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This election is all about policy. whether the economy, immigrat n immigration, womens rights. do we want the failed ideas of the last four years or the mystery prize inside the handsome box? now, folks, what will it be? >> we told you at the top of the show that mitt romney said yesterday that he has paid at least 13% in income taxes for the past ten years. romneys tax history has been highly scrutinized with harry reid even suggesting that mitt romney might not have paid any taxes at all. if y...

. in just a moment now what we didnt know now that we knew last week. first my book "twilights of the retailers. this wednesday ill be appearing at the common good here in new york to diss it. check out the twilights of the elites facebook page or "up" on msnbc.com for upcoming appearances. and to my wife, happy anniversary. i love you, babe. in 2009 the same year the tea party began their anti-tax protests. the americans paid the lowest tax rate in 30 years. we know the average tax rate was 1...

george zimmerman at $1 million. you might remember he is the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. zimmermans earlier bond of $150,000 was revoked after prosecutor told the judge that he misled the court about how much money he had. it is not clear how soon zimmerman is going to post bond or when he will be released. a florida lifeguard has been fired after saving a man from drowning. yes, that is right. thomas lopez says he wa...

I just want to own them. finally i opened up a documentary called "mr. conservative" about barry goldwater, which was really interesting and i realized that these days the republican party is practically -- theyre socialists. no. im sorry. barry goldwater is a socialist compared to republicans now. he was pro gays in the military and had progressive views in some ways that this batch of republicans would just run away from. i was shocked by that. >> you know, i was really struck by something in ...

Right now, warren buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. do we want to keep these tax cuts for the wealthiest americans? >> president obama in his state of the union calling for fairness in the tax code and making one simple point. a billionaire shouldnt pay less in taxes than his secretary. warren buffett says he pays 17.4% in taxes while his secretary pays more than double that. its not fair. its not right. but its how the system is rigged right now. but how mitt romney was able to ...

Congressional republicans continue to show more fidelity to their oath to anti-tax lobbyist grover norquist than to the oath of office. billionaire warren buffett continues to humiliate them for that. warren buffett wrote this piece for "the new york times." "i paid only 17.4% of my taxable income, and thats actually a lower percentage that was paid by any of the other 20 people in our office." that provoked president obama to propose the buffett rule to eliminate the possibility that super rich...

Congressional republicans continue to show more fidelity to their oath to anti-tax lobbyist grover norquist than to the oath of office. billionaire warren buffett continues to humiliate them for that. warren buffett wrote this piece for "the new york times." "i paid only 17.4% of my taxable income, and thats actually a lower percentage that was paid by any of the other 20 people in our office." that provoked president obama to propose the buffett rule to eliminate the possibility that super rich...

were talking about the occupy wall street movement, now in its sixth week in cities across the country. large crowds have taken to the streets in philadelphia and boston and elsewhere. theyre protesting income inequality and the lack of jobs. last week, herman cain said those fired up over americas economic troubles had no one to blame but themselves. heres what he told "the wall street journal". >> dont blame wall street. dont blame the big banks. if you dont have a job and youre not ...

inequality and jobs. herman cain said those fired up over americas economic troubles had no one to blame by themselves. heres what he told the "wall street journal." >> dont blame wall street. dont blame the big banks. if you dont have a job and you are not rich, blame yourself. >> cain fired another protest on cbss face the nation. >> my parents never said we hope the rich people lose something so we can get something. my dads idea was, i want to work hard enough so i can buy a cadill...

major blackberry service outage. were finding out more about what went wrong. good morning to you. it is thursday, october 13th. this is your am "wake-up call." the treasury department has slapped new sanctions against irans force. the government describes a money trail starting within that iranian organization. but former homeland security secretary tom ridge says think bigger. >> its a monstrous ly buffet. they are working unilaterally independent of the ayatollah himself. clearly th...