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taxes. quite c-span has aired every minute of every party convention since 1984. what of the conventions live on c-span starting monday august 27. >> mitt romney appeared yesterday in wisconsin with his running mate paul ryan. they will be splitting up the campaigning separately for the next two weeks. rnc chair gov. scott walker speaks first at this event. >> are you glad to be here today? i do not know about you. are you ready to fire barack obama n save america? are you ready to win...

because i have such important things to say, were going to keep them an extra 15 minutes. do not rush out to your committee sessions. they will all be starting 15 minutes later. peter hart is one of the leading analysts in the u.s. since 1971, he has been chairman at research associates. the national journal added him to their list of national leaders who helped shape government policy, and characterizing him as probably the foremost washington pollster of the democratic party and the ...

people believe opponents of a voter i.d. laws are trying to steal elections. it is hard to steal an election with 13 votes over 10 years, but that is what people believe is going on. there is a massive incredibly successful misinformation campaign that has been perpetrated by these groups. by true the vote, by a number of other groups. right now it has worked. that is why i think you have seen since 2011 what president jealous was talking about. 17 states moved to restrict voting right...

lauren. thats good. but theyre made in china! can you believe that? you tell me they couldnt find an american manufacturing to make the uniforms? it is outrageous. one more reason to boycott the olympics. well get into that and a whole lot more. first we get the latest from los angeles with todays current news update. heres lisa ferguson. hi lisa. >> hey bill, good morning. mitt romney is saying he would make things better for the african-american community but he got a less than enthu...

now to another breaking news story this morning. the health of former d.c. barry are councilman is hospitalized in las vegas right now. news4s tom sherwood spoke with barry this morning and joins us on the set with the latest his condition. how is he doing? >> short story is he had a blood clot in his leg when he was going out to las vegas. i talked to him this morning. he wanted us to know -- i want to read this quote from him. the blood clot had no impact on my physical feeling or my...

plus -- ♪ they tried to make me go to rehab ♪ ♪ i said no, no, no ♪ yes, ive been back, but when i come back ♪ ♪ no, no, no the rapid rise and fall of soul prodigy amy winehouse. good morning, everyone. im alex witt, and welcome to "msnbc sunday," where its 10:00 a.m. on the east coast and 7:00 a.m. out west. this morning the white house is standing firm that a debt deal must raise the ceiling through 2013. house speaker john boehner says he aims to unveil the framework f...

♪ yes, ive been back, but when i come back ♪ ♪ no, no, no the rapid rise and fall of soul prodigy amy winehouse. good morning, everyone. im alex witt, and welcome to "msnbc sunday," where its 10:00 a.m. on the east coast and 7:00 a.m. out west. this morning the white house is standing firm that a debt deal must raise the ceiling through 2013. house speaker john boehner says he aims to unveil the framework for a new shorter-term deal this afternoon. speaking on "meet the press" ...

kennebunkport fine living amer this nightmare even before the relief wells are completed? >> wolf, a lot of talk and a lot of questions today about that static kill. its a process by which bp would pump mud into the well, effectively killing that well and improving their odds once they finish the relief well. they say theyre studying this idea, theyre coming up with a plan and theyll present it to government scientists for final approval in the next coming days. at this point that stat...

>> can i speak first and let carte follow up on that. theres no litmus test, when you worked side by side for four years, day and night, and you know a person -- i have said this about west virginiaian, we could look at your eyes and see your soul. but when you spend 24 hours a day, you get to know them. thats what i knew. thats where i started making my decisions a based on a person that i knew would be impeccable as far as in the decision making process. uncover any stone, do all of...

abraham lincoln. heres part of what he wrote. he said we colored people have taken a vote and decided that we dont cotton to the whole emancipation thing. freedom means having to work for real, think for ourselves and take consequences along with the rewards. that is just far too much to ask of us colored people and we demand that it stop. williams remained why he wrote the ert. >> what i did was successful. im sorry i had to go to the lengths to slap sense into a lot of people who are...