executive order. >> you can cause people to be vaccinated. >> a dictator, he should have gone to the legislatures why he did it the way he did it. we know from experience on an issue like this if you have an opt in, too many parents do not avail themselves. >> elizabeth, let liz in. >> i was going to say the irony of all this was that bachmann's attack at the debate was actually the most effective attack i thought launched at perry that night and she did completely step all over whatever momentum she might have gained from that because the capitalism issue is real. >> you mean merck? >> yes, the fact that perry, nobody thinks that perry would have issued that executive order if his former chief of staff hadn't been allowed to. >> you think lobbying is a new phenomenon? >> no and nobody is suggesting that something criminal or you know, even that in any way it isn't just the way business happens. but that is not the image perry wants to project in this race. that is not an image that is going toen dear him in politics. >> what is going to be the bigger of the two emphasis out of this race? perry

the legislature met and enacted plans. they submitted them not to the department of justice, which is somewhat unusual, they submitted them to the district court in d.c. the state has a choice in which entity gets to review the plan. there were numerous lawsuits filed against the texas congressional map. i think there were about 14. i could be wrong about that. they were all consolidated into one case in san antonio. that trial has already been held, but there is no decision. the judge in that case is waiting to see what the district court will do. what is really interesting is when the state goes for this pre-clearance and washington, the department of justice essentially becomes the plaintiff and the case. the department of justice has echoed they believe the texas not violate the voting rights in section 5. -- they believe that texas violates the voting rights in section 5. some of the bigger states, there are a handful of states that are still to come. pennsylvania and florida are the two biggest everyone has their eyes

. >> the solution the legislature came up with caused a promotion. a judge temporarily blocked house bill 56 because of several lawsuits filed by four bishops of different denominations, the justice department, aclu, civil rights groups and county sheriffs and 16 foreign governments. some of the loudest protests came from church leaders like pastor angie wright of the community united church of christ. >> if i have 10 undocumented persons in my church for english as a second language class or worship or vacation bible school and i know they are undocumented, i can go to prison for 10 years and pay a $15,000 fine. >> in a nut shell, the bill as it stands now criminalizes working, renting, having false papers, shielding, harboring, hiring, and transporting undocumented immigrants. it also deprives them of most local public benefits. as it was intended, it punishes just about every aspect of illegal immigration. >> the reason why we filed the suit is to keep the government out of our business. the government is trying to tell us what we can or can't do i

. >> the legislature should not be passing legislation that thwarts the will of the people. they should not say, you can make distinctions on the basis

>> it does, but it's where the republicans took over the state legislature. they can't do anything to slow these things down. it's like poker. it's stacking the deck. we are going to see a different game. >> let me go to pennsylvania. they are talking to the republicans about getting rid of the black voting. everybody fights for pennsylvania. democrats usually get it, not all. here we go. why are they trying to break it up? >> because obama might win pennsylvania. if he gets the most votes in pennsylvania, he gets all the electoral votes. it's the way it's worked in most of the states. >> 23, i think. >> in most of the states forever. you have to give the republicans credit, they are all about getting elected. if they can turn an election in their favor, they are willing to go for it. destroying the electoral system -- >> it's like having a new redistricting through the decade. >> exactly. >> what about breaking up the vote? it breaks up the small states. it could be counter productive. >> we'll see, except in states where they took over the legislature, we ha

but the florida legislature -- >> where do you go to vote, by the way?you go and vote down at the county seat. at the election. so what happened was, this year, they cut that back. and they specifically cut out that last sunday before the election day, because they know who it's going to impact. the people who turned out more in 2008. >> you know this stuff. what do the democrats and state legislatures do when they see this being passed. don't they raise red flags? >> this is mostly in the states where republicans took over the state legislature. so they can't do anything to slow these things down. this is like poker. it's really stacking the deck. we are going to see a different game. >> let me go home to the state i grew up in, pennsylvania. they're now talking up there, the republicans, of getting rid of the effectively blocked voting of the electoral college, the unit rule. that everybody fights for pennsylvania. democrats usually get it. not always, reagan got it. why are they trying to break up the electoral college? so it's not going to be by cong

[laughter] but, it gets him elected to the state legislature, and he's elected to the state legislature in 1828, 1829, and 1830 running as the anti-masonic candidate from erie county. he proposes a bill to ban sending people to jail if they are in debt, sending people to debtors prison. the old english law notion of debtors prison was this. most people who went into debt in wealthy england were wealthy people who borrowed money to get more money. the assumption was they hid their assets, and they would fess up in jail. that may have made sense in england, but it made no sense in america in the 1820s and 1830s when farmers went into debt to buy land and sometimes went bankrupt. fillmore is responsible for drafting the bill that ends debtors' prison in america, but because he's a minor party, he has to back off and let the democrats who control the legislature pass the bill and get the glory for it. in 180, he declares he's not running for reelection, and instead moves to the western america, buffalo, and he moves to buffalo in 1830 and practices law, but he also practices politics becaus

either by failing to vote for such in committee or on the floor of the legislature." if you don't vote for us to change to winner take all, the republican party will disown you. why is the nebraska republican party playing such hardball on this? making this a do or die issue for nebraska republicans? they must vote to change this or -- earlier this year back in january, brought this up. the republican senator who sponsored the bill to get rid of nebraska's election system told "the lincoln journal star," quote, we would not want to see obama re-elected in 2012 by one electoral vote in omaha. so the principle at work here is that changing this rule would be a way to deny president obama an electoral vote. changing this rule is a way to deny president obama a shot at re-election. not by changing the way people vote or the way people feel about either candidate but simply by changing the rules to the rules, themselves, advantage the republican party. this is the principle at work here. you can tell that this is the principle at work for republicans this year because they

he ran for the legislature. he was tapped in the early 1970's, just a decade after all of the problems in birmingham, to make it an all-american city, and that got his attention to the city. once he became a member of the legislature, once he became a member of the legislation, he continued to do that. he wore to with all segments. he truly was a representative not only of the black community in birmingham but for all of birmingham and all of jefferson county, and it was just his persona. you just have to know chris, and you know him well. he has got that booming voice, even at age 85. he has that strong voice. he is the kind of person that people flock to whenever he speaks. tavis: now, to get to your point, at 85 years of age, how does a civil-rights icon such as chris mcnair find himself in prison, which if you are a math major is until he is 90 years old? how did this happen? >> tavis, this is a story of triumph after tragedy that ends up in tragedy again. as a county commissioner, chris was seen to have take

they get in the way of the legislature or the executive branch doing what it want to do. it becomes very much a political issue as to be adequate funding of the courts. there should not be that tension that exists for the courts doing the right thing. there should be an opportunity in some states, and we will look at this next year in our commission resolution, one state as a citizens' committee that looks at the necessary funding for the state judiciary. then, there is a determined number based on empirical evidence. then, unless the governor and the legislature a firm affiliated affirmatively veto that, it becomes the number for the justice system in the state. i would like to see a way of disconnecting the two so that the justice system is absolutely funding and we provide access for citizens. >> the next question is rather different. how has the war on terror affected the american justice system in the past or up until now? what do you foresee in the future? >> the aba has spoken out about that issue on a number of occasions. it is important to preserve the bill of ri

but it gets him elected to the state legislature and he is elected to the state legislature in 1828-1830 running as the anti masonic candidate from erie county. is our culture and in the legislature is to propose a bill to bans sending people to jail if they are in debt. the old english law notion of debtors' prison was most people who went into debt in medieval england were wealthy people who borrow money to get more wealth and they didn't pay their debts the assumption was they were hiding their wealth. they were hiding their assets so if you put them in jail they would find money to get themselves out of jail. that may have made sense in medieval england. it made no sense in america in the 1820s and 30s when farmers went into debt to buy land and went in bankrupt and couldn't pay their land. fillmore is responsible for drafting the bill that ends debtors prison but he has to back off and let the democrats pass the bill and get the glory for it. in 1830 he declares he won't run for reelection to the legislature and instead moves to the big bustling future metropolis of western america,

chairman and committee members, the legislature wrapped up on september 9, so a number of bills are pending approval or review by the governor. i thought i would catch you up on several of the bills that we monitored or supported on your behalf through the year. and a brief discussion of were the high-speed rail legislation stands. we have talked about that from time to time. i will close with two or three late breaking major bills that were amended in the last week's session. first, page 5 of the matrix, we watched that dealing with infrastructure financing districts and streamlining the process to enact those. a lot of progress was made on ifd bills, but the member decided to put this on inactive to see how the governor treats a couple of other bills. i think she's waiting to see if there are any changes she may need to make next year in order to be more assured of a giddy -- getting and approval of that measure. we also supported ab 1041, on page 11, and that extended the authority for the city of san francisco to continue using video for a transit line enforcement. that is on the govern

the legislature met and enacted plans. they submitted them not to the department of justice, which is mewhat unusual, they submitted them to the district court in d.c. thstate has a choice in which entity gets to review the plan. there were nerous lawsuits filed against the texas congressional map. i think there were about 14. i could be wrong about that. they were a consolidated into one case in san antonio. that trial has already been held, but there is no decision. the judge in that case is waiting to see what the district court will do. what is really interesting is when the state goes for this pre-clearance and washington, the department of justice essentially becomes the plaintiff and the case. the department of justice has echoed they believe the texas not violate the voting rights in section 5. -- they believe that texas violates the voting rights in section 5. some of the bigger states, there are a handful of states that are still to come. pennsylvania and florida are the two biggest everyone has eir eyes on. host:

so we're worried that might have a huge impact because the state legislature put this trigger into the funding of k-8 schools for this year and if the revenues fall short of what they thought it would be, we would have to make further cuts. and that's not a real good note to begin the school board on. let's hope the economy gets back on track. in fact, put it in its proper perspective for you, there's 143 school districts right now in california that have a negative or qualified fiscal certification which means they're officially named as in danger of not meeting their financial obligations. thankfully, knock on wood, we're not one of them. we've been pretty tight with our budgets but i think at the end, that's how we're able to rehire all those folks who got pink slips because we have been very good stewards. i want to commend the board for passing some tough budgets but keeping us there so we're not in that list. also, a big reminder to everybody, the t-dap, the whooping cough is a big issue. last year, the state passed a bill that requires all seventh through 12th graders, they have

basically, the legislature has to go back to the governor and address it. we're going to have to be continually refining our policies and processes to deal with that. you might find this interesting, because it gives a good

because you still have the same republican people in the legislature who said no to him before. >> well, it has to do with a couple of republican votes he needs and apparently have been pledged. the plan would basically be for those companies that are not in california, but selling things in california, they would pay taxes based on what they sell in california. that would generate about $1 billion that would be given back to california businesses in the forms of tax breaks and even some income tax breaks for personal income tax. the idea being to help stimulate the economy. you know, we're down to the last hours of the session right now and when we walked into the studio, it still hadn't been voted on because there are 249 other things that have to be dealt with as well. as a result, we don't know what the answer to that is. but the reality is some will see this as a tax increase and they don't want tax increases of any kind. they're married to that concept. >> belva: before we move on, the president also had a big disappointment with one of the green companies he'd been supporting. ho

but the florida legislature -- >> where do you go to vote, by the way?u go and vote down at the county seat. so what happened was, this year, they cut that back. and they specifically cut out that last sunday before the election day, because they know who it's going to impact. the people who turned out more in 2008. >> this is so obvious. by the way, here's senator lindsey graham, a guy who i respect on a number of issues, at a hearing last week praising the new law passed in his state, south carolina, that requires voters to show a government-issued i.d. card with a photo on it. more than 178,000 registered voters in that state alone do not have that identification card. let's listen to senator graham. >> i think what south carolina did makes imminent sense to me and the law of the land, as i understand it, is the indiana system's been upheld and you will see more of this, mr. chairman, not less. 30 states have some form of voter i.d. requirement, so i think this is the future of the country. something we should embrace at the federal level, because ele

two months later the state legislature turned it over and it died on the vine. despite that fact in the debate michele bachmann tried to paint rick perry is someone who wanted innocent little girls to be held down by the arm of big government and forcibly stuck with needles in their arms. now after the debate she's even trying to raise fears that the hpv vaccine can cause mental retardation. something she's repeated on television at least twice already. that is by all accounts, just flat-out wrong. more on that in a minute. but first bachmann and perry going head-to-head last night. >> i'm a mom with three children, and to have innocent little 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injection through an executive order is just flat-out wrong. that should never be done. that's a violation of a liberty interest. little girls who have a negative reaction to this potentially dangerous drug don't get a mulligan. they don't get a do-over. the parents don't get a do-over. >> and at the end of the day, this was about trying to stop a cancer and giving the paren

two months later the state legislature turned it over and it died on the vine. despite that fact in the debate michele bachmann tried to paint rick perry is someone who wanted innocent little girls to be held down by the arm of big government and forcibly stuck with needles in their arms. now after the debate she's even trying to raise fears that the hpv vaccine can cause mental retardation. something she's repeated on television at least twice already. that is by all accounts, just flat-out wrong. more on that in a minute. but first bachmann and perry going head-to-head last night. >> i'm a mom with three children, and to have innocent little 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injection through an executive order is just flat-out wrong. that should never be done. that's a violation of a liberty interest. little girls who have a negative reaction to this potentially dangerous drug don't get a mulligan. they don't get a do-over. the parents don't get a do-over. >> and at the end of the day, this was about trying to stop a cancer and giving the paren

there are other documents approved by the legislature. ribing the city's obligation under the market conditions. supervisor chu: thank you. i know that the report mentioned the fact that the redevelopment agency could not be issued within? >> as you know, there are certain questions that have to do with whether the redevelopment agency is actually able to issue bonds. given the nature of repayment on prior bombs, it was felt that extra revenues, other than the resolution, which would be a january, the earliest, this recommendation for funding involves achieving those with more certainty within the transition. supervisor chu: let's go to the budget analyst report. >> table 3, page 5 of our report, based on information provided, the current estimated certificates to be issued are $97,910,000 out of the requested authorization for the approval of $110 million. which is to say that it explains the excessive amount as revised sufficiently for mortgage fluctuations between the time that the board approves the legislation and the anticipated issu

that bill has divided asian members of the legislature. n sharks are caught, fishermen cut the fins and then dumped back into the sea to die. >>> an eyesore right in the middle of berkeley's busy shopping and dining area has neighbors at their wits end. amber lee is live. >> reporter: tonight the berkeley city council voted unanimously to force the owner of this vacant loss to build affordable housing here or the court will foreclose and sell his property. >> i participated in that mural project. >> reporter: this owner told us that this property is an eyesore. the owner abandoned it. plans to build affordable housing, instead it has turned into an overgrown field. >> frustration, anger and to tell you the truth some misery. >> reporter: merchants along busy telegraph avenue have complaints of people hanging around, foreclosed menacing. today the council heard from the public. critics say terc era bought the property and needs to take care of it. >> it's long overdue for action to be taken to build something here. >> this should have been d

so it was the legislature's who selected the senators. that's why i say there were blacks who were elected by legislatures to go represent their states in the senate. in fact the first and one of the most interesting stories in the book is the story of hyrum revels who was the first black to represent a stake in the senate. the interesting thing about hyrum revels is that he was selected by the mississippi legislature to fill the seat that had been occupied by jefferson davis. jefferson davis had been the president of the confederacy and the mississippi legislature chose hyrum revels, a black man to fill the seat that had previously been occupied by jefferson davis and finnegan i talked about this in the book win hyrum revels goes to represent mississippi as a senator, the reconstruction era senator there is a big debate on whether he can be seated because some take the position that he cannot lawfully be seated because after all before the promulgation of the 14th amendment in 1868, blacks could not be citizens of the united states accord

this is what they're doing with control of the state legislatures and the governorships. unions give money to democratic candidates and do get out the vote for democratic candidates then unions have to be destroyed by state law. democrats count on newly registered voters turning out for democratic candidates, it must become much, much harder to newly register voters. democratic voters are disproportionately minorities and students who don't have official photo i.d. then official photo i.d. will be required to vote by state law. now in pennsylvania, republicans can't figure out how to win the state but they can figure out how to narrowly win some districts. then, by golly, they'll change that state law, too. this is called using public policy for partisan outcomes. this is called putting your thumb on the scale. joining us now is former pennsylvania governor ed rendell, former chair of the democratic party and now a msnbc political analyst. governor, thank you for being here. it's nice to see you. >> nice to be here. >> let me just ask you what your position is on this new

oklahoma passed a law that says we, the oklahoma legislature, in this state, and the judges, cannot take into account any foreign international or shurea law in our making, correct? >> correct. >> that sounds very logical to me. i like that law. >> the problem is if they stopped by just saying international law, they were only going to look at state and or u.s. federal law, fine. but they said right here, specifically the shureal law. >> they singled out the muslim law and that is why? >> you are singling out one religion. >> the judge said it's a violation of religion? >> first amendment right to what. >> to religion. >> what religion. >> any religion. >> how is it preventing a muslim from worshiping. >> this particular muslim interacted in a will and that will has some shureal law in it and sometimes people marry under the islam law. you can say all of those are out, any will under the islam law. >> do you concur with this that he had a will and he did something in it and they said the will is no good. >> the last time i checked it in the u.s. we had our constitution and nowhere does i

we'll have that in two minutes. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, today, the legislature passed the second half ca >>> undocumented students are a step closer to being able to apply for financial aid to go to college. today the legislature passed the second half of the california "dream act" and sent it to governor brown. it allows undocumented students to apply for state funded scholarships and get a reduction in tuition. governor is expected to stein it. >>> we all know how expensive college is but it may be a bargain compared to daycare. in most states, a year of child care now costs more than a year at a public university. that's according to the national association of child care resource and referral agencies. the exact dollar amount varies state to state from a low of $4,500 in mississippi to more than $18,000 in massachusetts. >>> speaking of daycare, hiring a babysitter could get more complicated if state lawmakers get their way, talking vacation pay, meal breaks, you get the picture. ann notarangelo on the new bill that is working its way through sacramento and why some say this goes way too