them vote. this is jim crow, this is where we re going backwards in this state, not forwards. and that s because of nicky hailey and the tea party folks that don t want to try to convince folks of color to vote for their candidates. i want to make one other point here. where s mitt romney on all of this, the gordon gekko of the 21st century, greed is good. where is he? what s his position on returning to the election of 1860? where is he on voter i.d.? where is he on these racial issues? when he was governor of massachusetts, he was very liberal on all these issues. especially states rights. and now he s very silent. so i think it s important to note when he had a chance to speak up, i don t want to have a debate on martin luther king s birthday. that s a day we need to celebrate a great american leader. i don t think 1860 is the most important election. where is he?
newt s supporters release the full movie savaging romney s record as a job killer at bain capital. these republicans really don t like each other. worried we weren t going to have a job. i never knew if i was going to have a job when i came in the next day. romney and bain s cash rampage would ultimately slash jobs in nearly every state in the country. welcome to politics nation. i m al sharpton. tonight s lead, the gop candidates are going south. in more ways than one. the gop hopefuls are racing around south carolina. we ll see if the bain bomb will finally blow up in willard s face. ron paul is trying to roll back 100 years of progress. you better believe he s going under the sharpton microscope tonight. but let s begin with what s up in what is going to be the battle of the 2012 race. on one side a president that s fighting for fairness. on the other side, the republican front-runner. president obama wants to put free enterprise on trial. and in the last few d
newt s supporters release the full movie savaging romney s record as a job killer at bain capital. these republicans really don t like each other. worried we weren t going to have a job. i never knew if i was going to have a job when i came in the next day. romney and bain s cash rampage would ultimately slash jobs in nearly every state in the country. welcome to politics nation. i m al sharpton. tonight s lead, the gop candidates are going south. in more ways than one. the gop hopefuls are racing around south carolina. we ll see if the bain bomb will finally blow up in willard s face. ron paul is trying to roll back 100 years of progress. you better believe he s going under the sharpton microscope tonight. but let s begin with what s up in what is going to be the battle of the 2012 race. on one side a president that s fighting for fairness. on the other side, the republican front-runner. president obama wants to put free enterprise on trial. and in the last few d
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. in every poll every day of this political season we asked voters about the number one issue and every day the answer comes back jobs and the economy. everyone looking for shreds of evidence of a turnaround or any good news on the horizon. yesterday was auto sales. people are buying more cars these past few months. that can t be bad but today brought better news a surge in the number of jobs in the private sector just as 2011 came to a close. it s enough for a lot of folks to pin their hopes on as 2012 gets under way. it s where we begin here tonight with nbc s chris jansing. i have been looking for a job for three years. reporter: in ontario, california, job hunters lined up early to apply for some of the 6,000 new jobs nationwide at retailer dollar general. i saw the big ad in the paper. i figured it was worth a shot. they are looking for forklift operators. i can operate a forklift. reporter: walmart
tonight the inspiring story of kevin pierce back on the slopes. nightly news begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. in every poll every day of this political season we asked voters about the number one issue and every day the answer comes back jobs and the economy. everyone looking for shreds of evidence of a turnaround or any good news on the horizon. yesterday was auto sales. people are buying cars these last few months. that can t be bad but today brought better news a surge in the number of jobs in the private sector just as 2011 came to a close. it s enough for a lot of folks to pin their hopes on as 2012 gets under way. it s where we begin tonight. i have been looking for a job for three years. reporter: in ontario, california, job hunters lined up early for 6,000 jobs at retailer dollar general. i saw the big ad in the paper. i figured it was worth a shot. they are looking for forklift operators. reporter: walmart is loo