here he is lashing out at the reporting of "the washington post," calling it outrageous, and in a statementesterday saying he won't stand for it. he lashed out again in politico, saying, "here's what the senator said in his cover, "if "the washington post" wants to criticize me for getting a few dates wrong, i accept that. but to call into question the central and defining event of my parents' young lives, the fact that a brutal communist dictator took control of their homeland and they were never able to return is something i will not tolerate. ultimately, what "the washington post" writes is not that important to me. i am the son of exiles. i inherited two generations of unfulfilled dreams. this is a story that needs no embellishing. then why did you do it? how can people put out this pompous, indignant, nonsense when they're caught dead to rights? >> well, i don't know if i would use those exact words, but i will say this. there's an interesting story, whether they came before or after castro. in fact, in some respects, if they came before castro, it's an immigrant story that would be un

"the washington post" with "for gadhafi, a bloody end in libya." e "chicago tribune" went, "with gadhafi gone, libya exhales." tasteful "new york post" had "gadhafi killed by yankee fan," gunman had more hits than a-rod. and it showed gadhafi's killer wearing a yankees cap. it's all true. there were still questions about the sequence of events that lead to gadhafi's death. many are handing credit to this 20-year-old member of the rebel forces. there he is. and now for the big number. did you notice that each of those headlines went with a different spelling for the former libya leader's name. does it start with an "a," a "k," a "g" or a "q"? and does it end with a "y" or is it an "i"? and there's quite an arrange of options for his first name as well. in his 40 years as dictator how many english translations of moammar gadhafi's name have popped up? 112. that's just in the english translations. the library of congress alone lists 72 of them. 112 right ways or wrong ways to spell moammar gadhafi. that's tonight's big number. that's "hardball" for now

he reacted to the story as we knew it in the "washington post," on television yesterday saying this isutely wrong. by the way, all of the information from the perry family about when they say they painted over that sign was in the "washington post" story. no new information emerged to make herman cain suddenly find the whole thing to be okay. is that because herman cain is calculating that within republican politics, you don't want to complain about anybody racist associations or past in any way? >> there's probably an argument to be made, lawrence, that this story for him to keep complaining about it is an unsettling reminder to his party and it eventually could order against herman cain. i think for perry's part, however, this has been completely bungled by his staff. his media people are clearly very inept and largely incompetent. they tended to in response try to parse how they reacted to this. first we knew about it on this date then he knew about it on this date. then he used the eastern entrance to the ranch. it was very sort of awkward for them to take that approach when they s

hi, senator, the beef the "the washington post" has and they are making a pretty big deal out of it, i'm not really seeing the great importance of the story, is that your time line is off on your family history of coming from cuba to the united states. did you mislead anybody in your family history when you talked about it. >> absolutely not. the date that my parents came i was always under the impression that it was the late 50s until very recently realize that it wasn't. >> bill: they came earlier. >> they came earlier as legal residents to the united states. no special privilege. irrelevant whether they are exiles or not. the day i was born in 1971, my parents could not return to the nation of their birth unless they were willing to live under communism. 1956, the opportunities they had in the united states were better than the opportunities they had in cuba. >> bill: it wasn't a communist thing for them primarily. they wanted to come for a better life. >> the first time they came, right. >> bill: when they tried to go back, they saw the chaos that was throw had imposed on the isla

washington. i'm not slamming the "the washington post" here but maybe they deserve to be slammed. they are looking and hunting for anything. here is a hunting situation where the perry family leases the land so they can go shoot stuff, okay? and on a rock outside the gate is this objectionable word disparaging blacks. somebody paints it over, okay? it happened 27 years ago, 28 years ago. and there it is on the front page of the "the washington post" indicating, what? that perry is a racist? there is no backup for that. >> no. that's right. and the other thing about this, bill, it wasn't as if somebody painted that on there as a racial slur. apparently this was a word that was used. it was the name of the place. name of the area. the name of the. >> bill: that doesn't matter because that's a racial slur and anybody in 1983 would have known that. >> i understand that. but the point was it wasn't. >> bill: they should have painted it over but it looks like they did. >> yeah, they did. i think the herman cain, fellow republican, who on "fox news sunday" said he was disapproved of this.

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here he is lashing out at "the washington post," calling it outrageous, in a statement yesterday, sayinge won't stand for it. he lashed out again in politico, saying, "here's what the senator said in his cover, "if the washington post" wants to criticize me for getting a few dates wrong, i accept that. but to call into question the central and defining event of my parents' young lives, the fact that a brutal communist dictator took control of their homeland and they were never able to return is something i will not tolerate. ultimately, what "the washington post" writes is not that important to me. i am the son of exiles. i inherited two generations of unfulfilled dreams. this is a story that needs no embellishing." then why did you do it? how can people put out this pompous, indignant, nonsense when they're caught dead to rights? >> well, i don't know if i would use those exact words, but i will say this. there's an interesting story, whether they came before or after castro. in fact, in some respects, if they came before castro, it's an immigrant story that would be understood by a lot

well, it was the media research center that pointed out in two days "the washington post" has dedicated more words to this story than they did to the entire jeremiah wright issue in 2008. they never covered the virginia governor's race in "the washington post" in the front page section except for five days. first day contained seven articles about bob mcdonnell having race issues, then in the subsequent days someone pointed out that they had issues with the confederate flag, then the story went back to the metro section. >> but here's the deal, anderson. i'm sure al gore is sitting at home how many people did stories about him creating the internet. you have people on the left, on the right, democrats and republicans who campaign about stories all the time. and so to say it's a hit job here, say fox news does this, say "the new york times" does that. the reality is when you run for president, you're going to get these kinds of stories. you deal with them up front. and then you move on. >> let's move on. erick erickson, ari fleischer, roland martin. >>> still tonight gripping testimony i

our editorial writer for "the washington post." what are you looking at? 24 hours, we will be talking about "the washington post" bloomberg debate in new hampshire. it will be on the economy, but with race and religion swirling around the republican candidates, it will be interesting to see if they can just stick to economics tomorrow. >> i know that economics are the topic, but it seems as you point out it will be hard if the candidates try to get the topics in to try to put romney on the spot on social values and voter issues. >> right. put romney on the spot on voter issues and perry on the spot when it comes to the reverend and what he said about the mormon faith and put perry on the spot about his hunting camp. >> and of course immigration. it's one of my favorite places in the world. hanover, new hampshire. thank you very much. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." tomorrow on the show, "the washington post's" dan balz and al hunt continue their debate in new hampshire. tamron has a look at what's next on "news nation." >> great

joining me is jon thain capehart, el torrie writer for "the washington post." rote about it in his column today. what do you make of perry's comments? >> well, i mean, they're along the lines of what he told "the washington post" when the reporters who did the story went to him and asked him about that rock. he said, you know, the word is offensive, my family painted over it, and they took care of it. unfortunately for rick perry, this is one more in a series of racially insensitive, to put it mildly, things, controversies that are laid at his feet. you know, i wrote two parts, rev, i don't know if you had the chance to see the second part, because it came out later. in the first part i grappled with the question why was i so bothered by this? >> right. >> it boiled down to how could anyone lease a property that was widely known -- whether it was on the rock or not -- painted over, widely known by the name we all know. how can anybody cross the threshold of a place like that, or let alone lease a place like that. he has to answer that question. in the second par

september 1st in "the washington post"/abc poll, 16%. october 2nd in t"the washington pos post"/abc poll. so that is not the trend line you want to see if you're rick perry. he needs a second look. i think the money gets him a second look. he started off like a ball of fire. everybody was interested in him. he immediately got to the top of polls, but that has faded badly. the debate performances don't help, some of the negative stories about him out there don't help. the question of, is he ready for prime-time? this money, for people who doubt and are skeptical, people will think, look, if we don't want romney, perry's our best alternative, but he's got to show improvement. he's got to go out and do things well as a candidate, and that starts with debates. >> and that starts with a debate. the next debate is the bloomberg/"washington post" debate. next tuesday, hanover, new hampshire, the dartmouth debate. and that's really a make-or-break moment for him. because perry has to show that he can debate. he needs two good debates, but has got

there's a debate on tuesday sponsored by the "washington post" and bloomberg. >> bloomberg. >> it will see if it comes up there. it's about the economy, that debate. we'll see if it comes up again. >> rick perry was never personally tied to. i thought perhaps -- >> the stories i read in the "post," he was at the ranch and bringing people to the ranch when he was a state legislator, agricultural commissioner and governor. and according to some, the word was still there. here's the problem -- i don't think it will be a big issue. the problem was that so often happens, the way he answered it. the way he responded saying this was inappropriate. has no place in modern time. it has no place ever. and he should have just, i think, condemned it, said i'm sorry i was ever associated with those times, and moved on. >> and a guy, the "washington post" pointed out, followup story, that appointed the first black supreme court judge and we are out of time. >> he can disengage, but i don't think he did it sufficiently. >> thanks for joining us this morning. >>> coming up in the second part of "reliab

. >> jonathan capehart of the "washington post" and msnbc. thanks very much for joining us tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> the rachel maddow show is up next. >> good evening, lawrence. thank you. thanks to you for staying with us the next hour. if you have the kind of job where you have to ask for your days off a long time in advance or need to make family travel plans for next year, i have good news from today's news. we can get your election year calendar locked down. now, on friday, as we reported on friday, the state of florida decided to move its republican primary up. they're moving it up really early to january 31st. then after florida made that announcement, like dominos falling right into your winter plans, the other early primary and other caucus states have followed suit and moved up their likely election dates as well. here's how it looks right now if you want to make a note of it. the iowa caucuses are mostly going to be held on either january 2nd or january 3rd. the new hampshire primary will probably be held on january 10th. n

i think, you know, all eyes are on this debate that's coming up next tuesday that "the washington post" is sponsoring. it'll certainly come up there. maybe it won't come up directly from the questioners because it is a debate about the economy but you wonder if one of those folks on stage will bring it up. one of the things that i thought of in reading this story is not only this incident that you raise with george allen, but with mitt romney himself. he faced questions when he ran before about his affiliation with the mormon church. >> right. >> and of course we know the mormon church until 1978 denied blacks the priesthood. and being able to go to temple ceremonies because there was an idea on the part of their doctrine that they were inferior. >> that's where i'm saying there is a double standard, alex. because we question romney because of the history of the church he was a member of. >> sure. >> which he dealt with. we questioned the statement. they questioned senator obama about a church he was a member of about sermons they didn't know whether he heard or not. there was no sign

by the way, the other story that we are focusing on it is from "the washington post," as the arab springnters a new test. host: that is this morning, from inside of "the washington post." the comments from president karzai were first aired over the weekend. >> if the people of pakistan need the help of the people of afghanistan, afghanistan will be there. afghanistan is a brother. afghanistan will never forget the hospitality, the respect, and the brotherhood of the pakistan people. anyone that a tax afghanistan -- pakistan, afghanistan will be a brother. afghanistan is not going to be dictated by in any way, by any country. u.s., india, afghanistan has its own clean you up on things. -- reviview on thing.s we have historic links. we have cultural links. we have to live together in heaviness. host: the comments of the afghan president' over this weekend. this headline is from "the washington post." "karzai accuses pakistan of supporting terrorists." beginning with these words -- "pakistan has pursued a double game toward afghanistan." karzai and other senior members of his government hav

the washington post runs a hit piece on the governor, giving the liberal media more red meat. >> the voice of the people is more powerful than the voice of the media. >> jon: herman cain gets a lift in the polls. is he still being i go poured? >> occupy wall street protesters get more attention, but should they? and how did the associated press get this shot? >> on the panel this week, writer and fox news contributor, jean miller. and cal thomas, jim pinkerton, contributing editor, the american magazine. and host of the alan colmes show, alan colmes. i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> now, we knew from the start that the loan guarantee program was going to entail some risk my definition. if it was a risk-free proposition, then we wouldn't have to worry about it, but the overall portfolio has been successful. it has allowed us to help companies, for example, start advanced battery manufacturing here in the united states. it's helped create jobs. there were going to be some companies that did not work out, solyndra was one of them. he's indicated, but he was not aware wh

family allowed it, he allowed it throb so long. >> pertry campaign say that herman cain and the "washington post" are wrong, it was painted over long before the perry family ever got into this, that's what ray sullivan from the perry communications director says, but there's contradictory evidence to the "washington post." >> i would say andrea, look, you don't ever want to have racially charged in your name connected to anything when you're running for president. this is another story where rick perry, who struggled in debates, who we know he is not where they want to be, a month and a half into his campaign, another storyline he doesn't want to tell you, he wants to be talking about jobs, the jobs he created in texas it, economy in texas, instead, talking about a story with racial elements, obviously dang roux, heard herman cain, the african-american candidate in the field, and elect ability for perry, he is going to be running, if he can, against the first of a for president. this is not a minor issue in his campaign to take care of. >> chris cillizza with the daily fix. talk to you later abo

great story from "the washington post." >> that's right. e woman's decision to run in the chicago marathon is sparking an interesting health debate. 27-year-old amber miller of chicago entered the marathon this past weekend despite being 39 weeks' pregnant. she says she felt contractions about halfway through the race so she walked the rest of the way. she made it to the finish line and gave birth hours later. she says her doctor gave her permission to do a half marathon and word is that mom and baby are apparently doing fine other than the fact that baby has to grow up with a mother that has that type of judgment. >> no. >> i read this story to my wife last night and she screamed in outrage. who is the doctor who said this was okay? >> seriously. doctor cleared it. >> but 50% of all doctors graduate in the bottom half of their class. >> mika's doctor, you ran five miles the day that you had amelia. >> to bring it on. >> that wasn't 26 though. >> no, it's not 26 but it certainly helps move things along. >> the baby is healthy. mother is craz

maybe in "the washington post."onnell election they never covered it on the front page except to cover seven stories in one day that bob mcdonnell had confederacy problems and this seems to be something "the washington post" likes to do to republicans. >> it's a problem republicans have got to deal with. you've got to talk about race in the 21st century. >> i need to call a time-out here. if we have to we'll continue this conversation. thanks for coming in. take a quick peek at the

cecilia kang, tech reporter with "the washington post." this is the second half of our interview with sanjiv ahuja. >> you are at the center of at least two investigations by lawmakers on capitol hill. there is a lot of question as to whether relationships the company had with the white house and meetings with the fcc, fast process for getting the approval to needed to get your network up and running. you defend yourself in full-page ads, as peter mentioned. what is wrong here? are you misunderstood, in your mind, and why? >> cecilia, lightsquared has gone through probably the most extensive regulatory process i have seen anywhere in the world. the spectrum has been going through a process for eight years now, and i am an engineer, an entrepreneur, i have built businesses. telecommunication is my passion. i came back to the united states after having worked in europe for almost seven years because i saw a need for american consumers. when i used to come back and visit my children here, when they were going to school and college, i would loo

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the police brutality and in this case like the front page of the washington post you see an officer putting a cat and i think the headline with something like protestors but overstating their welcome or something along those lines just sort of you know sort of getting this idea that easy for a judge or. you know in a way there's been destructed so there is good reason why these are really never look how gentle the police are and whatnot but i think one thing that's definitely happened it's been ok because you've gotten so big that it's so difficult to really ignore it and there's so much independent media coverage of it that they think that an article in the washington post isn't enough to cover what's been happening between the. president. and that was ron your colleague reporter for alter net. many protesters occupy wall street say the country is simply on the wrong track and also started discussions about the extent to which so many feel imprisoned here and about how freedom is no longer a given in this country as today is the one hundred twenty fifth anniversary of the commemoration of

"the washington post" bloomberg debate in new hampshire. you better believe rick perry is going to get a question about his hunting camp. if he does not have a persuasive answer to the question, it's going to be the fourth debate in a row where he has been hit with a question he should have seen coming and was not rate. . >> i wish we had more time. thank you very much for joining us. have a good weekend. >> you too. >> coming up. >> austin: ri >> austria unveils a shrine to his favorite son. you wouldn't want your doctor doing your job. so why are you doing his? only your doctor can determine if your persistent heartburn is actually something more serious... like acid reflux disease. over time, stomach acid can damage the lining of your esophagus. for many, prescription nexium not only provides 24-hour heartburn relief, but can also help heal acid related erosions in the lining of your esophagus. talk to your doctor about the risk for osteoporosis-related bone fractures and low magnesium levels with long-term use of nexium. possible side ef

campaign is pushing back on yet another damaging story, arguing that a number of claims in the washington postname given to a family hunting camp are incorrect and inconsistent. the washington post's chief correspondent and author of "the take." karen finney is here from the dnc and ramash pinuru is a columnist at bloomberg view. welcome to all. happy monday. rick perry's response to this, at first i think would have come something like what we saw in red state from eric erickson who went after the reporter and said she was fanning racial flames out of context. hugh hewitt said no detailed reporting on what the seven saw and when they saw it is drive-b but cain gave it legs. >> this was a carefully reported story, not a drive by slander. >> how long has the post been working on it? >> six weeks or more. >> basically since he was thinking of becoming a presidential candidate you have been working on the story. >> well, we wanted to see what paint creek texas was like. stephanie went down and began to talk to people. >> and stumbled on the story. >> and then went back and talked to a lot of diff

"the washington post" got a copy of the report due out today. according to the newspaper, the congressional probe did not find, though, any direct evidence that brown was promised a city job, only circumstantial evidence. the committee reviewed cell phone records, even money orders between brown and the mayor's campaign staff. brown claims he was promised a city job by the mayor's campaign if he made campaign attacks against then mayor adrian fenty. >>> could washington, d.c., soon be the country's 51st state? michael brown is hoping so. this week he plans on laying on a very aggressive campaign to make the nation's capital a state. it involves asking state and local governments around the country to pass ceremonial resolutions supporting statehood for the district. state advocates say it's important to build nationwide support for their cause. >>> the redskins tie their record sunday, but it's one fans will likely want to forget. john beck was sacked nine times as a bruised and battered team got punished by the buffalo bills 13 23-0 in toronto.

any instances of police brutality and in this case you'd like the refuge of the washington post to see it up as are getting a cat and i think the headline was something like protestors overstaying their gun or something along those lines they just want to you know sort of give you that gives you this idea that these protesters are in the way and it has been destructive and so there's good reason most of these are moving that way look how gentle the police are and whatnot but i think one thing that's definitely happened is it's been. gotten so big that it's so difficult to really nor is there so much independent media coverage over the way that an article in the washington post isn't enough to cover what's been happening the way that the overwhelming presence we've been seeing i think that's a really good point just always good to sort of contrast how this movement is being hammered by different outlets you know some people calling what's going on here the american autumn following of course movements in tunisia and egypt the arab spring turns out people in egypt today actually marched

but first "the washington post" and then the new york tmgs reported the name was visible for some of cain called it insensitive. today mr. cain seemed to dial it back some. >> the mere fact that word was there was insensitive. that's not playing the race card. i am not attacking governor perry. some people in the media want to attack him. i'm done with that issue. >> eric erickson, donna brazile. eric i want to go to you first. there have been a number of controversies, dustups, questioning of the governor's record. this is conduct as a politician, predates his time as governor to some degree. how significant? >> i don't think it's very significant. i think the media research center today pointed out that "the washington post" in just the last couple of days has written more words on this story than they ever wrote on the jeremiah wright story with his connection to barack obama. this isn't going to be a big story long-term. i mean we know the undisputed facts are rick perry's father painted over this rock and it was a lease that rick perry's father had until '97 when the son took it

rush limbaugh accusing him of piggybacking on the "washington post" smear of rick perry. matt lewis at "the daily caller" calling mr. cain's comments at best premature and worst highly irresponsible. he goes on, it's a cheap shot and a signal cain is willing to play a race card against a fellow republican when it benefits him. erick erickson calling it a slander, cain is picks up and running with to get into second place. here's how herman cain was handling questions about the rick perry racist hunting camp story. >> his question, his question of was i satisfied with governor perry's explanation about the name on that ranch where he went hunting, and i said, yes, i am. next question. >> are you disappointed any of the other candidates haven't expressed similar reactions like you have? >> relative to? >> relative to this rock on the perry -- >> no, doesn't bother me at all. >> some conservatives have said you bought into the liberal media trying to smear perry as a racist. do you think you played the race card? do you regret at all what you said on fox news sunday or abc? >