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Does not exist and that his freedom is being oppressed. think about the intellectual gymnastics it takes to be standing up for freedom and yet saying that african-americans should still not be free. thats a real tough way to make an argument, right? and of course, this is not that much money. its of course accrued now over 20 years. many other ranchers pay these fees. but thats why this is so astonishing, that people are now doing their claude raines act and acting like theyre shocked that this ...

Freedom is being oppressed. think about the intellectual gymnastics it takes to be standing up for freedom and yet saying that african-americans should still not be free. thats a real tough way to make an argument, right? and of course, this is not that much money. its of course accrued now over 20 years. many other ranchers pay these fees. but thats why this is so astonishing, that people are now doing their claude raines act and acting like theyre shocked that this guy is way out there. >> jon...

And one, if you listen to the folks that are supporting bundy, that is not ending any time soon. "ralston reports" host, john ralston. thank you for your time. coming up, pope francis leads a special good friday mass at the vatican to mark one of the most religious days in the christian calendar. francis, faith and the church when joshua do yubois join me j ahead. [ hypnotist ] you are feeling satisfied

A gun-toting tax cheat. joining me now is nevada journalist and host of "ralston reports" john ralston. thanks for joining me. this case has fast ited the country, and it seems to be, it involves two things or at least this is what we have assessed it. one is a certain level of identity politics. but the other thing that it touches on is, what one journalist has called wai eed w mania, you should be able to opt out of parts of the law we dont like. we see it with the hobby lobby case with the su...

Host of "ralston reports." gentlemen, good to have you with us tonight. mr. ralston, you first, how is this being received by the residents of nevada? in the last 24 hours with all the hyped reporting that fox has been doing and the rhetoric thats been going back and forth, where do you think mr. bundy stands with the residents of that state? >> well, i think it depends on your sanity level, ed. if you actually know whats going on here, you understand that sean hannity whipping this into somethi...

And former one, jeb bush, competed for the attention of billionaire magnate adelson, so joining me now, the "washington post" chief correspondent, dan balls, author of "the take" and dan ralston, host of "ralston reports" on some of the fine nbc affiliates out in nevada. welcome to both of you. . i want to start with you and start with chris christie. to me, the more remarkable thing was not him trying to get the scandal behind him, not having a press conference, but the fact that he decided, yo...

It be, democrats 35 positive, 38 negative. and the countrys just overall in a kind of malaise. look at this, 71% think that the governments not working well. or is stagnant. right track wrong track 65% say its in the wrong direction. and 57% still think that the country is in recession. so my roundtable is here and let me get to it this morning. joining me back here is carolyn ryan, washington bureau chief for the "new york times," robert gibbs, white house press secretary between 2009 and 2011....

Iowa. oh, by the way, he can do what john. says, win virginia. it means he has to pick off -- mitt romney has to pick off one of those two midwestern states. im going to go in deeper into nevada. joining me now is the guru of nevada politics, political journalist john ralston, host of the program "ralston reports" and the website. were we right to move nevada? you get upset when we dont call it a battleground state. is it right to say it leans obama? >> no question it leans obama. early voting...

Be a window into the november results. joining me is john ralston, host of "ralston reports." so that is a big number, what do you think of president obamas support among the latino voters. >> well, i think there are a couple of things going on, the exit polls in nevada showed that barack obama won, but i think mitt romney got himself in trouble with the latino community with the positions he took running to the right in that primary. and now, that is hurting him here in nevada. also, you have t...