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0 politics, which is averaging the polls. president obama leads by roughly 4 points in washington and pennsylvania. leading by more than 2 in nevada, ohio and iowa. as a slighter margins in new hampshire and colorado, governor romney only leads in more at a point in florida and is narrowly ahead in virginia. that gives a reason for them to, lets say, be concerned. >> they need to be concerned because it is not just the enthuse yack enthuse em thats missing p. this is what barack obama does bette...

Winegarden president of the american federation of teachers. and george gresham president of the largest health care workers union in the country. and hes the largest local in the world. thank you both for joining me. randy, what do you think about those goals from the president? >> look, its great that the president is taking as michelle obama said on monday, his values and translating it into action. and the only reason he can do that is because he spent the last four years with all of us crea...

Should get a chance for success. and what president clinton said yesterday in supporting the nomination of the re-election of barack obama, he said that our country succeeds when we are about all children. when we are about all workers. we see that when we say lets make sure that all kids get a great shot. thats what created a great middle class. and thats what we have to do in terms of the day-to-day work we do with the american voters. isnt it better to spend some money to ensure that all kids...

Democratic convention in charlotte, north carolina. last night the convention was all about celebrating the people who have been bravely fighting the battles for women all year. adding her voice was sandra fluke, the georgetown law student who famously was attacked by rush limbaugh for standing up for women. last night she thanked the president for standing up for her. >> an america in which our president when he hears that a young woman has been verbally attacked thinks of his daughters, not hi...

Prosperity. >> george, what will it take, what must be done to assure victory for the president in november? >> well, you know what? its good for us to get excited about speeches. its good for us to get happy about the chance that we have a real alternative. but we got to do the work. when we leave here, we got to get out and get those and say theres no difference. we have to explain to them in a way that they understand. they must be out of their mind to think that we can win this election with...

out in many states this year. my concern is that a generation ago we fought with the man that is speaking at the podium to get us the right to vote today in this generation people like you and i have to fight to maintain the right to vote. this morning reverend joe lowry of one generation and me of another stood together saying this vote should not be compromised. and this election no matter who youre supporting. no matter who youre voting for, this election cannot be the turning back ...

Which is unheard of. >> on sunday. ben jealous, george gresham, thank you for your time tonight. see you sunday. >> thank you. >> well be right back. [ male announcer ] this is genco services --

President and ceo of the naacp. and george gresham president of the largest labor union in the country. theyll both be joining all of us at the march. on sunday. thanks for being here tonight. ben, let me start with you. you wrote a piece in "huffington post" this week calling stop and frisk a human rights catastrophe. what did you mean by that? >> go back to 1999 when you were leading us to jail over the dealo case. that killing happened in the context of stop and frisk unit. this year theyre o...

only to suddenly face the threat of deportation to a country that you know nothing about. with a language you may not even speak. >> the president said this was just a temporary solution until lawmakers stop blocking immigration reform. acting now, he said, is a question of compassion and of simply doing the right thing. >> effective immediately, the department of homeland security is taking steps to lift the shadow of deportation from these young people. over the next few months, elig...

in 2010. a bill that once had bipartisan support. back in 2005 senators john mccain and ted kennedy introduced similar legislation. a bill that was also supported by president bush. by, oh, how the republican party has changed. today senator mccain called the presidents announcement, quote, a politically motivated power grab. senator lindsey graham said it was quote, possibly illegal and arizona governor jan brewer called it back door amnesty. mitt romney criticized the policy but fail...