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Youre focusing on mainly, new hampshire, new polls out, and shows that youre in double digits and that race may get competitive yet. >> its going to get very competitive. this is a state where the voting population, theyve seen it all. theyve heard it all. weve done nothing on television. this is all town hall meetings. this is all house parties walking the streets, getting to know people, and them getting to know you and whats in your heart and soul. these are folks who, with whom you need to m...

Change the districting maps for congressional districts across the country. its an enormous threat to our democracy to have these sorts of groups no matter who is funding them have such influence when there is no disclosure to the american people about which corporations, which ceos and which foundations are funding these efforts to rewrite our districts for votes in the congressional elections next year. >> senator malloy, when you look at their involvement in how we draw district lines and the...

We called his office to see if there was a medical reason he was wearing the sunglasses while screaming at riszer in the state senate, they said there was not one. after yesterdays vote governor walker tweeted, glad that photo i.d. bill passed. i awe thundershowered that bill ten years ago. youfb waiting a long time for this. joining us is a senator that voted no on the voting restrictions in wisconsin. thanks for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> how do you think this voting restriction bill...

Great national tragedy i think hes going to have to do something which is arguably going to be very challenging in its own right, which is deal with the republicans on the economy, fashion a plan to balance the budget, increase the debt ceiling and most important of all create jobs. jamie: mary catherine let me ask you about the location of this interview because it happened on an english-speaking hispanic network in miami, a local, and the president certainly has been spending a lot of time cou...

2008. this is the kind of issue that can generate enthusiasm and passion among voters of the nations biggest and fastest-growing minority group. make that into a more solid even democratic constituency. that has to be to their credit. there a lot of shows that overall there was a majority of u.s. voters that favored the arizona law. obviously it works the other way as well. you will have to lock at specific races. you can think of house races, for example, where latinos are a big part of the vot...

Day? what difference does it make? >> this law requires that you carry your birth certificate. and for my grandmother who has an accent and walks around with her i.d. because she doesnt drive, that isnt enough to demonstrate that shes not undocumented. and the sheriff points out that all of a sudden were giving everyday citizens the opportunity to be vigilantes and make sure the cops are doing their job. we dont know what someone looks like if theyre undocumented. i mean thats the shocking part....

But my grandmother, who has been here for close to 25 years, she barely speaks spanish, excuse me, she barely speaks english, but shes an american citizen. >> will she be bothered by police? does she think the police whirl bother her? what happens if she just shows her documents and say, officer, thank you, have a nice day. >> this law requires that you carry your birth certificate. and for my grandmother who has an accent and walks around with her i.d. because she doesnt drive, that isnt enough...

>> stop it. she is probably a nice lady. >> it is so true. >> lets stop concentrating on her looks and look at the policy. >> thats what is so ridiculous about it. you can essentially be a heroin user and have a better shot at keeping your job because you dont cook up in front of the building entrance. >> thank god. >> all you have to do is -- >> finally somebody is thinking rock and roll here. >> bill, you ascribe to that belief. >> i cant afford the spoon, greg, you know that. my heroin days a...

Yesterday could be a catalyst to put immigration on the fast track. our correspondent of capitol hill dana dash said yesterday this could now be a fast track to this summer. you could see democratic lawmakers in the white house making a push on immigration, and as you said, it could be ugly. remember last time we went through this in 2005, 2006 and 2007, a lot of this called amnesty. an important bill for the democrat and for the white house. why? because a lot of latinos and hispanics are upset...

Peace officers. i dont understand how you can oppose this. >> maria teresa kumar, can you oppose it on that point? >> no. i think everybody is in agreement that we need to secure our borders and make sure that all american citizens and residents are safe. and thats not a problem. the problem with the legislation is that its going to disproportionately target, unfortunately, american latinos as well. we dont know whos here undocumented. but we do know were encouraging racial profiling. i just am ...