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>> melissa harris-perry, thank you. we'll check back in with you shortly. ed, let me ask you about this common wisdom that seems to have eroded this year. that democrats shouldn't talk about social issues. there's more downside risk to them than upside benefit. people who like, for example, abortion rights and want them to be protected they're going to vote democratic anyway. if you talk about it too much, you're going to alienate people. >> rachel, there's a lot of things in rural america that are hard to change. red states are red states. we're talking about a long time of turning the thinki...

Could agree on in principle. how we deal with the teachers union is a problem. especially a problem for the democratic party. i live in washington, d.c. i have to say, randy weingarten has not done a great job for our city. we've lost the best superintendent we ever had in education and the school teachers have to explain that. i think this is something we can argue about. i think jeb bush made a very powerful statement on behalf of quality education tonight. >> you've got a debate, you've got a fight brewing here with my friend ed schultz and with al sharpton. >> i expected i would. >> chris,...

At 21 years old, it sent him to france as a missionary, an experience he says was pivotal in helping him understand and define what he believed, what was the truth. in the 1980s, romney served as a bishop in the church, eventually the pastor of a congregation. and several years later he became a president, a leader who oversees several congregations in a specific area much like a diocese. the 2010 tax return and 2011 estimate released by romney's campaign showed he donated the not insignificant sum of $4.1 million to the mormon church over those two years alone. tonight, three figures from rom...

Philosophy of how to make things better in america when it comes to the republicans. >> ed, nobody attacked teachers. no one attacked teachers. >> no, they are, chris. they're going after how much money they make. >> who attacked teachers? who did that? jeb bush, if you listened, just came out for higher pay for teachers. >> no. no. that's rhetoric. none of these six republican governors that i'm talking about, chris, are advocating any pay raises for any of these teachers. they want the old experienced teachers out and they want to get the young cheap ones in place. that's their mission. >> o...

Welcome back to msnbc's live coverage of the republican national convention. grant bennett is the next speaker. grant bennett is a former bishop of the mormon church in boston, massachusetts. grant bennett is speaking now. are we able to dip into this? here it is. >> i have been blessed to spend thousands of hours over many years with a dear friend and remarkable man named mitt romney. these wonderful, even glorious hours together, were spent in serving our fellow men and women. they were spent in service in our church. we embraced christ's admonition