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Weekend voting, the time when many african americans go to the polls. wisconsin republicans, they just want to be fair. i think whats the motive here -- you think thank you may be trying to get the blacks to stop voting? anyway, plus, the senate versus the cia. late night tv is now focusing on dianne feinsteins who is right in her battle with the agency. finally, let me finish tonight with the irish, like me. and that is "hardball," the place for politics. juicy, white grapefruit, with fresh m...

Industry yesterday. take a look at how he answered this one about his colleagues in the house. >> without naming any names, how many members of congress do you think use marijuana? >> used or use? i dont think more than five or ten i would guess. but i really wouldnt know. because i havent seen them use it. i would be completely guessing. i dont know what percentage of 60-year-olds use marijuana, but its probably similar in congress. so if its 5% of 60-year-olds, its probably 5% in congress. >> ...

You can fine. coming up, dick cheney told us how to pronounce his name this week got five deferments from a war he fully supported. when is he going to exit the stage and stop his war whooping? also, look at where republicans are now eliminating weekend voting, the time when many african americans go to the polls. wisconsin republicans, they just want to be fair. anyway, plus, the senate versus the cia. late night tv is now focusing on dianne feinsteins who is right in her battle with the ag...

Vote. do you believe it? republicans in wisconsin passed a new law, drastically reducing early voting in that state. it would eliminate weekend voting entirely and restrict voting on weekdays to no later than 7:00 p.m. the bill would limit the total hours of early voting a week to 45. the goal, the bill sponsors say is to make statewide standards uniform. but critic says the goal is to help republicans by limiting the ability of poor minority voters to cast ballots. state senator lena taylor pas...

They want to restrict early voting in a way thats never happened before, including, as you mentioned, ending weekend voting. we need more access to the ballot box, not less. >> and how much of this is specifically about governor walkers re-election, one of the tea party governors elected in the big sweep in 2010 and who now is going to have a harder time, if democrats are really focused? how much do you think this is really specifically about his campaign? >> well, i think its a huge part of tha...

They should use them to vote. there is a segment of the population that doesnt have i.d.s and happen to be minorities and old. >> by the way, all those things that you said making it harder for people to vote as far as by, you know, ending early voting or ending weekend voting, i think were so far down the road there we shouldnt be more restrictiontive but my question went to an i.d. >> yeah. >> by the way, you said something and i would like to see some studies on it because ive seen others tha...

Clerks could offer for voting. the bill would prevent workers who are unable to cast a vote in normal workday hours from voting. it would also end weekend voting, putting a stop to the sole to the polls effort which churches have adopted to get people to the polls. keeping a close eye on that is mike brown, deputy director of one wisconsin now. nice to see you this morning. >> thank you so much for having me here today, melissa. >> this is complicated, right, because it is not ending early votin...

Closed, they were told they could not vote. and ive giving and you few examples. we dont have all day. so we have to be careful because feeling that things have been reso solved because of challenges in court, but there will be on the ground a in an begans that will take place. >> and this goes back to early vote. because if youre stopped on election day and you get intimidated or shut down, game over. when you have the early vote, not only does it let a wider array of people participate includi...