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Weve come so far. weve come so far. so why are we having to fight in 2012 against politicians who want to end access to birth control? its like we woke up on a bad episode of "mad men." because when mitt romney says hell get rid of planned parenthood and turn the clock back on a century of progress, it has real consequences for the 3 million patients who depend on planned parenthood each year. women like libby bruce, who you just heard from. or women like brandy mccay, a 27-year-old woman whose ...

Rights and social issues in general, than i think they would have known they were going to be comfortable with before seeing how republicans were going to behave in the obama administration. i dont think democrats would be here if they didnt feel like they were on such solid territory, if you couldnt say things like shes just saying about mitt romney and paul ryan. >> shes being a real ally to the democrats by pointing out the basics, this is what the republicans want to take away from women. su...

>> libby bruce from columbus, ohio. bringing up to the podium, i believe, cecile richard who is the president of the planned parenthood of america. shes part of the american political legacy of her own. shes the daughter of legendary former texas governor ann richards. heres cecile richards. >> good evening. on behalf of the millions of mothers, daughters, wives, sisters, and friends. republicans and democrats who have counted on planned parenthood for health care and in honor of the thousands o...

>> ifill: nothing like a little dancinging on the floor of confession and an american idol participant to lead it. were going to talk about the economy because its playing a major roll in the battleground states including north carolina. here we go to the digital map center. >> reporter: were telling sortie of the elections through data you can find. here to explain is our politics editor. we look at the bigger picture of jobs in the economy which is issue number one. here is the natio...

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auto workers to president of planned parenthood. the most anticipated speech will be former president clinton who will nominate barak obama for a second term. our coverage goes beyond the skybox you with check out our coverage of the activities inside and outside the hall. >> down to the convention floor and to ray. >> part of the argument or the coupter argument the democrats are making to the republican convention in tampa has to do with filling out the presidents recordment and here...

♪ and after being -- you know -- ♪ at jobs for years and they are shipping jobs overseas and everything like thank when we look at the unemployment -- everything like that. >> reporter: when we look at the map its evenly distributed across the state. >> its pretty bad every year. its industries prevalent but declining over the last deck caismed when you look at the research try angle, technology companies moving in, people >> ifill: nothing like a moving from other states thats lit...

0 no matter who wins and who loses in the election in november, the people cannot lose the sacred right to vote in this country. thanks for watching. im al sharpton. msnbc special coverage of the democratic national convention starts now. the republicans kept their partys last president far away from their convention. but the democrats tonight put their last president in the primest of primetime. tonight night two of the democratic convention puts the famous clinton/obama drama to work for the...

president, tonight is all about hardball politics. msnbcs primetime coverage of the democratic national convention night two begins right now. thank you for joining us. im rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters in new york. im with ed shultz and reverend al sharpton and chris hayes as well as steve schmidt. our fence lawrence odonnell will be joining us shortly as well. and leading our coverage from charlotte, north carolina, from the site of the democratic convention this year is ...

host of the "the young turks." two-term michigan governor jennifer granholm, host of the war room with jennifer granholm, and john fugelsang noted commentator and comedian who will soon have a show on current. were happy to be bringing you coverage and common tear on commentary on the proceedings tonight. we welcome you in the discussion by way of twitter and well go to cenk to tell folks how that works. >> cenk: we have the most unique coverage in the nation of these conventions. not ...