more. a government shutdown will not help create jobs. we have no desire to do that. the republicans who voted no last night, reportedly were against $4 billion of disaster relief funds added to the bill. you co-sponsored a bill in your state to help storm victims in the southeast. what happened last night. where was the disconnect between you and some of your republican brethren? >> i think the disconnect is what we had in this bill was paid for on the senate version, the higher number that wasn't an offset for those payments. we have a spending problem because we talked about now for a year and a half and everybody knows how big the deficit is and this would add to the deficit. those funds are going to get to the people who have had the disasters. my own district has experienced that this year, that alabama, missouri, the northeast was just hammered by irene. those things are going to happen. it's a matter of how do we pay for it. >> speaker boehner reportedly threatened to take committee chairmanships away from some folks who didn't support the bill. majority leader kantor said he was confident the stop gap measure would pass and in the hours before it did not pass. what does the failure say about mr. boehner's ability to get the rank in file to follow into line? >> certainly there's a great debate right now this this country about how our money is spent here. there's a huge debate on that. that's what it says. he didn't say he was going to -- i was in the room what he said what he said. that's not exactly what he said. i think there is a debate in our own conference about how the spending cuts go forward. in the budget we voted for in august, that was a bipartisan bill that passed to get us through november 23rd when the joint select committee as it's report. it has a $7 billion less spending than last year. the vote was to -- i think from the 48 that voted against it, they wanted more cuts than that. no more complicated than that. >> before i get out of here, i heard that you saved a man's life a few days ago. is that true or hyperbole as well? >> there was a fellow i was walking in the airport 7:00 a.m. on tuesday and a man had a cardiac arrest. i want to thank everybody, there were people who dialed 911, people that got the defibrillator and the emts did a great job. we didn't get to share anything, i think there was another physician there. we started immediate cardiopulmonary defib rilation. i wish him well. >> he is lucky congressman roe happens to be a retired physician as well. >> thank you. >> thanks for your time. >> nankz for having me on. we continue to keep our eyes on the markets. the dow started with a triple digit lost. at one point it was done 400 points. as you can see, they have not recovered. all of this continues to be over those concerns in europe as well. also, of course back here yesterday the fed announcing that it was going to adopt a new strategy to try to get the economy here going. saying it was going to shuffle $4 billion in hopes of reducing interest rates on long-term loans. investors not appearing to be responding to that right now. the dow down 405 points and s&p down almost 39. and nasdaq down just over 77. iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad speaking before the general assembly today. outside huge numbers of demonstrators have graernlged to protest his appearance. he is expected to talk about his nation's position in the muslim world and he will most certainly be talking about yesterday's release of the two u.s. hiker as well. michelle kosinski is live. let's start with ron allen live at the united nations standing by. what's happening with the demonstration right now? >> reporter: we're still waiting for ahmadinejad to speak. he's sixth in line. they are up to speaker number three. things are running behind here. imagine that. it's always an interesting occasion when he comes to town. it's always a big deal. tracks a lot of attention like the protesters, many of them iranians, iranian americans demanding freedom for the relatives, countrymen back home in iran. they are demanding to dispel the iranian government from this body and ahmadinejad comes here at the time when he is weakened at home. he was trying to boost his standing back in iran. latest example of that involves the hikers where ahmadinejad pushed to have them released before he arrived here and bring them here so he could take credit for their release. that of course did not happen. an example of how he is fighting the clerics back home who still have the ultimate say in iran. the u.s. of course is concerned about many things in iran, most notably the continuing nuclear program, its involvement in syria and crackdown there on prodemocracy demonstrators demanding change in syria. ahmadinejad is likely to weigh into the palestinian-israeli debate that continues to dominate things here. last year the remarks were so inflammatory the u.s. delegation walked out because they were so appalled by what he was saying here. always entertaining -- not entertaining but always inflammatory because what he has to say here on the world stage. >> ron allen from the united nations. let's bring in michelle kosinski. the hikers, are they still there in o man? >> reporter: we believe they are. the families have been low key from the start. we think they have been here for more than a week waiting day to day for some development out of tehran. they were reluctant to release any kind of statement until they knew for absolute certain that their loved ones were released from that country. it was quite a moment last night. shane bauer and josh fattal practically raced down the steps of the plane to freedom and quite literally the open arms of their families. it was extremely emotional. the only contact directly that they've had was a meeting with their mothers for an afternoon about a year ago. we've been told they have some letters back and forth but very minimal contact. it's not even clear that they knew that yesterday was going to be the day of their release. here's what they said yesterday. very brief statement after they got off that plane. >> we're so happy we are free and so relieved we are free. >> two years in prison is too long and we sincerely hope for the freedom of other political prisoners and other unjustly imprisoned people in america and iran. >> reporter: that was it. with that, they went back to their families, we presume they are still there, maybe relaxing, getting reacquainted and their families call this release the best day of their lives and new beginning. >> any idea at this point where we might see those hikers back on american soil? >> that's a big question. every day there's another big question. first it was who paid the bail? we found out through their attorney in iran that oman paid the bail for the two of them. when are they going back to start their new lives? it's unclear. they wanted privacy and privacy especially in a place like this is what they've had, craig. >> hadn't heard that about the bail. appreciate that. thank you so much. michelle kosinski and ron allen before her. florida, florida, florida, the republican candidates back there for another debate in the sunshine state. how the candidates will stack up tonight and how they stack up in a brand-new poll. we'll talk about that. plus, shocking video of kids wrestling in a cage. it's been called barbaric, apparently though it is not illegal. we explain in just a few minutes. ♪ when your chain of supply ♪ goes from here to shanghai, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ chips from here, boards from there ♪ ♪ track it all through the air, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs like that ♪ hurry up no time flat that's logistics. ♪ ♪ all new technology ups brings to me, ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ while i took refuge from the pollen that made me sneeze. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. so lily and i are back on the road again. with zyrtec®, i can love the air®. maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. 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>> unemployment is a huge issue. we have 10.7% unemployment here and it's much higher in the rural counties. in addition to social security, i would add medicare into that, it's an issue that affects a large amount of our population here. >> let's look at polls here. i want to start with the perry versus romney poll. this is head to head poll in florida and right now again, this is if the election were held today this is the latest poll, rick perry at 46%, mitt romney at 38%. are you surprised how strong rick perry is in florida? >> not really. forget south beach, florida is a southern state and the tea party has a strong presence particularly in orlando. florida trends similarly to other states when it comes to republicans. given the fact that mitt romney is not really playing in the straw poll this weekend is sort of strange. it is not surprising to me, no. >> let's take a look amy at another -- this is interesting. this is mitt romney versus president obama. if the election were held today. mitt romney beats the president 47 to 40%. if you take a look at barack obama, rick perry poll, the president does pretty well in florida. what can we make of that? >> i think you need to look at the independent voters who are swinging to mitt romney's side. a lot of the independent voters who were on obama's side in 2008 and helped him take florida are a little -- not happy with what's going on and they are starting to look at republican candidates and mitt romney is a more moderate general election candidate for them to be happy about. >> thank you so much, amy, joanne, thank you so much from the st. petersburg time. stick with msnbc for post debate analysis and special live edition happening at 11:00 p.m. eastern. that is only here on msnbc. troy davis was executed last night at 11:08 p.m. but the debate over the use of the death penalty as well as his possible innocence is sure to stay with us through the next election and beyond. joining us now reverend al sharpton, host of "politics nation." and "today" show's savannah guthrie, thinanks for being her as well. >> reverend, you mentioned the next step is going to be heading to washington, right? >> we'll be in washington tomorrow. i think we've got to look at the broader questions here of how we can have someone executed based on just eye witness testimony when there's been so many studies that have questioned the reliability of eyewitness testimony. in this case they recanted seven of the nine. the question becomes how do you do this? and we want the justice department to stay whether we can do it through the federal courts or through legislation. to leave this case, where it can happen again, i think is something that we committed to troy davis we wouldn't do and secondly we're only playing with a matter of time before the same issues would become issues again. >> i don't want to talk about the innocence or guilty of troy davis but i do want to talk about the death penalty. here was a guy that two decades, this case worked its way through the courts, the supreme court reviewed it. but it doesn't seem obviously he was able to prove his case. did he have due process? is due process, is it always justice? >> i mean, in some sense yes, he had access to the courts over a course of 20 years. you can't say he didn't have his day in court. he was able to bring this new evidence, the fact that witnesses had recanted. there was live testimony from some of these witnesses before a court of law. i think -- you have to make that point. it wasn't like he didn't get to make the arguments. at the same time a lot of people would observe that the entire system is flawed and that the deck was stacked against him from the beginning. i think you have to keep both of those points in mind as you analyze this case. what interesting about the death penalty is that actually since about 1999, the number of death sentences has really started to come down. and i think it's because people are starting to require more evidence. i wonder if based on the nine eyewitnesses and scant physical evidence if troy davis would be convicted and sentenced to death in a court of law today. >> there's also been a lot made about the company that the united states of america keeps in terms of having the death penalty. the other nations, civil liesed nations, first world nations that still have the death penalty. those are few and far between is my understanding. >> that's true. one of my concerns is how do we look to the rest of the world? i got back from jackson, georgia last night, the whole city of new york hosting all of these heads of state. how do you think we look to them on the news last night when we're lecturing them on human rights and a man who had raised serious questions of reasonable doubt had been killed by the state. how do we look to the world? >> i want to call your attention to troy davis's final words. there was something i found a little interesting. i want to put it up on the screen. this is what he said last night around 11:08. i'd like to address the macphail family, despite the situation you're in, i'm not the one who personally killed your son, your father, your brother. i am innocent. he said i'm not the one that personally killed your son. do you contend that he was innocent or is your contention reverend al that he simply should not have been put to death? >> i contend, that i believe from my conversations when i visited him on death row, that he was not the one that shot and killed macphail. there was obviously people out that night and a group, whether he was in the group or not, i don't think had been the debate. the debate whether he was the one who pulled the trigger and intentionally killed someone. i understand there were a lot of people out that night from my understanding of the case. but i think the question is not whether or not my belief of innocence or anyone's belief of innocence or guilty. the question was whether it was beyond a reasonable doubt and whether you can execute a man when reasonable doubt has not been satisfied. >> i imagine you'll hear more of this tonight. >> you will, 6:00. >> savannah guthrie, always a pleasure as well. thanks for sticking around. you can catch "politics nation", 6:00 eastern, he doesn't work saturdays and sundays, but monday through friday he's here at 6:00. bill clinton weighs in on the so-called buffett rule and republicans are jumping all over him. but probably not why you think. we're going to talk about that plus facebook getting a face lift again and like always, facebook users are complaining about that. more changes are coming to facebook. we would like to know what you think of facebook's new look. you can tweet me at craig melvin. i apologize for the size of the head on that screen. it's not proportional savannah. >> what do you think? 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do you think this was as many have suggested a ploiploy by ahmadinejad? >> from the moment the world was alerted to the fact that a couple of hijackers i believe in some distance area in iran, somehow being accused of being some part of elicit effort for whatever security reasons, it seemed to me it was just a big public -- long term public relations ploy. we have to thank them for releasing two innocent americans. they don't get any extra credit for it when they are still supporting terrorism and supporting militants killing our soldiers in iraq and afghanistan. we've got to get serious with iran and quit treating them -- i wish we even had a velvet hammer, right now we're using velvet gloveses and that doesn't works. >> tom ridge, we had you on today and had you on monday. we got to see what you're doing next week, had you on tuesday -- >> i'll have your people call my people and maybe we'll do lunch. >> appreciate it. thank you. if you tweet, say, at craig melvin, one word. be prepared for more ads, they are starting to roll out political ads on service. politico's tech reporter from arlington. tony, good day to you. say it ain't so, tony. >> you may not actually see the ads if you're not following the national politicians running for office. for right now twitter has launched a program that would allow candidates to take advantage of twitter to make political advertisements, we're not going to see the 140 character verse on everyone's time line. it's mostly going to show up if you're searching for a term the candidate has bid on and has their name attached to or if you're following the candidate on orren promoted trending topics. >> if you are someone like myself, someone like you, for instance, if you spend a lot of time on twitter reading about politics, there's a good chance you will probably going to be inundated more than someone who uses it to search about the kardashians or something, that what you're saying? >> inundated may be too strong of a word. we're only at the point where six or seven different entities or individuals can use the ads because it's a pilot program. gop candidate mitt romney and the top campaign arm for senate democrats are taking advantage of this program. we're not going to see hundreds of campaign advertisements like we would see on television, for instance leading up to a national election. it's important to watch this space when you consider the hundreds of different national political figures who use twitter to communicate even without advertisements. this could end up becoming a new industry for political ads in the campaign season. >> tech presence a must in politics these days but are there candidates out there, politicians doing a really good job using digital technology? >> it depends on what side you're on. democrats point to president barack obama and say that the president has been very proactive at using new technology like twitter and facebook, to connect with a wide variety of audiences. the president is going out west later next week to meet with linkedin and have a huge event at the professional networking site's office. at the same time house republicans and senate republicans would say they are the best at using social media. they point to a number of studies and work they've done to better reach out to their constituents. just like everything else in washington, you can see a partisan fight over who's best when it comes to social media. >> tontony, thank you, apprecia your time. >> thanks for having me. new research shows that food can be just as addictive as alcohol, nicotine sean illegal drugs. mara is here with they are seeing changes in the brain that become effective when people become addicted to drugs. they are finding that there are parallels between who may like to eat a bit and now switching over into addiction. there are people who are normal weight who consider themselves addicts, perhaps overcompensating in ways to keep their weight down. anybody can fall into the classification. >> there's a 12-step program. >> the question a lot of people have, how do you recover from something you need everyday, not like alcohol or drugs, we all need to eat. there's a 12-step program food addicts, their membership is up 15% in the last two years and they have a very strict eating program that addresses some of the physical and emotional components. we had the opportunity to go visit their meetings and see a little what's involved in the 12-step meetings for food addiction. >> i have weighed over 400 pounds. >> reporter: members who wish to remain anonymous avoid certain foods and eat only three measured meals each day. >> i didn't like how my life was so i used food as a drug to make me check out of my reality. now i look at food as just fuel, fuel to get me through the day. >> wow. pretty interesting stuff. >> we should note that most people don't become addicted to carrots and vegetables, foods most troublesome are high fat, dough nuts, candy, ice cream, the thing people have a problem with. >> thank you. appreciate that. for more on the series, check out "the big issue." check it out. we were talking about the vote against the government funding bill earlier in the forecast. i want to clarify the reason that 48 members voted against the bill because they were opposed to the government spending that much money for the entire year next year was not a vote against disaster relief, want to make sure that didn't get lost in the debate. democrats voted against what they saw as not enough disaster relief and the gop voted for $3.65 billion in relief. cage fighting. it's a no holds barred sport, boxing and wrestling and martial arts and a social club is coming under fire for who they put in the ring. facebook has made changed again and they are not done just yet. first, it's the end of r.e.m. as we know it but they feel just fine. the grammy winning group calling it quits after 31 years together. the break-up apparently amicable, the band built something extraordinary together but it was just time to walk away. r.e.m. has been called the most exciting band on the planet. my doctor told me calcium is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. so i took my heartburn pill and some antacids. we're having mexican tonight, so another pill then? 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