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change hundreds of thousands it provided temporary protection from deportation for young people undocumented, young people who came to the united states as children, often brought by their parents or loved ones they grew up in this country attending school and places of worship many without any knowledge of their legal status until years down the line, often finding out when they applied for a drivers license or applied to college or a job. for all intents and purposes, they are americ...

Broken a big story. It says the u. S. Visa process missed the San Bernardino wifes online zealotry. It reported that the woman passed three background checks by u. S. Immigration officials and that, quote, none uncovered what ms. Malik made little effort to hide. It makes it sound like she was posting on facebook for everyone to see and the u. S. Ignored it. This bombshell quickly became politicized and was even cited at tuesdays Republican Debate here on cnn. We didnt monitor the facebook posti...

Treating them as something other than human so in the way he talked about them tonight, listen to that language. we must pay attention. he is talking about children. he is making them seem like a menace, like an infestation of our country. think about what that language must mean. i believe this is what the women in particular are responding to. >> john rollston from the standpoint of things in nevada, same question. >> he didnt call us great and sensible. you meant to say that, didnt you? >> ab...

Think about what that language must mean. i believe this is what the women in particular are responding to. >> john rollston from the standpoint of things in nevada, same question. >> he didnt call us great and sensible. you meant to say that, didnt you? >> absolutely with a possible exception of some of the casinos behind you. >> exactly right. and those lined up in the slot machines. but seriously, listen, i think that connie is right in the journalism here is what caused

He is making them seem like a menace, like an infestation of our country. think about what that language must mean. i believe this is what the women in particular are responding to. >> john rollston from the standpoint of things in nevada, same question. >> he didnt call us great and sensible. you meant to say that, didnt you? >> absolutely with a possible exception of some of the casinos behind you. >> exactly right. and those lined up in the slot machines. but seriously, listen, i think that c...

For a newspaper reporter theres probably nothing tougher than writing a story that your bosses do not want you to write. thats exactly what the las vegas review journal did this week. if you watched last week, you might remember that we dug into the mystery purchase of the citys newspaper. no one at the time knew who had just bought it. as john rollston said on the show, there was a lot of speculation about casino mogul and donor sheldon adelson. three reporters solved the mystery days later. th...

Level said the party knock on 300,000 doors in the last week. the democrats say their geo tv operation is trick. >> bret: get out the vote. john, last word? >> the republican party here, bret, essentially has a vacancy sign in front of it. the romney campaign and rnc have taken over. there are good people on the ground here. they have to cut in the clark county edge in the next nine days of early voting or it will be too late. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. next week we will check in wit...

Science professor melissa miller of bolling green state university. from colorado, university of denver, political science professor, seth maskett. thank you for being here. go around the horn to get a sense of where it stands. john, first to you. nevada. your sense of what is happening there on the ground? >> on the ground, the democrats are crushing the republicans in early voting, bret. early voting has record turn-out. about 30% higher in las vegas, clark county than it was four years ago. i...

Republicans. >> his coat tails could be that long. john, ed, thank you so much. john, while i have you here, quickly, nevada, i just found out, referred to as the silver state. is it also known as the sage brush state and the battle born state? does it have that many nicknames? >> it is, indeed. battle born is the states motto. silver state is the states nickname. you can use all those any time you want, craig. >> john rollston, expert on all things nevada. appreciate your time, sir. also apprec...

In this weeks battleground break down, we take a look at nevada. president obama is on his way to the state. hell be landing any moment now, were told. hell be holding a rally tonight in las vegas. hell be spending the next two days there preparing for wednesday nights debate in colorado. meanwhile, ann romney set to campaign in nevada as well. the 12.1% unemployment rate in nevada is the highest in the country. it could prove to be a huge obstacle for the president. so how much of a tossup is t...