thank you so much, secretary hilda solis, governor ted strickland. thank you both for your time tonight. both of you have a great weekend. >> thank you. >> thank you, sir. >>> coming up, the right's curious response to the mitt romney jet ski photo. remember what conservatives were saying back when john kerry was out wind surfing? >>> plus president obama calls out romney for abandoning his principles and pandering to the far right. >> are you abandoning a principle you fought for for six years simply because you're getting pressure for two days from rush limbaugh or critics in washington? sometimes you've got to fight for things you believe in. you can't just switch on a dime. >>> and the president's emotional encounter with a woman who lost her sister to cancer. and who's now praising the affordable care act. this law is about people, not politics. we'll talk to her in an exclusive interview live. you're watching "politicsnation" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] let's say you need to take care of legal matters. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easie

ted strickland and also hogan gidly.t to have all of you with me and i want sto start with perry. this is really a strong message coming out of the romney campaign. the most coordinated response yet to the president's bain attacks, and certainly time is of the essence on this one, perry. but is it enough to change the narrative in romney's favor? >> i don't think it is. i mean, you saw on friday he did five interviews with every outlet, every major network and he didn't address the questions about his tax returns or exactly when he left bain. i mean, it's unusual you do five interviews all over the place in terms of exposure but still don't answer the core questions. i almost feel like he name a vice presidential nominee to change the subject right now. >> as perry mentioned, we have the five different interviews on friday then the sunday talkers and the advisers, the staffers, they have taken to the tv to really try to hammer back at this bain message. take a listen to this, hogan. >> he actually retired retroactively a

the former ohio governor ted strickland has tough words for the republican candidate and he's here tonight. >>> let's kill this guy. and i feel like that's not really a very good campaign policy. >> the big panel weighs in on the comments about barack obama's campaign. >>> a shocking new report says american voter i.d. laws could disenfranchise voters. that story ahead. >>> and chris rock tweets about slavery on independence day and the right wing can't stand it. >> doesn't that tear the country apart? >> dr. james peterson responds tonight. >> i'm talking about a period of time where black people had no time. talking about the 1600s to about 1964. >>> president obama brought his re-election campaign to america's heartland today hoping to gain a decisive advantage in a crucial swing state. ohio has 18 electoral votes up for grabs. florida is the only state up for more grabs than that. it's a must win for both presidential candidates. the president continued his recent campaign strategy of targeting messages for audiences. in northern ohio, he delivered an appeal to the picky independent vo

former ohio governor ted strickland, welcome back inside the war room. >> it's good to be with you jennifer. >> well, glad to have you here so you and i have been through this before certainly as governors with the federal government begging for additional funds. why won't these guys take the money? >> well selfishness, extreme ideology. here in ohio governor kasich and lieutenant governor mary taylor say they are not going to pursue the exchanges. they want to the wait apparently until november and perhaps have the federal government institute the change the exchanges in ohio. but jennifer what really makes me angry is the fact that these folks, these governors are getting, i guess all of them subsidized healthcare from the taxpayer, members of congress are having part of their healthcare paid for by the taxpayer. what's good for the goose ought to be good for the gander. i think these are really selfish hypocrites. you know, i use those words purposefully because i think they adequately express what these folks stand for. you know they want their families to be covered. they want to know

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and that is my good fred, ted strickland, the former governor of ohio., welcome back inside the war room. >> it's great to be with you this evening. >> any chance that ongoing pressure, do you think from republicans can get governor romney, do you think, to release his tax returns? his colleagues, that might be something else. >> yeah. jennifer, i have decided that watching this unfold that there must be something in those tax returns that is so damaging that mitt romney knows it would be a deal-breaker with the american people. >> what do you think it is? >> what is he trying to hide from the american people? is it possible -- >> if you speculated i would give you my guess. >> i am speculating that there may have been years when he paid no taxes at all, although he is a very wealthy man. perhaps he found ways to avoid paying any tax at all. i think that would be a deal-breaker with the american people. >> you know what i think it is ted? let me just say, i think that if he released his tax returns and it showed that he made boo-gobs of money from bain c

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republican state senator strickland voted against it. >> this bill is spending money we just don't have here in california. >> reporter: but california had to agree to put its own money into the project to get 3.3 billion in federal stimulus funds. state senate president democrat steinberg struggled to get enough votes. >> i think what we did today is going to be seen over many years as a turning point in california. >> reporter: the senate vote covers only about one tenth of the $70 billion or so the project is eventually expected to cost. in 2008 california voters approved spending close to $10 billion on the first phase of high speed rail. an opinion poll then showed 52% support for the project. but support now has dropped to 39%, as californians have watched the state's budget problems deepen. >> i don't know if i want to spend extra tax money on right now, i'd be more interested in education. report while the animation shows bullet trains arriving in busy city centers, the first stage will be bit through largely agricultural land in california's central valley, which has led critic

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the representative spoke as did former governor ted strickland and senator brown.sident should be speaking shortly. this is the first of a two-day tour, 250-mile tour. later he will speak in parma, just outside cleveland. we will have coverage throughout the day on c-span.org as well. the tour will wrap up tomorrow in pittsburgh with a speech at carnegie-mellon. we will have that live on c-span at 2:00 p.m. eastern. to get more details on what is ahead on the tour, we spoke with a reporter covering the campaign. when house reporter from "politico" reid epstein. what makes ohio so important to the president's campaign? >> ohio is a key swing state. no republican in modern times has won the presidency without ohio. it is ground zero for the president's pushing at -- boasting about the auto bailout that his illustration pushed early in his term. detroit makes the cars but more parts for the vehicles are made in ohio than anywhere else. so there's a lot of jobs on the line in this part of the state, in this part of the country for the president to be boasting about. >>

i appreciate you coming on, ted strickland. >> jennifer, i consider this a matter of economic patriotism exactly right. a great point. a great point. thanks, ted. appreciate you coming on. coming up mitt romney isn't the only one having trouble explaining his tax situation. the washington press corps isn't doing any better. but first, dennis kucinich may be leaving congress. >> that's not going to stop him for pushing. in the war room to explain why he is backing a new political action company. >> romney bobby jindal your lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala it's go time! >>every weeknight cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>overwhelming majority of the county says: "tax the rich don't go to war." i can't stand these spots. those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. gross. jet-dry rinse agent helps wash them away so the only thing left behind is the shine. jet-dry rinses away residues for a sparkling shine. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> today, the senate blocked a bill that would have made

we'll chase down the politics and the politicians with governor ted strickland and we'll have joe williamss public departure in the wake of his comments about mitt romney. the role of the media. and we'll talk third party politics with another former governor and another former colleague of ours. >> eliot: i want wait to watch it. i'll watch it every the real world and politics collide on "the gavin newsom show." this week the experts are wrong. failing is good and wall street is bad. but how does vinod khosla really feel?

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. >> southeast ohio, that is where ted strickland was elected. those are details. he is running a campaign in coal country about west virginia issues but that is going to take votes away from obama. >> sean: we have to take a break. i promise we'll get everybody in. good to see you and everybody else that is here. also coming up, he can't run on his record. he is going after romney's record. president obama's attacks about president obama's attacks about now, tre's gentle, dependable constipation relief fore... and me and me. new dulcolax laxative tablets for women are comfort-coated... so they're gentle on sensitive stomachs. new dulcolax laxative for women the overnight relief you're looking for. [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back down from a challenge. this is the age of knowing how to make things happen. sowhy let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may ca

that nrdc she worked on capitol hill first as an aide to congressman and former ohio governor ted strickland and worked as senior staff member for current labor secretary. during her time on capitol hill had their health co-founded democratic caucus environmental message team which continues to help democratic members communicate more effectively with their constituents about environment and energy issues. heather is married with 32 beautiful children and presides in silicon valley in california. a [applause] >> good evening. thank you for joining us to celebrate nrdc action fund's first book release of "reckless: the political assault on the american environment" written by staffer bob deans. please join me in giving him a round of applause. [applause] >> bob is always a joy to work with so is good to recognize that kind of dedication and general stability in this business. so often we have snow many fights that it is nice to be dealing with the gentleman. also even better to be dealing with an informed gentleman. i came to the environment on a gymnasium floor. i grew up in actionland, kent

. >> southeast ohio, that is where ted strickland was elected. those are details. he is running a campaign in coal country about west virginia issues but that is going to take votes away from obama. >> sean: we have to take a break. i promise we'll get everybody in. good to see you and everybody else that is here. also coming up, he can't run on his record. he is going after romney's record. president obama's attacks about bain capital have proved to be totally false. we'll have more of our group when we return. ool if we took the nissan altima and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and best in class 38 mpg highway... ...advanced headlights... ...and zero gravity seats? yeah, that would be cool. ♪ introducing the completely reimagined nissan altima. it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ nissan. innovation that excites. it's hard to see opportunity in today's challenging environment. unless you have the right perspective. bny mellon wealth management has the vision and experience to look beyond the obvio

we'll get into details with former strickland, and the president was in ohio today. now the records are beginning to seep out. the n fed knew about the libor games being played out by the banks year ago. and seems to have done precious little about it except perhaps send a memo parroting the sow called reform ideas proposed by the banks themselves. then nothing more. no prosecutions, no inquires of the banks to see if the illegal behavior stopped. just a live and let live attitude. of course, this was the new york fed led by tim geithner who testified that he had never been a regulator. huh? as president of the new york fed he was the most important regulator out there and he didn't even know it. simply amazing. but at least he was consistent. because he certainly didn't act like a regulator. he led a fed that paid back goldman sachs 100% on the dollar in the middle of the crash with your money when goldman was going business with aig. chenthen they bailed out aig with hundreds of millions of our dollars. this has never been explained. and then these companies that w

not be prouder to have as one of my campaign co-chairs, your former governor, the outstanding ted strickland is here. now, i just want to first of all say thank you, guys, for taking your time to come out. i hope everyone had a wonderful fourth of july. we had a little barbecue. in my back yard. it was little. had a few fireworks. some of you know that malia turned 14. yesterday. and she is just an incredible young lady just like sasha is. now, she used to be young enough where -- but she doesn't believe me anymore. and michelle sends her love. malia was having a sleepover with some of her friends and michelle thought, you know, you can't just have a house full of girls and no parental supervision. just letting you know. but she says hi. the girls say hi. and bo says hi. now, you may not have noticed, but we're in the middle of campaign season here. and this will be -- one way or another, this will be my last campaign. which gets me to thinking about my first campaign. and, you know, i was a lawyer and i was teaching law. you know, the state senate seat came up, i told michelle, you know, so

[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 to go! >> you're fired up! [applause] it's campaign season again. look, i understand it's not always pretty to watch. there has been more money flooding into the system than we've ever seen befor

the former ohio governor ted strickland has tough words for the republican candidate and he's here tonight. >>> let's kill this guy. and i feel like that's not really a very good campaign policy. >> the big panel weighs in on the comments about barack obama's campaign. >>> a shocking new report says american voter i.d. laws could disenfranchise voters. that story ahead. >>> and chris rock tweets about slavery on independence day and the right wing can't stand it. >> doesn't that tear the country apart? >> dr. james peterson responds tonight. >> i'm talking about a period of time where black people had no time. talking about the 1600s to about 1964. >>> president obama brought his re-election campaign to

strickland schultz turban, take it away. >> why is he not releasing his income tax returns. >> mitt romney release more than one year of tax records. >> i'm surprised he only released one year of tax returns. that has perplexed me. this is the first time in 30 years that a person running for president has done that. >> give me a break. what is mitt romney hiding from people. >> the best way to figure out if mitt romney is implying with tax laws, have him release more of his tax returns. >> when it comes down to his swiss bank account, there is no way to explain it. >> someone said rightly that mitt romney is the most secretive american politician since richard nixon. >> why--the americans need to ask themselves, why does an american businessman need a situation bank account and secretive investments like that. >> nobody knows why he has a corporation in bermuda why he failed to disclose that on seven different financial disclosures. >> so many questions. >> cenk: man, they pounded at him. then they threw him in the middle of the ring, and he's thinking, oh no, don't do it again. no don't i

joining me now, democratic govern nor and ted strickland of ohio and rick tyler.rning. >> the latest polling shows while most don't approve of the decision to uphold the mandate, the majority do support the law itself. actually the issue of repeal is mixed. should the president leave it alone or does he need to continue to make the case for the individual mandate? >> i think we should make the case. the president should press forward. the individual mandate as we know was mitt romney's idea. he implemented it in massachusetts and it's working well in massachusetts. chris, one of the things that bothers me about the congress having this vote to repeal obama care is that the people casting that vote, the republicans are themselves receiving taxpayer subsidized health care. i think really to be fair, if they want to take health care coverage away from 33 million americans, they should at least give up their own subsidized health care. >> sorry there hypocrisy on the part of those who get health care and continue to get health care? >> except what the governor is sayi

we'll chase down the politics and the politicians with governor ted strickland and we'll have joe williamss public departure in the wake of his comments about mitt romney. the role of the media. and we'll talk third party politics with another former governor and another former colleague of ours. >> eliot: i want wait to watch it. i'll watch it every night. more "viewpoint" coming up next. thanks, jennifer. it's go time! >>every weeknight cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>overwhelming majority of the county says: "tax the rich don't go to war." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> eliot: for the past two weeks i lived an amazing adventure. traveling with my family to peru and ecuador. in peru we saw the ruins of once magnificent city, machu picchu. arguably one of the epicenters of thinking and science for south america and perhaps the world. but then it literally disappeared. for hundreds of years to be rediscovered as a ruin in 1911. sit waited on the inca trail and the valleys that surround the andes peeks, it was aimful to behold. we then went to the galapagos islands visited during the 1

and when governor strickland lost, that was a big blow to democrats.e 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. and considering how important ohio is, we could shut down the whole election and run the whole election in ohio because that's -- it's so likely that ohio's really going to be the determining factor just like it was in '04. it's so critical. and i think portman would be a great pick. the interesting dynamic there t

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 always pretty to watch. there has been more money flooding into the system than we've ever seen before. more negative ads, more cynicism. most of what you read about or hear about on the ne

the former ohio governor ted strickland has tough words for the republican candidate and he's here tonightt's kill this guy. and i feel like that's not really a very good campaign policy. >> the big panel weighs in on the comments about barack obama's campaign. >>> a shocking new report says american voter i.d. laws could disenfranchise voters. that story ahead. >>> and chris rock tweets about slavery on independence day and the right wing can't stand it. >> doesn't that tear the country apart? >> dr. james peterson responds tonight. >> i'm tking about a period of time where black people had no time. talking about the 1600s to about 1964. >>> president obama brought his re-election campaign to america's heartland today hoping to gain a decisi

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and your former governor and my campaign co-chair ted strickland is in the house. i love you.t 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 than we have ever seen before. more negative ads, more cynicism, and most of what you read about or hear about on the news is who is up or down in the polls in