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First of all, put into context for us just how big a ruling this is in favor of democracy? >> its extraordinary, ed. the u.s. district judge did rule, as you have so eloquently illustrated for your viewers, that it is unconstitutional, the statute that was set up by the ohio general assembly is unconstitutional and all voters will have equal access to the ballot the last three days before election day. this is extraordinary for democracy in ohio. and also on monday, ed, lot us not forget, anothe...

That fight will play out and do you think this has the impact to change a 1 or 2% prais? >> heres the thing -- the tempest in a tea pot about voter and voterification and things like that its a commonsense principle that you should be here legally in the united states and present an i.d., the first time i ran for congress, we spent $2 million to be on television. my former next door neighbor was working the polls the day that my wife and i went in to vote. she made me show two forms of i.d. i ha...

Person in the recipient of an absentee ballot application? does that make up for what were talking about? >> not completely. one of the things republicans not only in ohio but generally say is if youre going to vote youve got to take responsibility for it. if you get bad advice in your polling place or wrong deadline, thats your problem. youve got to fix it. democrats would like to see more ease and access. if your poll worker gives you bad information on how to cast your ballot, you shouldnt be...

and a man accused of beating up a priest. it looks like an open and shut case. until you look closer. lets go "outfront." ♪ good evening, everyone, im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, capitol hills dangerous game of jenga. were going to play in a moment. let me explain. we came across a report today that, frankly, made us roll our eyes. i said the word vile out loud. here was the line. quote, congress said to delay automatic budget cuts until march. in other words, congress is now...

♪ good evening, everyone, im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, capitol hills dangerous game of jenga. were going to play in a movement. let me explain. we came across a report today that, frankly, made us roll our eyes. i said the word vile out loud. here was the line. quote, congress said to delay automatic budget cuts until march. in other words, congress is now trying to get out of its self-imposed deadline of january 1st. that is when our leaders in washington, either have to f...

good evening, everyone, im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, capitol hills dangerous game of jenga. were going to play in a movement. let me explain. we came across a report today that, frankly, made us roll our eyes. i said the word vile out loud. here was the line. quote, congress said to delay automatic budget cuts until march. in other words, congress is now trying to get out of its self-imposed deadline of january 1st. that is when our leaders in washington, either have to find wa...

im eric burnett. "outfront" tonight, how much will it cost to bail out europe? >> $1 million. >> just like dr. evil in "austin powers," thats not enough. >> $100 billion. >> nope. even a super villain would not ask for a number this big. the final number to bail out europe could be closer to $6 trillion. so take a deep breath. ill get to the grand total in just a moment. because just days ahead of those crucial greek elections, spain asked for $125 billion to bail out its banks. and th...

good evening, everyone. im eric burnett. "outfront" tonight, how much will it cost to bail out europe? >> $1 million. >> just like dr. evil in "austin powers," thats not enough. >> $100 billion. >> nope. even a super villain would not ask for a number this big. the final number to bail out europe could be closer to $6 trillion. so take a deep breath. ill get to the grand total in just a moment. because just days ahead of those crucial greek elections, spain asked for $125 billion to ba...

good evening, everyone. im eric burnett. how much will it cost to bail out europe? >> $1 million. >> just like dr. evil in "austin powers," thats not enough. >> $100 billion. >> nope. even a super villain would not ask for a number this big. the final number to bail out europe could be closer to $6 trillion. so take a deep breath. ill get to the grand total in just a moment. days ahead of the crucial greek elections, spain asked for $125 billion to bail out its banks. and thats just th...

>> well, its at a stand still for the moment. we have to put ohio in perspective. whats happening to ohio is part of the pattern thats happened across the country where states are trying to make it harder to vote for those who turned out in record numbers in 2008. black voters, latino voters, students, college students and the elderly. this is really about suppressing the vote. the idea by the right wing is that if you make it harder for those groups to vote, they wont turn out. if they dont tur...