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At all of their polling locations they cut off the lines at 7:00 p.m. everyone who was in line was then able to vote. obviously, the trump campaign says something different happened. back to you. >> miguel almaguer in clark county. i want to bring in pete williams. its relatively normal across the 50 united states to allow those who are in line at the time the poll is closing to vote. what is the -- what grounds does the trump campaign have? >> heres their claim. they say, yeah, we get that, but...

Open, and, you know, it raises a fairness question if you only have this amount of time to get in there. the point is nobody knows how long its going to be, and its not just technical glitches. theres glitches like sending 2,400 social security numbers to the wrong -- to an insurance agent in minnesota. i mean, there are all sorts of things that are wrong with the system that have to be worked out. >> meanwhile, rand paul has a >> meanwhile, rand paul has a

>> im glad you asked that. >> hold on. the other question is, what impact on the economy if we raise taxes again on the rich? lets deal with the fairness question. i bring you the case of phil mickelson. a california resident. on every dollar over a million does -- dollars that herpes he has to pay 63-cents to the state and feds in income taxes. now, is 63% -- is that tax rate fair? >> well, fair calls for the the question, compared to toe what? its fair compared to allowing somebody who is surv...

And really got to be willing, as dick durbin said, sit down and negotiate and come up with a plan, a long-term plan thats balanced, that looks at the domestic side of the budget, the defense side, the mandatory programs, and the revenue side. and if were willing to do that, then i think we can get an agreement. but i think to go to the tax issue that you were talking about earlier, there are really two issues there. one is the amount of revenue that needs to be raised. but the other question is ...

Or read about questions about his taxes. the next several days takes him all the way up to the debate point, his last chance to really change the dynamic in this election. and he has wasted the buildup to it. bad politics on the timing. bad policy in terms of the fairness question. theres something else here. he claims that these are capital gains. and that hes a job creator. lets remember, this is a loophole for venture capitalist. he didnt go out and start a business in a basement. if he could...

Build up. bad politics on the timing. bad policy in terms of the fairness question. theres something else here. he claims that these are capital gains. and that hes a job creator. lets remember, this is a loophole for venture capitalist. he didnt go out and start a business in a basement. if he could tell that story, he would be in a better position for the american people. hes a financial guy. these are fees. its a loophole. if youre looking to campaign as a reformer, someone to clean up the ta...

Virginia, there are a lot of wrinkles to virginia. its got a relatively low unemployment rate, got a conservative governor, conservative legislature, 5.6 i think it was in may, the unemployment rate, obviously almost three points below the national average, a lot of that defense spending, a lot of that federal spending, dependent on federal spending. obviously northern virginia with the pentagon and the federal government right across the river. virginia is to a certain extent dependent on the f...

Long can he sustain not answering these questions, because its very clear that the obama campaign is not going to let up on them. these stories are being written by various news outlets but the obama campaign seizes on them immediately and holds conference calls and puts out ads and web ads and we had a poll with nbc showing that this issue is gaining some traction and cutting into romneys economic argument in certain key swing states. so theres no reason at all for the white house in their view...

In the next few minutes, president obama will take the stage in virginia beach, which is the first of six campaign stops hell make in the state today and tomorrow. nbc news white house correspondent micore responsibility joins us -- core spent joins us now. >> it is a very important state, no question about it. i was surprised to learn starting with facts and figures, virginia beach is the largest city in the commonwealth of virginia. well start with that and point out that president obama won v...

Union membership. >> well, decline in union membership over the last 30 years has a number of causes, one of which is the industrialization that begins in the 1960s, 1970s, as the governor alluded to in the discussion earlier, is that you had a number of industries including the garment industry flee the united states and flee unionization for other places around the globe, mexico, the auto industry went to mexico and other places as well. at the same time, you had an assault by the republican r...