state and behind. susan candiotti is in philadelphia like with sara ganim. her pulitzer prize-winning reports helped bring much of this to life. we will take you through the legal fallout from today s developments with legal analyst jeffrey toobin and paul calum. has the report been posted yet, susan? well, i just been emailed the opening remarks of former fbi director louis freeh. haven t had a chance to read it, but i can give you just a couple of bullet points. we know this report is supposed to be around 200 pages long. and louis freeh reveals in his opening remarks that are prepared that during the course of his investigation, that started last november, we has reviewed 3.5 million emails and documents and has interviewed more than 400 people during the course of his investigation. now remember this is not a criminal investigation. he was hired by penn state s board of trustees to look at penn state s role in the sandusky scandal. to find out exactly what penn state ma
you know what, we have never had richie havens starting off this morning. this is danny glover s playlist, thanks for being with us. he is an oscar nominated actor and producer of a new documentary shenandoah. i spent time there doing a documentary as well. ryan lizza, the washington correspondent from the new yorker and will cain from the blaze.com. i missed you terribly. it s been 12 hours since we ve seen each other. i get to meet one of my favorite actors, deets from lone some dove. are you from texas? if you don t like lonesome dove, you re in trouble. you might have to switch spots today. i was going to say lethal weapon but everybody says that, right? our starting point this morning, breaking news, hazmat crews are on the scene. a spectacular fire, taking place in ohio. a train was pulling several tankers derailed just before 2:00 this morning. the accident happened in the north end of columbus, which is near ohio state university and the ohio s
no points for the movie reference either. let s get to a question of why another vote to repeal obama care. it is an instant death in the senate so why do this? you just have to look at the calendar to answer the question. we talk about it so much now that so much of what they do particularly here in congress at this point is because of politics. if you look at the polls it shows that this country has been split along party lines since the inception of this legislation. what republicans and democrats want to do is to get out the vote and get out the base and explain how important this is. i want you to listen to some of the debate we have heard on both sides during this. welcome to groundhog day in the house of representatives. this majority needs to stop working to put american families at risk, start working to make our economy healthy. the american people don t want it. the longer people have to know this bill the more intense they are in wanting to see it repealed.
we begin with the republican s furious assault on president obama s health care reform law and equally determined backlash. mitt romney faced it today going off script after some prolonged boog interrupted his speech before the naacp convention in houston. jim acosta is standing by in the hall right now. jim, show our viewers, tell our viewers, what happened in houston. reporter: wolf, naacp leaders told cnn they praised mitt romney for showing what they called courage in coming to this convention today. but safe to say mitt romney did not hide his positions on issues that are dear to the civil rights group. and members of the naacp did not hide their feelings about mitt romney. honorable mitt romney this morning is our speaker. [ applause ] reporter: at first the applause for mitt romney at the naacp was polite. but that did not last long. when the gop contender pledged to get the national debt under control in part by repealing the president s health care law, the cro
shepard: the attorney general of the united states eric holder is visiting texas today and slamming that state s new voter i.d. law. there is a debate going on that could effect millions of voters this november. texas is suing the u.s. justice department after t blocked the law that requires all voters to show photo i.d. the attorney general told the naacp convention in houston that the measure hurts minorities he says who are less likely to have an i.d. many of those without ids would have to travel great distances to get them. and some would struggle to pay for the documents they might need to obtain them. we call those poll taxes. [ applause ] shepard: poll taxes, of course, a reference to the fee some southern states used after slavery ended in an effort to discourage black people from voting. critics say i.d. laws discriminate against the elderly and the poor. republic supporters say the measure helps fight voter fraud. well, an annual counter terrorism meeting in congress n