to enforce such a federal law. this of course, could never happen. and is patently unconstitutional. and again, the best thing that can be said about steve toth is that he is introducing the idiotic bill to get media attention, which we have just granted him. and the worst thing that can be said about steve toth is he is introducing the idiotic bill, because he doesn t know it is an unconstitutional idiotic bill. and here in new york, a crazy republican said some crazy stuff about the new bill that governor cuomo just got through the legislature. republican leader steve katz really hates the ban on magazines that would hold more than seven bullets. i come to albany proudly and voluntarily as a citizen legislator. i leave my wife and three young daughters home alone for days at
boy were they amazing. welcome to early start, i m zoraida sambolin. and i m john berman. 5:00 a.m. in the east. what we re all talking about is morning is politics. after 36 hours joined at the hip, mitt romney and his new running mate are going their separate ways today. the former massachusetts governor says he s happy with his new teammate. at one point, ryan teared up with emotion during a stop in wisconsin. on 60 minutes, romney praised his vp pick for being a lot like him. of course, the president is weighing in, too. this is a man who s dedicated the last 14 years working in washington in ways that are not highly partisan. this is a man who s also analytical. he s a policy guy. people know him as a policy guy. that s one of the reasons he has such respect on both sides of the aisle. i m a policy guy, believe it or not. i love policy. i love solving tough problems. congressman ryan is a decent man. he is a family man. he s an articulate spokesman for gove
investigated. we know it was under a car and that s about it. we ll continue to follow this for more information on that. a wild day in london from extreme disappoint to a golden moment for an american teenager, we start though with a 16-year-old chinese swimmer who did one lap faster than ryan lochte. it s raising doping suspicions. atika schubert is live in london. reporter: it was an incredible performance, she basically won at the 400 meter individual medley with stunning speed. she was literally for the last 50 meters faster than the u.s. gold winner in the same event, ryan lochte for the mens. as you can imagine, a lot of speculation into possible doping. here s what the international olympic committee had to say about it. so the sudden rise in the performance or a surprise win be primarily suspected for being acheat, sport is a danger for sure because it partially ruins the charm of competitive sport if a surprise win is surrounded by suspicions and question marks.
a citizen legislator could be elected and the maximum contribution they could take from an individual was $160. they couldn t take corporate money. we elected our legislators between $2,000 and $5,000. that was really a citizen legislature. we have had clean elections in montana, and now the corporate interests and they will be international corporate interests because there are many international companies involved in the natural resource business. they re going to pour their money right back into montana and they re going to buy the cheapest government money can buy. that s a cheap government because of course the media markets in states like yours, you know, it s pretty easy to buy and pony up, no doubt about that. the states joining montana basically urge the supreme court to consider how fragile the democratic process is in these state and local elections. does this ruling really cripple the democratic process? give us your future crystal ball, what does this mean? well, it s
into montana, taking over our everything from the courthouse all the way to the statehouse, and i ll promise you this, until we get this reversed, the corporate interests, and they will be foreign corporate interests as well, they re going to own everything from the white house to the courthouse. that s what s in store for us. does this ruling leave you with any options that are positive? i mean, look, i know that part of the country, you go to a potluck fund-raiser $100 is a hell of a gift in rural america, not just in montana. and now this money is going to be pouring in. they re going to be able to cash-whip judges in elections and legislatures. they re going to get the laws they want so they can run roughshod over the people. if i m wrong, please tell me. you re not wrong. you re absolutely right. for 100 years, we had very low limits. a citizen legislator could be elected and the maximum