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Was that he was addressing the house that day. turns out he was speaking out about this. the name of the washington, d.c. football team which he refers to as the "r" word because their full name is painfully racist. getting them to change their name is one of his major efforts in congress. he asked the team owner and the league to change the name, introducing a bill regarding the trade name, because it is insulting to native american people. change the name of the washington "r" word. they send a lot of players to the nfl, which they're very proud of. but his comment is like goliath. this is a...

Saying he is staying in the race despite new revelations about sex messages to a number of women long after he had claimed to have changed. meanwhile, san diego mayor bob filner went public after seven women accused him of sexual harassment despite pressure from democrats to resign, he announced he would begin two weeks of intensive therapy for his behavior but would not quit. malika henderson is here from the "washington post." dive weigel a mr. a. political reporter for slate.com and msnbc contributor as well and alexander burns is at politico. good to see all of you on a saturday. malika, w...

>> you said you think the women involved in the sexting find it comical. if this woman was accurately identified, or she said this and the reason she and wiener met on-line was she posted something how mad he was that he resigned his congressional seat after the first scandal. she thinks he is a hero. >> by the way, slate.com has a carlos danger name generator. you enter your name and you find out what your sexting pseudo name is. >> that's bizarre. mine is gretchen carlson. >> mine is brett bier, but it is b-e-a-r. >> it is not even an original -- come up with something creative. if you want ...

Going after what would essentially be a hate crime, a civil rights charge. if the prosecution in florida didn't bring up the race issue, why would eric holder make this formal charge? >> you make the point about the guy in missouri that you turned me onto that is on death row because of something he clearly didn't do because of racism. i feel as strongly about george zimmerman as i do about this guy. i think zimmerman was guilty, he got off on an unbelievable -- the jury, i understand it is the law, justice. they made the decision. doesn't mean we have to like it. we don't like it, so we're go...

Going after what would essentially be a hate crime, a civil rights charge. if the prosecution in florida didn't bring up the race issue, why would eric holder make this formal charge? >> you make the point about the guy in missouri that you turned me onto that is on death row because of something he clearly didn't do because of racism. i feel as strongly about george zimmerman as i do about this guy. i think zimmerman was guilty, he got off on an unbelievable -- the jury, i understand it is the law, justice. they made the decision. doesn't mean we have to like it. we don't like it, so we're go...