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how are you feeling besides wiped out there, richard? >> reporter: i think the next thing ill be having is a prescription for some form of antibiotics. no, its been amazing. look, the rain is still pouring, my suit is drenched. but we have seen over four days a carefully choreographed, constructed routine from the spectacle of the river to the ceremony of today, right through the way to the balcony at the end and the fly-past by the world war ii planes. if that isnt really showing with...

This blaze here. thomas? >> miguel almaguer from reserve, new mexico. rick scott is vowing to keep purging people suspected of being ineligible to vote despite a warning from the federal government. last week, the department of justice sent government scott a letter. joining me today is codirector of the project. a spokesperson for floridas secretary of state issued a statement following the d.o.j.s warning, saying we are committed to doing the right thing and preventing ineligible voters from...

To own a calendar. >> i do own a calendar. >> how do you meet the standard, friday afternoon, what do you do with them? >> you work on a tight deadline and turn them in first thing monday morning. >> but you already missed the deadline. its up, finished, those dont count. >> thats right, this is ridiculous, making it harder to register to vote. we know who that impacts, it impacts blacks and latinos more likely to register these through voter registration drives, we cannot divorce this from what...

days, but this is all simply a precautionary measure, they say. an arrest in a gruesome international murder mystery. german police have captured luca rocco magnotta, a self-described porn star accused of killing and dismembering a student in canada. body parts were mailed to canadian police and to politicians. canadian authorities confirmed the arrest a short time ago. george zimmermans lawyer says he will file for a new bond hearing. the man accused of murdering trayvon martin ha...

Stop the purge, and they are reviewing the letter. we bring in myrna perez, and karen finney and brinkley. >> tell me! >> like i dont believe in conspiracy theories and i sid ate in the top of the show, but ever if i were this purging and the voter i.d. laws in all of the states that we saw. >> well, we have to remember that the purge process is being the context that it is in. first we had florida enact a restrictive law trying to impose the restrictions on the voter registration drives making ...

Of the things that happens is suppression laws is the real fear that america is more and more diverse and people of racial minorities or the national origin minorities tend to vote democratic, and that is forcing the suppression, and i guess i would also add to that just so that we dont lose the direct line between the voting rights act of 1965, and today, you know, that d.o.j. letter that myrna was referencing earlier is a letter from the d.o.j. saying that look, florida has fife counties cover...

Security maintains a database on individuals, not a complete database but a fairly detailed database on individuals in this country illegally because they overstayed their status. what we have here is part and parcel of broader efforts by this administration that is desperate to win re-election, in part because of bad economic news we were talking about earlier, that is trying to engage in very crass political games in a number of states, in arizona, in texas and florida, pushing across a range ...

Fight poverty in this country. he was the director for the center of poverty. he had a mission. when he said god may not be through with me, i hope what he meant, ed, is that i may not move into politics, but theres a lot more good i can do in this country fighting poverty. >> mike, you cant fault somebody for wanting to help other people. and that was my take on his statement there. i mean if john edwards wants to go out and do public service and help people out, god bless him for doing it. i t...

But nobody gets convicted of voter fraud. its not happening. the problem in this country is not that too many people are clammering to vote. the problem is arguably a problem that not enough people get out to vote. but its not the opposite. >> you look at these voter id laws that have come up in some, what, 17, 18 states in this country. its obvious what theyre trying to do. the question now is fundamentally, has there been enough push back against this purging of the voters? is it happening eno...

Is this train stoppable? will eric holders affirmation to uphold the voting rights act, will that comfort activists like yourself? >> well, theres some comfort in the attorney general, the department of justice has sent a letter to florida, asking it to justify the purging thats going on there now. i have to tell you, richard, this election is reminding me more and more of the 2000 election. one of the reasons why ive become so passionate about voter i.d. is because i believe if the election is ...