tom robinson, a human being. she must put tom robinson away from her. tom robinson was her daily reminder of what she did. what did she do? she tempted a negro. she was white, and she tempted a negro. she did something that in our society is unspeakable. she kissed a black man. not an old uncle but a strong, young, negro man. no code mattered to her before she broke it but it came crashing down on her afterwards. her father saw it and the defendant has testified as to his remarks. what did her father do? we don't know, but there is circumstantial evidence to indicate that mae ella was beaten savagely by someone who was used almost exclusively to his left. we know in part what mr. yule did. he did what any god-fearing, persevering, respectable white man would do in the circumstances. he swore out a warrant. no doubt signing it with his left hand. and tom robinson now sits before you having taken the oath with the only good hand he possesses. his right hand. so humble, respectable, quiet negro who had the unmitigated at the merit to feel sore -- temerity

tom robinson, a human being. she must put tom robinson away from her. tom robinson was her daily

they're willing to go out and try to lynch tom robinson, right? they have taken one of their upstanding citizens, bo radley, and locked him in the attic. he's been there for god knows how many years. has anybody in town done anything about it? no. lock your kids in the attic. that's the kind of town you're dealing with. as we're seeing this through the idse of scout, a child, we have -- through the eyes of scout, a child, we have to dig into it ourselves to see what's going on and once you do you realize that atticus doesn't have a chance. there's nobody to appeal to. he's going to lose. and the moral of "to kill a mockingbird" isn't that atticus finch is a great lawyer or the lawyer that we should follow. the moral of the book and the movie is that the republican lawyer won't work any more. we need a new kind of lawyer. the only way to clean up a town like this is to bring in the federales. you know, everybody's got to go to jail. i mean, these -- you know, if you think about it, who is the real hero of "to kill a mockingbird"? who's the one who

tom vilsack is here. and i want to thank the mayor of cannon falls for organizing perfect weather, robby robinson is here.o i am very pleased to be out of washington. and it is great -- >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," live pictures coming up from cannon falls, minnesota, you just saw president obama kicking off his mid western bus tour with a town hall just minutes from now. it's the first stop as he tries to reverse gears on his approval ratings which have been sliding down to 39%. a new low. that's the president arriving just a bit ago in minnesota. michele bachmann meanwhile celebrating her big win many the straw poll in iowa gets upstaged in her hometown of waterloo by the new guy in the race texas governor rick perry. >> the president of the united states has a pen. and it's called a veto pen. and i will use it until the ink runs out if that's what it takes to get the message we're not spending all the money. >> people feel it now, the fire. they recognize that obama can be beat. >> today the texas governor took his turn introducing himself to iowa farmers at the state fair soap box. >> g

tom vilsack. chuck todd is live on day two of the president's bus tour. and pat buchanan and eugene robinson. after the break, politico's top stories of the morning. but, first, bill karins with a look at the forecast. >>> we're watching pretty nice conditions across many areas of the country. one more pesky morning with the showers in the big cities in new england. today is the transition day. raw and rainy. by the end of the day, should be okay. tomorrow is gorgeous. you can see the green on that map. that's rain coming down. albany to syracuse, scranton area, the cities are dodging the showers, making a run for philadelphia. dc, you're dry. north of philadelphia, there's a kman of showers. a winter storm, temperatures are cool in the 50s and 60s up there in areas of new england. the forecast, we're going to make it to the 70s, very cool. dc, you'll be better. same with buffalo and pittsburgh. gorgeous weather today in chicago. watch out for thunderstorms in minneapolis. in texas, we're doing it again, 100-degree heat. there's hope in new york city for a peek at sunshine today. not much. yo

host: your comments are echoed this morning by eugene robinson in this morning's "the washington post." host: plantation, florida. tomyou are next. caller: i would like to enumerate some low hanging enumerate some low hanging fruit that the obama administration has been unable to capitalize on. i would like your viewers to listen to these. i would like them to form their own conclusion about whether they should have confidence in the obama administration. this might take me a few minutes. number one, we have $1 trillion in profits from companies that can be brought over to this nation that could stimulate this nation that could stimulate this economy and nobody has given anybody a clear reason why this cannot be done. in my opinion, it has to be ideology and politics. exhibit two, if the obama administration had a well thought out energy plan, it could be a pipeline from canada. we would have millions of jobs. this pipeline is no different than the pipelines that already exist in the united states. host: tom? caller: what could possibly be the explanation for this pipeline not being approved? host: that is our topic

tom coburn and john thune. >>> up next, correspondent chuck todd and columnist for "the washington post," eugene robinson.l karins with a check on the forecast. >> hot forecast, 99 in dc, that wasn't close to one of the hottest temperatures in the country. show you the forecast for new england first. a lot of people waking up in the big cities. a nice summerlike day. no problems. maybe a sprinkle or two in northern new england. but what happened yesterday? tulsa, oklahoma was 110. dallas was 107. the middle of the country is baking. this is one of the hottest temperatures we've seen in some areas in 30 year. we're going to see 107 in kansas city? that doesn't happen that often. thunderstorms will roll through the great lakes, detroit, cleveland, and chicago. some showers and the thunderstorms in the southeast. we have tropical storm emily in the caribbean. this could be near florida this upcoming weekend. details on that as that event approaches. you're watching "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. [ p.a. announcer ] announcing america's favorite cereal is now honey nut cheerios! yup, america's favorite. so