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What does this mean for the president and the democrats politically? >> i think it means nothing but trouble for the democrats and the president of the united states. they would love the issue to be something other than the catholic church going after them. this whole thing started with mitt romney and the republicans. it has been even joined by the catholic church which allows mitt romney to talk about the economy. but what have you not talked about the last month or two? immigration. the catho...

president obama today paid tribute to americas war dead, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns, he then spoke at the vietnam veterans memorial on the 50th anniversary of their bloody conflict. and milt romney led a tribute at the veterans memorial center in san diego. it was a somber break from the election campaign, but politics has a way of seeping into one of the most somber occasions, dan lothian is standing by, but first lets go to cnns dana bash. and a slight political unde...

Quinnipiac that actually had romney ahead by 6 points, 47-41. you combine those two polls and you almost have a dead even race and thats where i see florida right now. out of the three states that we talk about that nbc marist poll, ohio, virginia and florida, florida is the one that will probably be the easiest for mitt romney to win at this very stage and conversely, the hardest for president obama. theyre all going to be swing states. joe is about palm beach and miami. i will say, florida ele...

jurys hand. what they tell us about the deliberations. we begin this evening with what you might call the facebook hangover. after the hype and buildup after the initial offering of stock, trading started late, price didnt sky rock and facebook closed essentially flat, just $0.23 higher than the opening. at least facebook was up. dow industrials, nasdaq, s&p 500 closed out their worst week of the year. discuss with business correspondent ali velshi. lets start with facebook. what hap...

Year were minorities. according to the government, blacks, hispanics, asians and other minorities accounted for more than 50% of all u.s. births. nonhispanic whites made up almost half. the executive director and the "washington post" nia-maleka henderson. she is with the romney campaign. we await new words from mitt romney regarding the new york time article. i grew up in texas and my entire life we heard the world needed to wake up. the hispanic population would be representing enormous number...

For this is demographic. its because of the fact that the white population is getting older and theyre not having as many babies. the hispanic population is younger and there are more childbearing mothers in it so they are having more babies. having said that, immigration is also a factor in this. does this raise the stakes for the supreme courts ruling on the arizona immigration law? >> i dont think -- great question, chris. i dont think it will affect the views of the justices in the arizona c...

Years. i dont know how many republicans, probably many people you knew back in the congress, have been saying to their fellow republicans, if you lose connection with the hispanic vote, youre going to be a minority party. maybe exaggerated, but look at the obama strategy in the west. why they think arizona is in play this year. they took three western states last year, including new mexico, which is a huge hispanic population. >> jeb bush has been saying it for 20 years and carl rove for 230 yea...

Give the president a political boost ahead of voting this fall. reed wilson is editor in chief of the "national journals" hot line, and he joins me now. earlier in the show i asked mark halper halperin, and immigration law in arizona, jan brewer won overwhelmingly. what do we think in upholding of the law, whats the impact down ballot, and by that i mean that senate race between richard carmona and jeff lake, what do we think it does? >> think if the sprek upholds any part of the case, if they d...

Democrats need to register these voters and get them to the 308s. democrats at the moment are leaving millions of votes across the country on the table, simply because they newer populations havent acclimated to a political culture just yet. >> right, getting the hispanic population and voters registration to match. thank you, reid wilson. >> thanks, chris. up next the political briefing. could 2016 by a hillary clinton/andrew quoto all-new york showdown? more than 50 times a day? so brighten ...

its known as sb 1070. the law requires local police officers to check a persons immigration status while enforcing other laws, if they reasonably suspect that person is in the country illegally. we asked the romney campaign where specifically does the governor stand on this, does he support it, support it with reservations or oppose it. heres the answer we got. quote, governor romney supports the right of states to assist the federal government in enforcing immigration laws particularl...