the things i find so frustrating about ohio is it is so out of step with what we see happening in some other states. right now we see a greater interest in bipartisanship to try to pass bills that make it more accessible people to vote. >> except in florida, no

of folks, isn't it? >> it's been -- this has been across the country. ohio is sort of always the epicenter because of the presidential race and sort of the premiere swing state went after collective bargaining rights. that's why you spent so much time no ohio in 2011. they went after women's rights in one of the middle of the night insertion of the budget bill. some of the most anti-women health care rules and regulations. and now they're going after voting rights, which they've also tried to do before. fundamentally, they talk -- say they want to do something about jobs but they spend their time on this stuff and it's all a question, you know, they know they're losing the battle. they're losing elections so they change the rules. these are bipartisan rules written by a republican legislature a decade ago. it was a republicans legislature, republican governor that drafted all these voting rules and now they realize, well, we can't restrict the vote quite enough. so we got to redo them and keep people, certain people from voting let's just say. >> the certain people, number one minorities, number two the working folks, wage earners. voting on weekends reduced

we had a mile week -- mild week now we have snow across portions of the state of ohio and pennsylvanian new jersey. timing with the storm system is as we head into later this morning places like new york city will be seeing transition over from rain to just snow. the snow will continue into portions of southern new england as well. including the city of boston. that is going to continue out here as we head into the early afternoon hours. most areas should see it winding down. as we head out this morning it could be tough. winter storm warnings in effect in kentucky, jersey and new york city area. accumulations forecast to be 5-8 inches. advisory across parts of the midwest and central plains because we have another storm that might be producing more areas of snow out there. that will be the next one to watch. i want to show you this animation. cold air dipping town yet again. >> punxsutawney was right. >>> hollywood mourning the death of phillip seymour hoffman. >> the bellhop told me i had a phone call and it was my sister calling to say my mother died. >> the oscar winner found dead

this is the state of ohio versus felicia smith. >> if convicted, smith could face up to two years inson. but rather than go to trial, she's decided to enter a guilty plea to aggravated assault and domestic violence in exchange for what she hopes will be probation and her freedom. >> and you understand that by changing your plea here in the manner as indicated by the prosecutor, you would then be admitting the truth of the charges to which you are pleading. you would be waiving your right to go to trial and the court could proceed to immediately sentence you. how do you plea? >> guilty, your honor. >> is that made knowingly and voluntarily and of your own free will? >> yes. >> after several minutes to make sure she understands all of the implications, the judge accepts her guilty plea, but decides to hold off sentencing for another month while the probation didn't reviews her case. her attorney would still like to secure her release before then. >> currently felicia is in jail on a $25,000 bond, your honor. we're wondering if the court would grant felicia a personal bond. she's been i

we did this w the whole state of ohio. we went around the world the company to inspire people to change their attitudes. we have three days of celebrating solutions and so i to do ink that we need that more, just have conferences we bring people together and exchange strategies of redemption. you want to encourage flexibility. doing well canre get it doing then they get an dollars. that's flexibility and the flexibility you're talking about, that's all g that's how these t the needs in kphaou communities. >> time for one more question. here. >> thank you. perhaps all of you could respond to this. deeply concerned about the president e ago the comment a few weeks about marijuana and minimizing and also talking about the states of washington experiment and going on there which is against federal law. wonder what you -- how do you ncorporate in the kinds of public assistance programs disincentives using drugs like other drugs. comment. some states have experiments testing and that's been quite effective. disappointed i was in

we did this for the whole state of ohio. we went around the world introducing the company to inspire people to change their attitudes. we need to have a whole conference. we have three days of celebrating solutions and so i just think that we need to do that more, just have conferences where we bring people together and exchange strategies of redemption. >> you want to encourage flexibility. if the states are doing well can get it doing then they get an amount of dollars. that's flexibility and the flexibility you're talking about, that is all good. that's how you meet the needs in these communities. we have time for one more question. right here. >> thank you. perhaps all of you could respond to this. i'm deeply concerned about especially since the president made the comment a few weeks ago about marijuana and minimizing its seriousness and also talking about the states of washington and colorado and experiment going on there which is against federal law. i wonder what you -- how do you incorporate in the kinds of public ass

this is a child, but we have the state of ohio working with the hospital, a one size fits all health care regime. that is what we are fighting for. >> why do you think the hospital did this? >> it's difficult to say. i think they honestly believe there's one way to treat cancer, and that is chemo. right now the daughter is doing well, being away from the hospital, on a austio path ir medicinal regime. >> you don't thing the hospital targeted the hershbergerses because they are aimish. >> there may be a little stereotyping or bias. there's tendency to believe that ammish are backwards or left behind in the times, but these are bright, sophisticated people who put a hot of effort into taking care of their daughter. she is doing well. if that continues, we may have breakthroughs in new ways to treat cancer. if they use a holistic means. the only way to innovate is think outside of the box. >> where does the court case stand now. >> it's a procedural complicated case. we are at every level in ohio. in the soup reams court, every level. we are fighting in the ohio supreme court for parent

he retired at rank of colonel in 1992 and was inducted into the ohio veterans hall of fame in 2007 and is a life member of dav chapter 63 in williamsburg, ohio. in our state of ohio and nationally commander johnson has been elected to and held variour management and leadership positions with the dav and is active in various chapter and department va voluntary service programs. culminating in his election as national commander last year. fellow members of congress from the house and senate, it's my honor to introduce national commander joe johnson to presenb the dav's legislative agenda. mr. johnston. thank you. [applause] >> welcome again, commander and you are now recognized for your testimony. >> representative wenstrup, friend, fellow warrior, thank you very much. chairman miller, acting ranking member helloer and ranking member michaud, i want to thank you for convening today's hearing and for your leadership in helping to fulfill promises to men and women who have served. chairman sanders has recently brought w forth introducing sene bill 1982 and that is indeed one of the most wide-ranging veterans bills ever brought forward. i'd like to extend our

states of america. if he is so incompetent in his judge of character and his oversight of his administration, then god help us if he were to become president. >> former ohio governor ted strickland basically taking new jersey governor chris christie apart today at a press conference in illinois today that was timed to coincide with governor christie's trip to that state. of course, talking about corruption and abuse of power in illinois has a special kind of resonance, right? i mean, if you think about it, if the democrats wanted to have a charismatic former democratic governor go after chris christie on this trip to illinois so that charismatic democratic former governor could talk about, you know, what i know from having governed a large state and all that, it's a little odd that the democrats had to resort to a governor from the not quite neighboring state of ohio, right? but that's because they definitely couldn't pick the last former democratic governor of illinois for this gig today because the last former democratic governor of illinois is rod blagojevich and former democratic governor rod blagojevich of illinois is, of course, in prison for more t

state of illinois. joyce beatty a new member of congress who has championed this issue with the administration and in her own state of ohio. you'll be hearing some singing from michelle lujan from new mexico freshman member who will be dominant in our film and judy chu of california's here of the asian-pacific caucus of the house and a strong advocate for when women succeed america succeeds. with that i thank you again for being here. at lunch we presented what we are going to present to you two are members. it was not only advocacy for what we are doing, it's a case study on how on an issue that this popularity we are using traditional press. rosa will talk about 16,000 person teleconference as well as social media. so with that show we play it again? >> you have something extraordinary. >> this valentine's day instead of being treated special let's be treated equal. asked was christina aguilera says what a girl wants, what a real needs is equal pay for equal work. ♪ ♪ >> for valentine's day flowers, chocolates and a fine dinner are all great but they only last for a wild. what women really need for valentine's day is eq

reasons, i'll tell you why ♪ >>> new poll numbers on the president's race in the key battleground state of ohiocheck the "hardball" scoreboard. according to a new quinnipiac poll, hillary clinton has a nine-point lead over congressman paul ryan out there in ohio. 49-40. and ryan comes closest to hillary among all the republicans. ohio governor john kasich is the next closest, but he is down 12 points to hillary rand paul trails by 13, 51-38. chris christie is sinking fast. he is down 13 points after trailing by only one point in november. it's clinton, 49, christie, 36. clinton tops marco rubio by 14, 50-36. she beats jeb bush by 15, 51-36. and the republican who fares worst, ted cruz. he is down 17 in ohio, 51-34. and we'll be right back. through sunday, save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get a sealy queen set for just $399. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. but hurry, sleep train's presidents' day sale ends sunday. >>> welcome back to "hardball." two years before the iowa caucuses for 2016, the far right is beginning to attack on the clintons. it's called

. ♪ >>> new poll numbers on the president's race in the key battleground state of ohio.ck the "hardball" scoreboard. according to a new quinnipiac poll, hillary clinton has a nine-point lead over congressman paul ryan out there in ohio. 49-40. and ryan comes closest to hillary among all the republicans. ohio governor john kasich is the next closest, but he is down 12 points to hillary rand paul trails by 13, 51-38. chris christie is sinking fast. he is down 13 points after trailing by only one point in november. it's clinton, 49, christie, 36. clinton tops marco rubio by 14, 50-36. she beats jeb bush by 15, 51-36. and the republican who fares worst, ted cruz. he is down 17 in ohio, 51-34. and we'll be right back. up late. thinking up game-changing ideas, like this: dozens of tax free zones across new york state. move here. expand here. or start a new business here... and pay no taxes for 10 years. with new jobs, new opportunities and a new tax free plan. there's only one way for your business to go. up. find out if your business can qualify at start-upny.com >>> welcome

of the ten most miserable states. the rest of the list looks like this. kentucky second most miserable state. followed by mississippi, alabama, and ohio. and in case you were wondering the least miserable state in the country is north dakota. california is the 17th least miserable state. >> i have never been to any of those states but i hear ohio is okay. i don't know. >> they are certainly more affordable than california. >> that is for sure. >>> time is 4:48. let's go to sal. he is never miserable. >> try not to look smug here in beautiful bay area california. >> we pay for it though. >> we do. [ laughter ] >> good morning, everybody. let's take a look at what we have now. as pam, brian, and steve and everybody has been mentioning it will rain today and that means the traffic is going to be effected. if you look at that crash, east 80 on the albany hill, a car ran into the guardrail but ended up on the right shoulder. medics are there you can see the flashing lights but you can also see it's not having a huge effect on the traffic. might have a brake light or two as you drive past the fire engines. that is about it. traffic on 80 west

of the united states senate, former chair of the committee, patrick leahy. [applause] the senior senator from minnesota, amy klobuchar, congresswoman from ohio and chair of the congressional black congress -- of the congressional black caucus marcia fudge. [applause] and the congressman from texas. we are so glad you are here. this is a bipartisan jobs bill that makes sure 16 million people who worked in agriculture from michigan to mississippi to ohio to texas and everywhere in between have the support they need to provide food for all of us. what you may not know is this is an export bill that will help extend opportunities. it is one of the few areas we have a trade surplus. this is a research bill that will allow us to find solutions to past disease issues and innovation for the future. this is also an energy bill. it will also create the next generation of biofuels and help farmers and small businesses generate their own power to improve energy efficiency and improve the cost of business. there is a bio digester up in fremont about two hours northwest of here that we helped support through rural development. i was there in 2011 for the groundbreaking an

there is a congressman from ohio, critical battleground state of ohio. he explains all the early things to watch. >> i think we are all prepared to run a very tight race. anybody who has run for office, county commissioner or school board, somebody is saying you should run for office, you would make a good candidate. they start plotting their own career before you are necessarily ready to do it. this is being done on a much bigger scale. >> perhaps the biggest thing to compare to its early stages of george w. bush of 2000 campaign where they were coalescing around the governor before he actually had gotten it as well. with hillary clinton has gone for her is much larger. jenna: thank you. jon: coming up, jenna has interview that you will really want to pay attention to. new information coming to light on an attack, and it was an attack the california power plant feeling silicon valley. they call it a terror attack and fears it was just a test run. also, new testimony surrounding edward snowden. why journalism published his findings could be in trouble wi

crescent from pennsylvania to wisconsin, pennsylvania, ohio, wisconsin particularly, you have to get three more presidential candidates out of those statesgovernor of ohio, snyder in michigan and walker in wisconsin. >> and pence in indiana. >> there's a danger he's out there too early and people will say that's an old face. >> it's more than the bridge lane closures. there was a story in the "washington post" this week that indicated that christie, when he was u.s. attorney had made a deal with bristol-myers squib and the deal was that instead of charging him with securities fraud they would do an out of court settle. . part is they would give $5 million as a professorship to seton hall law school which happens to be his alma mater. what about this whole issue of the sort of transactional nature of the way christie does business? >> well, it's obviously a problem. he says that was a deal made by -- wasn't made by him, made by the prosecutors and he had nothing to do with it. it certainly looks bad that it's his alma mater. i think one of the things about christie is he has been seen as to a lot of people as the most electable of the rep

state of illinois. a new member of congress who has championed this issue with the administration and in her own state of ohio. you will be hearing some singing. michelle from new mexico, a freshman member, will be in our film. and judy from california, of the asia-pacific caucus of the house and a strong advocate for when women succeed, america succeeds. with that, i thank you for being here. at lunch we presented what we will present to you to our members. it was not only advocacy for what we are doing, it was a case study on how on an issue of this popularity we are using traditional press, as rosa will personout, our 16,000 theconference as well as social media. with that, shall we play it again? [video clip] valentines day is almost here. >> this valentine's day is going to be treated special, and must be treated equal. what a girl said, wants, what a girl needs, is equal pay for equal work. ♪ for valentine prostate, flowers are all great, but they only last for a day. ist women really need equal pay for equal work. -- valentine's day [indiscernible] that living means inequality. ♪ >> i saw a bunch of wo

she does great work out of the great state of ohio. >> everybody can see? >> no. the cameras cannot see. down in front. [inaudible] >> this is good work. on going to use every pen. -- i am going to use every pen. there you go. [applause] ♪ ["stars and stripes forever" playing] ♪ >> the president used 11 pens to sign the farm will. the president calling on congress to pass immigration and immigration reform and minimum wage when they return. they will meet a new senator on monday. john walsh has been appointed to max the seat vacated by august. -- baucus. he will serve in that seat through january of 2015. also in washington, once again, this weekend next week, the issue of nsa surveillance i cleaned to be before members. surveillance to be before members. a report in "the theington post" and olympics are open today. some comments so far. athena says -- read more and post your thoughts that facebook.com/cspan. one of the western leaders who will not be at sochi is reddish prime minister and -- british prime minister david cameron. issue ofdressing the scottish inde

we did this for the whole state of ohio. if we went around the country throughout. we went around the country introducing tanif to local grass roots leaders and inspire a change in attitudes. we need to have a whole conference of just celebrating solutio solutions. so i think that we need to do that more. just have conferences where we just bring people together and exchange strategies of redemption. >> you want to encourage flexibility. in our legislation, the states doing it well, then they get block granted dollars. that's flexibility, and that is all good. that's how you meet the needs in these communities that bob is talking about. >> we have time for one more question. right here. >> thank you, perhaps all of you could respond to this. i'm deeply concerned about, since the president made the comment a few weeks ago about marijuana and minimizing it's seriousness. and also talking about the states of washington and colorado and the experiment going on there which is against federal law. i wonder what do you -- how do you incorporate in the kinds of public assist

she does great work out of the great state of ohio. >> everybody can see? >> no.e cameras cannot see. down in front. >> down in front. >> this is good work. i am going to use every pen. there you go. [applause] ♪ ["stars and stripes forever" playing] ♪ ♪ ["stars and stripes forever" playing] ♪ ♪ ♪ dan >> and you

ohio, florida, florida, florida. state representative kathleen clyde is in the ohio state assembly. and dale ho is director ofu's voting rights projects. i want to start with an elective official. representative clyde, tell me what is going on in ohio with this effort to make it harder, to be blunt, minorities, older people, who are democrats in many cases to vote. your thoughts. >>> welcome back to "hardball." what's their excuse? just kidding. what is their excuse for cutting down the rights -- the ease with which people can vote? >> they really don't offer good policy reasons for doing any of these attacks on the right to vote. and whenever they do, they're easily shot down as being false reasons, and at this point, they're coming right out and saying they don't want certain people to vote. one of the leaders in the republican party in the house said that we don't want to cater to these voters who take the bus after church on sunday to vote. so they're just coming right out and saying they don't want certain people voting in ohio. >> so let me go right now to dale. in other words, they're welfare queens be

of states. inknow a number of state ohio and mississippi all have rotated to the region over the last couple of years to do the national airspace control over the capital region. on a one-year deployment. if you ever have a chance to see them, they are the best. they have created a capability as a last line of defense from someone you might take this and decide to fly into our capital. when you roll it up of a number of folks who have deployed out of your state every day to do missions, the number is averaging about a thousand or 4000 a day. if you look at the most recent star, 3100 guardsmen in 11 states. the greatest thing about it is how you support each other in that mission. i watched it. he was impressed. rollback you little bit before that in west virginia and water contamination. there were seven states that some of their civil support teams there. some had to adjust schedules because they had other missions like it ready for the super bowl. i met simon washington, d.c. that as they finished their mission got to d.c., set up with the armory for the state of the union address to be on ca

. >> 32 states are under a form of winter weather alert, more warnings than any single storm last year. it is spreading fast. in ohio, a winter storm warning has been issued. an ice warning in other parts of the state where a shortage has some worried. >> there's a lot of kids. this is a kid-friendly neighbourhood. someone could slip and fall. >> in texas, the second winter storm caused a deadly accident. icy roads blamed for a truck that went careening into a sheriff's deputy and three bystanders, killing one. >> freezing raun and snow made roadways treacherous. a tractor trailer topple, and trees and powerlines took a hit. 50,000 were hit without electricity. >> and now all the snow, ice and freezing temperatures from the north-east, from nebraska to new york. the bad weather is promising a dangerous come ute this morning. new yorkers could get a mix of snow and sleet. >> it could impact half an inch of ice. unwomb news for the post super bowl. >> all the storms are leading to a big road salt shortage. kansas, indiana, pennsylvania and ohio have gone flow their stockpile. some are using sands, others must make do

ohio, florida, florida, florida. state representative kathleen clyde is in the ohio state assembly. and dale ho is director ofights projects. i want to start with an elective official. representative clyde, tell me what is going on in ohio with this effort to make it harder, to be blunt, minorities, older people, who are democrats in many cases to vote. your thoughts? >> well, the republicans have introduced bill after bill to try to attack the right to vote in ohio. these two recent bills were attacking early voting, making cuts to early voting. cutting down on the amount of days available to vote early. and then also cuts to mail-in voting. making it harder to send applications to voters to get their absentee ballot then coming up with a whole new set of hurdles to getting that ballot counted. so it's been a relentless attack. >> do they have a bridge survey they're doing? what's their excuse? just kidding. what is their excuse for cutting down the rights -- the ease with which people can vote? . >> they really don't offer good policy reasons for doing any of these attacks on the right to vote. and whenever

the chairman of the department of medical microbiology and immunology, and professor of internal medicine at ohio state university college of medicine. dr. glaser points out the direct link between stress, the immune system, and disease. i'll say that anything the immune response is important in controlling, theoretically, is modulated by psychological stress. there are three major groups of diseases for which the immune response plays a major role-- autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases like colds and virus infections, and cancer. one could speculate that anything that's not good for the immune response wouldn't be good for those classes of diseases. doctors kiecolt-glaser and glaser began collaborating in the early 198os. jan convinced me that it would be worth designing a study to do between us. we designed a study to look at our medical students and the impact of academic stress on the immune system. blood samples were taken from the medical students a month before final examinations and at the beginning of their examinations. the results surprised the researchers. in summation, the studs have t

discuss legislation i think that benefits all americans, and that is the -- particularly my home state of ohio, the farm bill. i appreciate senator flake's comments. i have admired his integrity and his focus on waste in government for the decade or so that i have known him, longer than that. i think he makes some good points in this legislation. we come down on different sides in the end. some of the things he talked about, eliminating a lot of the direct payments, were especially important, came out of legislation that senator thune and i did. i think this is an ongoing process to improve this bill every year, and i hope that every five years i'm hopeful we can do that, but i thank senator flake for his comments. this bill is bipartisan. it reduces the deficit. it helps farms, it helps families, it helps our economy, it helps our environment. it saves $23 billion, taxpayer dollars. it provides certainty and support to one of the nation's largest job creators, agriculture. agriculture-related businesses like food processing equipment, fertilizer feed sales, constitute ohio's largest industry.

in my own state of ohio, they spent $2.85 billion on hunting and fishing and more from the revenue from corn. h.r. 3590 is good for the sporting and conservation communities and i urge my colleagues to sport the bill. thank you, mr. chairman. and i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from oregon is recognized. mr. defazio: i yield myself such time as i may consume. if mr. latta would remain on the floor. if you would, i would like to direct a question about the filming provision, because it seems -- i'm curious what problem specifically have been identified regarding filming permits and the second question would be is it the gentleman's intent they should be able to use members of the committee niesed filming on tracks in wilderness areas? mr. latta: first, there are a lot of smaller companies out there that don't have the large film crews and don't have the large backup when it comes to funding the bill to do these types of activities. we want to make sure those individuals have the ability to be out there with a smaller fee so they can go ahead and m

state hasn't voted with the losing presidential candidate since 1960. voting matters. ohio matters. voting in ohio matters. and nina turner is a democratic state turner from ohio, also a candidate for secretary oflso my friend. nina, thanks so much for being here. welcome to the show. >> thanks, joy. congratulations to you. >> thank you. i should mention we also reached out to governor kasich, to the secretary of state john huston, and several other officials. they either said no thank you, or didn't get back to us. so you'll be here on your own, senator turner. why do you think there's such a strong push for these pretty far-reaching restrictions. >> it makes no sense. years ago, they had to jumped many hurdles, long lines, people waiting in lines for hours. in knox county the last voter didn't vote until 4:00 a.m. the general assembly since that election of 2004 corrected that. that is why ohio since then voters have been able to enjoy early in-person voting and absentee voting, so it makes no sense when it comes to voter-sent rick why the gop-controlled legislature, and the gop secretary of state would seek to push policies and directives that put up road blocks for people to vote. it makes

in these very important big states of michigan, ohio and -- michigan, ohio, new mexico, tennessee, nevadates. they're playing ball with the president and nobody is firing at them. i find that fascinating. >> let me ask you this. take governor snyder, for example, in michigan. is he going to be re-elected because he embraced medicaid expansion or because he lifted the economy? >> it's my argument -- go ahead. you go here. my argument, having read your article since you're the expert, my argument coming out of it was, you know what, it doesn't hurt to play ball with obama in the interest of your state. your thoughts. >> yeah, absolutely. it helps. and in fact, the chairman of the democratic governors association told me over the weekend it's harder to go after the guys who have taken the money. it takes away one of the key attack lines against them. it's something they can cite. what's interesting, chris, these republicans still are afraid of being seen as too close to obama because they need to keep their base enthusiastic. so they're coming up with cute euphemisms to kind of explain why t

i have 60,000 manufacturing jobs, i represent the largest number of farmers in the state of ohio. when i'm home i spend most of my time, the last 16-plus months, i have probably done 450 different meetings in my district visiting manufacturing plants, farmers, small piss, i always ask them, what's the issue you're most concerned ab? and the number one issue i hear from them all the time on, the number one issue is regulations. regulations are the number one thing that are holding back americans from creating more jobs in this country. and so you know, it's very important that -- i ask them, who is it? what regulations? it's the e.p.a. that's the number one agency i hear about from my constituents all the time. earlier this session, i offered h.r. 724 and 724 is a piece of legislation that received bipartisan support here in the house, not only did it receive bipartisan support, it passed unanimously. what that bill does, it gets rid of a piece of egglation that's no longer necessary under the clean air act. it's a piece -- there's a regulation on the books out there that requires t