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Jared bernstein, a senior fellow on the center of budget and policy priorities, and an msnbc contributor. he is the former chief economist to vice president biden. robert reich, adlai stevenson's old words could not be more relevant to today's campaign. >> exactly right. but, you know, there has been a change over the years. i've been involved in about is six, possibly seven presidential campaigns. i've never seen such bald-faced lies as i am hearing in this campaign from republicans. i mean, there are obfuscatioobf there are sort of -- and politics is riddled with half-lies and half-truths, a...

good political battle. they are flying as the fact checkers work overtime. and a top united nations official now says syria is in a full-scale civil war, even as a u.n. report accuses the damascus regime of torturing children and using them as human shields. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." you don't often see a cabinet member subjected to such a harsh grilling. the attorney general eric holder on the hot seat facing republicans furious over a litany of complaints. he held his ground against calls for his resignation. dana watched it all unfold. >> a botched gun-ru...

Brought in the first place she filed an affidavit of probable cause it was signed by her investigator and he believes it was full of half-truths. it didn't tell the whole story and it didn't include exculpatory evidence for mr. zimmerman, but it had a disclaimer at the bottom saying more is going to come. is that good enough? >> i think it is. i don't know dershowitz personally like arthur does. he's a wonderful professor and arthur as well. however, many of the things he says in this case are accurate. i think second degree is not the appropriate charge. we are seeking justice portray von. yo...

Prosecutors. prosecutors when they submit affidavits have to tell the whole truth not just partial truth. a half lie is a lie. by suggesting that as they do in this, zimmerman confronted martin and a struggle ensued, the passive voice. without describing the fact that there is evidence that during the struggle, martin may have been on top, zimmerman on bottom, and the bloody head may have been caused, according to zimmerman, by the banging of his head against the ground. you can't leave that kind of evidence out when you're seeking to indict or inform against somebody, half-truths. >> educate ...

In integrity. false statements, half-truths and misrepresentations. >> reporter: this is about redistricting. they were both drawn into the 9th district after ohio lost two seats due to slow population growth. here is the reaction from nancy pelosi. she says after a difficult race the voters of theth district made their decision. we thank representative kucinich for his 16 years of service to the state of ohio. martha: what's happening on the republican side of this race? >> reporter: in the tbop race for that same seat. samuel wurtzelbacher, joe the plumber will face off with