mercer langston left virginia and went up to your state, madam chair, you know what was said? a black brother said, we came from virginia to ohio thinking this would be the promised land, but the only door that was opened to us was the prison door and the penitentiary door. as long as we got this white privileged mentality in this country, and we got this issue of race, the struggle is on. so i say, don't become discouraged. just use what you've got and energize the crowd that you've got and work like hell because as long as you got people around who don't look like us, they're going to forever be trying to be in control of us. and that's the reason why we cannot deal with this issue right now of same-sex marriage because many of us have been conned and used by white euro centric theology. we have not thought for ourselves. i don't perform those same-sex marriages. that's not a part of my baptist tradition, but it's the time black people start to thinking for themselves and stop letting those other folk thinking for us and stand up and hang in there and use what you got and stop looking at what you don't have on hand. >> thank

to indiana. if you do, take a look at this map. virginia was the hardest hit with over a million homes left in the dark. ohio is close to that many. and west virginia's governor has declared a state of emergency. >>> power outages, fires and a sweltering heat wave. how long will this sauna-like weather last? meteorologist karen mcginnis may have the answer for us. so, karen, hopefully, we'll see some relief in sight soon. >> nothing immediate, and what we do see over the trend the next three to five days is a downward trend. now, if you're sitting at record-setting temperatures and the temperature goes down maybe five degrees or ten degrees, it's still going to be sizzling hot. but just to give you some idea, almost 600,000 square miles affected across the united states. most of those across the east-southeast and into the mid-atlantic. but we also have a number of areas that are looking at triple digits. they'll come close to those records, but they just won't make it over. but take a look at this. the temperature trend, as i said, is downward. for atlanta, we go from the low triple digits down to around 92

virginia and went up to your state, madam chair. the know what he said? he said, we came from virginia to ohio, thinking this would be the promised land. but the only door that was open to us was the prison door. we have this white privilege mentality in this time. the struggle is on. i can only come and use what you got. energize the crowd that you have. work like hell. as long as you have people around you, they will for ever tried to be in control of us. that is why we cannot just deal with this issue. many of us have been used by white males. that is not part of my back is position. it is time for black people to think for themselves instead of letting others think for us. we need to stand up and hang in there. use what you got and stop looking at what you don't have. >> thank you, sir. [applause] >> with the other three people i call upon please stand up. we will do this quickly. >> hello. i am a minister from baltimore, maryland. i have noticed that we have been economizing on all kinds of issues. -- compromising on all kinds of issues. we have talked about marches and sit in so's. it is

that ad is going to hit the air waves in colorado, florida, iowa, north carolina, new hampshire, nevada, ohio, pennsylvania and virginia. now, massachusetts lawmakers will travel to ohio and iowa today on behalf of the obama campaign. and hold press conferences hi highlighting romney's tenure in the bay state. mr. mayor, great to see you this morning and the chief strategist for the obama campaign, david axelrod, has led this charge, specifically targeted mitt romney's record on jobs in massachusetts. but we look at this. the unemployment rate in your state dropped from 5.6 to 4.7%. that's great. the numbers don't lie there, so how can anyone argue that mitt romney didn't make positive changes? what needed to be done in the massachusetts job market? >> thank you for having me on your show. the statistics are absolutely accurate and if you were an elected official in which i was a mayor and board, what you saw when mitt romney was governor was a governor who shifted cost on the cities and towns. historic rise in property taxes. core critical services cut. working families struggling and more than 220,000 people left thi

we'll go to florida, virginia and ohio and talk about these issues. thank you again. >> thank you. t's wrap this session up with a little audience participation. what is the name of the organization that is our conservative answer to aarp? 60 plus. all right. what is the number, hr what, for dr. price's bill to fix health care? >> 3000. >> straight as for everybody. thanks very much. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage, the chairman of the faith and freedom coalition, dr. ralph reed. >> good morning. how are y'all doing? are you having fun so far? good. well, i am really privileged and honored to welcome our next speaker. senator mitch mcconnell received his bachelor of arts degree from the university of louisville and his law degree from the university of kentucky. so when it comes to alumni in the state of kentucky, he's got all his bases covered. he began his political career by working for the legendary kentucky senator, john sherman cooper. in 1978, he was elected as the judge county executive of jefferson county, kentucky which encompasses the city of louisv

traveling and, you know, heading to different battleground states frankly, i'm going to be in virginia later today, i'm going to ohiof july, i will see them more in real time as a real person as opposed to watching them on my computer, how do you break through the cacophony of ad after ad after ad. >> truth is you are never going to break through unless somebody comes up with their daisy ad or some amazing political ad. what you want to do is reinforce the message, you want to do it on tv, you want to do it on the internet, door to door, in malls, everywhere they can. this is a ground game campaign, and while romney will have an ad advantage, i think the president has a ground ground game advantage. >> there are going to be thousands of ads in local races. joseph wurzelbacher is out with a provocative ad. >> in 1939 germany established gun control. from 1939 to 1945 6 million jews and 7 million others unable to defend themselves were exterminated. i love america. >> it's getting a lot of attention and when he was asked about it being offensive, he said those who are offended probably are serving a political agenda.

mitt romney's challenge extends beyond florida to states like virginia and ohio where republican governorssiding over improving economies. and finally, jon stewart compares voting in egypt to voting in florida. >> egypt's election committee said it will not announce the presidential runoff winner tomorrow after all. the group said it has to review hundreds of complaints about the voting. >> hundreds of complaints? you know what that's called in florida? the best most efficient election in the history of florida. what are you doing? take the money and run! you get more complaints a night in boca raton at an olive garden. >> florida, florida, florida may never live down the 2000 election. and one "sideshow" friday night bonus. as president obama bounded on to the stage in tampa this afternoon, his feet got a little ahead of him. he wrote that bumble off to enthusiasm. >> i was so fired up i missed a stair. i couldn't wait to get out here! >> nice save. coming up next, "your business" with j.j. ramberg. yoo-hoo. hello. it's water from the drinking fountain at the mall. [ male announcer ] grea

to rely on their pimps. >>> the man known as the serial stabber will spend the rest of his life in prison. elias abulezam is accused of stabbing three people in leesburg, virginia and another in ohio. >>> to maryland now where the same section marriage opponents turned in more than 162,000 signatures asking that the issue be put on the november ballot. the maryland marriage alliance wants to keep marriage between a man and a woman. they emptied a van full of petitions in annapolis and delivered them to the secretary of state. if everything goes as the alliance hopes, the same-sex marriage issue will object the november ballot. >>> we are following a developing story in virginia. and tucker, good morning. >> i think you will love the forecast. i'll have all the details and julie wright is in with a look at your traffic after the break. 4@ñ' . >>> welcome back. a little piece of hollywood history here a an oscar awarded to the film casablanca is new up for grabs. the best director oscar awarded to michael curtis in 1943 is on the auction block. the online sale closes thursday and is expected to bring in between $2.5 and $3 million. wow! no wonder the heirs are trying to get rid it w

he has to fight for virginia. he has to fight for ohioing to have to fight the whole thing. >> the thing's like lier to come down to virginia. and obama has a strong chance of wining there. >> oh, i don't? >> the leading indicator is that the obama force has lost in wisconsin. >> you say, well, that doesn't matter. romney did win the state! [overlapping dialogue] >> sean: do you know angry labor is at the president? they backed him. they raised money for him. they went to bat for him. they feel like he abandoned them in their moment of need. similarly, bill clinton is undermining him every day. bill clinton says we are in a recession. bill clinton says we need the bush tax cuts. bill clinton is praising romney. >> labor's not angry with the president -- >> yes, they are! >> sean: yes, they are. >> he wouldn't guarantee that they will support a democrat because they are a democrat -- >> everybody said -- me too, i am going to run to romney over this. that's what we are going to do ooh first sensible thing have you said since i met you. >>

to our big story, record heat. deadly storms. and now the power is out. ohio, west virginia, and virginia under a state of emergency and crews trying to restore energy to more than 3.5 million people. at least 11 deaths are blamed on last night's powerful line of deadly storms which got started in the midwest and eventually barreled their way through the nation's capital packing 80-mile-per-hour winds. virginia's governor says restoring power in his state will be what he calls a multi-day challenge. to make matters worse the placet hit hardest by last night's storms, places that now have no power, are the same areas enduring more triple digit record temperatures right now. that means facing the heat with no air conditioning, no fans, no refrigerators. more on the heat in a moment but first some of the worst damage we have seen in the washington, d.c. metro area. athena jones is in rockville, maryland for us now. i hear president obama has been making calls. >> that's right. the president spoke with the governors of virginia, west virginia, ohio, and maryland. he wanted to ge

for romney to win, he will have to carry ohio, virginia, and florida. i do not know if he can carry all three of those states. if he does, he can be the next president. that is where you will see an awful lot of action. what obama did on the dream act was important and helped him a lot. he was already ahead of him on hispanics and hispanics are important in florida and important in some states in the west. this is going to be a close race and it will go down to the wire. >> the unemployment numbers have gone up. we have had a narrative where unemployment was dropping in terms of the unemployment rate. last month, a job creation was under estimates and the economy was not proving -- improving as well as everyone thought. the commission a wisdom that obama was headed for a second term turned on its head. those metrics will determine who the next president will be. what martin just described in terms of the states at risk is basically the run of 2004. a few states on the bubble. there were a few states in 2000 or and 2000. obama broke new ground last time

ohio. but, mitt romney has to win florida, he has to win ohio, probably has to win virginia, he has a choice, to some degree, i think he'll be driven by what he has to win more so what he should do to get a solid vp to run with him. >> more of the roundtable. we'll be back with 60 seconds. can women have it all? the atlantic magazine cover that has everyone talking. and hbo's "the newsroom." debuts tonight. will you be watching? >> who? ♪ >>> sure used to be. stood up for what was right. fought for moral reasons. we passed laws. struck down laws for moral reasons. we sacrificed. we cared about our neighbors. we put our money where our mouths were. because we were informed. first step in solving any problems is recognizing that there is one. america's not the greatest country in the world anymore. >>> the newsroom premiering tonight on hbo. latest from aaron sorkin george, i didn't let you pick your vice presidential nominee for mitt romney. >> my choice, decidedly he would be president of purdue university that ice mitch daniels. pawlenty. ryan would be good. so, by default and that's not to

to the great lakes and upper ohio valley. scattered showers and thunderstorms from western new york to virginia, the southern appalachians la,southeast texas. >>> in sports, the thunder couldn't get any lightning in miami. game three of the nba final. second quarter, dwyane wade's reverse layup gave the heat a lead but not for long. third quarter, derek fisher. he hit a three. oklahoma city led 64-54. in the fourth, lebron james drove for a layup and a foul. en route to a game high 29 points. the heat went on to win it 91-85. take a two games to one lead in that series. game four tomorrow in miami. >>> to golf now and a guy who is starting at the top taking the u.s. open for his first major tournament win on the notorious olympic course club. simpson used his short game to great effect, landing an approach shot on green after green, including a chip from the rough on 18. that led to a short putt for par. at 2 under 68 for the day, 1 over 281 for the tournament. then he watched from the clubhouse as well as all the big names fell by the wayside. >> the type of golf course this is you can't expect to shoot 3, 4 under. and so i

to be. ohio, 7.3. virginia, 5.6. and wisconsin, 6.8. krystal, as the obama campaign tries to navigate that map, do they emphasize going into the states where the unemployment is actually the highest? is that where they're going to need to focus the most? >> you know, the obama campaign, it's interesting has sketched out more of a state by state strategy. for example, in michigan to really tout the auto bailout and ohio as well. virginia, focus on local issues. i think they will navigate that on a sort of state-by-state basis, but we shouldn't get too caught up by the fact that in virginia, for example, the unemployment is quite low and in iowa, because so much of the economic focus is on a national level. so the trend line nationally is in some ways going to be more important i think than what's going on in the individual battleground states. you know, right now we've had this sort of slow and steadily recovery. i frankly am nervous because the republicans since they did take over the house have blocked any kind of action. the fed is doi

protectorates so the individual states become very very important and this really comes down to florida ohio virginia and probably pennsylvania so if they can with the with the turnout being lower anticipated in two thousand and twelve anyway the more voters they can purge from the rolls the better chances the republicans stand stand to win and wisconsin is a perfect example of what we're seeing right now in wisconsin because they've had an increase with voters being able to register at the polls we're now seeing record turnout in off issue election that shows you specifically why florida is trying to depress the turnout as opposed to increase the turnout so it sounds like you clearly think that this is politically motivated at all there. what's important for your viewers to understand if they take away nothing else this is not in issue voter fraud in the united states is not in issue that is why in all of the reports that you've read all the information that you've seen they haven't given you any data that shows you the percentage of attempted or actual fraudulent votes that have been cast in the la

to the west. west virginia, ohio, eastern kentucky, eastern tennessee. is is going to eventually come into the metro area. but not until late this afternoon. between now and then, a few scattered sprinkles, the area in color on storm 4 radar from anne arundel and calvert, prince george's, the district, and scattered across northern virginia, arlington, fairfax, loudoun county. and across the potomac into montgomery and southern frederick. scattered sprinkles farther south. but there's a large risk zone that covers all of west virginia, delaware, pennsylvania. >>> this is the zone with strong storms, damaging winds, perhaps hail, maybe, yes, enough heavy rain that we could have isolated flooding. the prime time is 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. as we look at temperatures, 60s from the mountains to the atlantic beaches except around the bay. in the low 70s as well as in washington. going forward the next day or so. areas in yellow and orange are the zones of potential heavy downpours. that may occur by late afternoon, especially around the district, into maryland.

virginia alone. looks like up to 20 million people still without power across the ohio have virginia areas. so if you family in the area, give them a call because not only are they contending with heat, but now they don't have power. so definitely an uncomfortable situation there, if you have elderly folk there's. give them a call and check up on them. 58 in oaklanding 63 san jose. foggy conditions for the morning hours, foggy conditions for the morning hours tomorrow. but the good news in between we'll see sunshine and comfortable conditions. hang on, waiting for summer heat like they're seeing out east, we'll get our chance of it as we head towards the fourth of july. not this upcoming weekend, though. a cold front sliding in. that's offering rain to the pacific northwest and it's going to keep the drizzle in place through the afternoon hours for places like the coastal areas. in fact, it done look look you're going to clear out from bow daegu ga bay. san mateo, the fog's going to hang on tight until noon. once we hit afternoon hours, it will pass on through but we do it all over again to

to layer in three key battleground states. one already iowa. two others will be airing in virginia and ohio as well. >> let's talk about the supreme court ruling on healthcare. that's expected to come out on thursday. what did romney have to say? did he weigh in? >> reporter: this decision is looming over all of us. now we're getting more insight into how ram prowl might react regardless of what the supreme court ruling is. here's what he had to say. >> if obama care is not deemed constitutional then the first three and a half years will have been wasted on something that's not helping the american people f it's deemed to stand, then i tell you one thing we'll have to have a president to get rid of obama care and we will stop it on day one. >> reporter: president obama held a campaign event in ja and talked about healthcare saying it's pointless to go backwards and refight this bat ole all right. tory dunnan thanks for that live report. >>> now that the supreme court has thrown out the tough parts of arizona's immigration act, the controversial show me your papers provision can stand but go

he probably has to carry both ohio and virginia, and some of the smaller states that are swing statese iowa. >> professor larry sabato. always great to have you on the program. thanks. >> thank you, country. >>> the white house says congress secretary john brison is taking a medical leave of absence. the 68-year-old was involved in two minor car accidents in the l.a. area over the weekend. a spokesperson later said he had had a seizure, something brison had never experienced before. the commerce secretary was cited for felony hit and run, although never booked. ♪ the one and only, cheerios still have doubts about taking aspirin for tough pain? listen to what mvp justin verlander thinks about it. i would say the source of most of my muscle pain would be in my shoulder. my trainer kevin rand recommended it to me. i was kind of skeptical at first, but i tested it out, and bayer advanced aspirin relieved my pain fast. feeling 100% every start, every fifth day, i think definitely gives me a little bit of an edge. but don't take his word for it. put bayer advanced aspirin to the test for yo

to be for him. it's a must-win, arizona colorado, florida, iowa, nevada ohio, and virginia. those are his send. ent doesn't have to win all of them but mitt romney has to win all of them. duf, is this possible? >> the electoral map still favors obama. no with with standing the tough week, the horrible jobs numbers. >> his increasing approval rating, get. [laughing] >> just fill in the list. >> yes. >> i still think he's a challenger, and if you're going to beat the king, you have to beat the king. >> romney could do well in the west if he an appeals to lds voters. >> a lot of them are voting edge for obama in nevada and arizona and colorado. there are little communities where he has to do some work, but he has to own his space to do that. as for florida i've never trusted florida. the fix is in, now they have terrible fights over discrimination, over this voter purge, you got a 91-year-old 91-year-old-- >> it's conspiracy theory. >> here we are last week where the justice department orders the state of florida, you cannot conduct this voter purge this they were engaged in. today, the state of fl

international is, a decision to dolphin 12, a presumptive candidate mitt romney campaign had unveiled a new television ads in the battle from states of iowa, n.c., ohio and virginiave if the local republicans, they have taken the focus away from its national message on economic hardships. half >> the romney campaign is trying to thread a needle on its message about economic hardship. it is a little dicey of some of the battleground states where the economy is showing signs of improvement. republicans want to take credit for finance. >> we have had the biggest drop in unemployment. instead of talking about how bad things are his ads talk about getting tough a time on trade. >> romney stands up to china. >> the romney campaign message in ohio is complicated 51 governor who has been selling his job creation record. polls show 55 percent of ohio voters still think the country is on the wrong track, almost the same percentage as in iowa where unemployment is down. if pessimism about the economy is high. republican governors of web site is throwing up all of the new jobs and the increase in family incomes. romney's ad talks about controlling spending, not doom and gloo

iowa, ohio and virginia. >> according to the new nbc "wall street journal," barack obama has a lead overitt romney in 12 swing states across the the country. obama's up by eight points in those states. is this a leading or lagging indicator? what's ahead? the national or battleground numbers? >> i think the battleground numbers. because they're ones, they're experiencing the campaign. we in the corridor, we watch from atop of the trees and all this stuff. it's the folks in ohio, florida and virginia, they're feeling it. >> we grew up in america where ever since andy jackson, the people in the middle part of the country resented the east coast bankers. it goes way back to hating the banks, free silver. william jennings bryan. are we seeing a modern version of that? there's another unlikable term. but it's all those guys out there that go to bears games. green bay games. they get together in cold weather to root for football teams. they're scared to death of foreign competition. they hate outsourcing, the idea of picking up the phone, you got to call india to get an answer. are these the p

virginia, then he gives obama more paths to 270. if he wins it, he makes sure the obama folks have to be able to win either ohio or florida. >> so as ature right now in virginia, president obama currently leads in the state. this is according to the recent quinnipiac poll. as we see right there, virginia women, he's got the support of them by 51%. he also has 82% support from the state's african-american population. does the president hold this unstoppable demographic advantage in virginia right now? >> i'm not sure it's unstoppable but the democrats certainly -- demographics. you have 18% african-americans, a very young, highly educated population. that seems like president obama's base. that's why virginia is going to be a place where they will be targeting. >> mark, great to see you. thanks so much. so everybody knows, for the very latest in headlines from our nbc political team, download the nbc politics app. that will do it for me today. thanks for your time. see you back here tomorrow 11:00 a.m. eastern. don't go anywhere. "now" comes your way next. tal oe cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and who doesn't want 50

to the swing states, absolutely critical. this election is close? we will be watching florida and ohio and virginia. mitt romney needs to win all three. right now those states range from a toss-up to maybe a little bit in the president's direction but they will stay in the national polls. >> another defining of the poll. the fox poll was who has the clear plan to improve the american economy. scott, this knocked me out, 53% say obama no plan to it improve the economy but 55% say romney has no plan to it improve the economy. i mean, 55%, that's why romney is running, i mean, what's going on here? >> look, two out of three americans trust their own economic judgment more than they trust obama's or romney's. americans don't trust republics or democrats. they want both those teams to lose but it can't happen. so right now they are saying we're looking at this a lot like we did in 2006, 2008, 2010. we're unhappy with the choices. it's a lesser of two evils. and maybe we're going to throw -- >> juan: margie, when you say to people what about president obama's performance on the economy? 52% disapprove. i m

. >> avoiding the record heat that knocked out power to more than 3.5 million people. ohio, west virginiand virginia are under a heat emergency. at least 11 deaths are blamed on last night's thunderstorms packing 80 mile-an-hour winds from the midwest all the way to the capital. virginia's governor says restoring power in his state will be a multi-day challenge. the places hit hardest by last night's storms places that now have no power, are the same areas facing more triple digit record high temperatures. more on that heat wave in just a moment. first an update on the area around washington, d.c. now. we go to athena jones in rockville, maryland. we're hearing president obama getting updates on the storm damage. what else are you learning? >> reporter: that's right, don. the president has gotten an update from the fema director on the response activities by several of the states that suffered from the severe storms that rolled through. he's spoken with four governors in the area, ohio, maryland, virginia and west virginia. and in fact, it was caught on tape the moment that he called virg

. >>> coming up, republicans try to convince voters in swing states that president obama's plans are not working, but ohio, virginia are benefitting the most from the policies. we will bring you the details. and the obama campaign makes an appeal to african american voters to stand by him, while a writer arguing that we are still waiting for our first black president. share your thoughts with us. we will be right back. but don't just listen to me. listen to these happy progressive customers. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 days later, i was saving big on car insurance. i was worried it would be hard to install. but it's really easy. the better i drive, the more i save. i wish our company had something this cool. yeah. you're not... filming this, are you? aw! camera shy. snapshot from progressive. plug into the savings you deserve with snapshot from progressive. >>> the key to a mitt romney victory is convincing americans that they are worse off today than they were four years ago. republicans are hoping that it resonates in swing states that will give one of the candidates the necessary votes. unemployment in ohio is

to your day. look in west virginia and ohio and the great lakes, that area of high pressure and those clear skies eally start to build in later today. with the clear skies come the winds. they'll be really picking up here already this morning. we've had wind gusts to about 30 miles per hour at reagan national. we'll see winds gusting later today 25, 35 miles per hour. the worst of your forecast is that it will be a little breezy but a nice breeze with drier air moving in. we're now 73 in washington. 68 gaithersburg. 70 in leonard town. 73 in annapolis. a great looking start. 60s here off to the north and west. winchester and martinsburg, you're in the mid-60s. 66 currently in martinsburg. let's talk winds. last hour we had a wind gusting to 31 as mentioned at reagan national. now 28. 20 in baltimore. 22 in fredricksburg. let's look across the bay. stevensville 23 miles per hour. again these winds are out of the north and northwest. the good news is they're bringing in the drier air but it will be breezy around here during the course of your afternoon. bountiful sunshine, yes. bountiful. i mean ple

cleaning up their voting rolls they're teaming up with judicial watch to file similar lawsuits in missouri ohio pennsylvania west virginia california battleground states for two thousand and twelve so the republicans really think that the only way to win the election is to is to reduce the number of voters is the paul weyrich strategy from from one thousand nine hundred all over again to democrats think the only way they can win the election is by running a bunch of dead people in their to vote name one dead person is voting. five thousand illegal aliens who voted in colorado in two thousand and ten one jose diaz i don't know i don't have their names there's no name out of here because the fact of the matter is if there was even one he would be as famous as willie horton was because of a colorado attorney general investigated the two thousand and ten election and determined that five thousand illegal aliens vote the attorney general did not because if the attorney general had actually determined that then then the attorney . i would guess you would be in. violation of criminal law for not putting people in jail you do tr