whether or not herman cain is actually going to be president is less relevant than whether or not we buy into those things as our value system. beautifully put. melissa harris-perry, msnbc contributor and a professor of political science at tulane university. thank you so much for coming out today. nice to see you, ezra. you don t hear it from the media nearly enough. but the left is officially what s the word? perturbed. author naomi klein joins me for the interview, just ahead. than many other allergy medications. omnaris. omnaris, to the nose. did you know nasal symptoms like congestion can be caused by allergic inflammation? omnaris relieves your symptoms by fighting inflammation. side effects may include headache, nose bleed, and sore throat. got allergy symptoms out of my way. now life s a picnic. [ man ] omnaris. ask your doctor. battling nasal allergy symptoms? omnaris combats the cause. get omnaris for only $11 at omnaris.com. omnaris combats the cause.
government. it does not belong in our government. now, herman cain back in march responding to a question about whether he d appoint a muslim to his cabinet or to the federal bench, the answer he said was, no. he subsequently walked that back saying he s open to appointing anyone as long as they pledged their loyalty to america. as far as his claims about sharia law, in a presidential debate in june, he says sharia law has influenced court decisions in oklahoma and new jersey. in new jersey, there was one incident in 2009. one single incident, domestic violence case. a judge refused to grant a muslim woman a restraining order because of her husband s muslim beliefs. that decision was overturned on appeal. that s it. voters in oklahoma did ban judges from relying on sharia law when deciding cases. but that was a preemptive move. it wasn t based on a judge actually doing that or muslims in oklahoma attempting to institute sharia law. on top of that, the constitution bars any
the world. we cannot achieve democracy and lasting peace in the world unless women obtain the same opportunities as men to influence development at all levels of society. it is worth noting that the yemeni recipient is the first arab woman to receive the nobel peace prize. well, no formal ceremony by u.s. troops in afghanistan today to mark the tenth anniversary of the war. the conflict is the longest in u.s. history. more than 2,700 coalition forces have been killed over the decade. 1,780 of them, americans. pakistan may charge a doctor with high treason because he helped the united states guess osama bin laden. the doctor, as you may recall, set up a bogus vaccination program for the cia. agents wanted to get dna samples from people living in bin laden s compound, which you see right there. the u.s. has repeatedly been pressing pakistan to free this doctor. let s check it out. her smile, a mile wide. congresswoman gabrielle giffords helped honor her husband at his
gradually ease shareal law and muslim faith into our government. it does not belong in our government. now, her main cane back in herman cain talked about whether he would appoint a muslim to his cabinet and he said no and now to back up his talk about shareal law, it s influenced courts in new jersey and oklahoma. in new jersey, there was a domestic violence case. a woman was not granted a restraining order because of her muslim belief. voters in oklahoma banned voters from deciding cases but that was a preemptive move. and on top top of that, the first amendment prevents mixing any can church and state and the sharia law. it s just crazy. i m tired of dealing with the crazies. chris christie in july. herman cain was not diswaited. here is he this weekend. call me crazy, but there have been too many examples where there have been push backs. you don t really mean that, do you? sharia law in the united states? some would allow it. i honestly believe that. i don t
defended a controversial $535 million government loan to a california solar panel company that eventually went belly up. the solyndra drama continues. reporter: continues, and will for some time. the president when asked about that, jonathan silver, the man who has been heading up the loan program, which, of course, is the controversial part of this program, because of a guaranteed loan that was given to that solar panel company that president obama visited, and that went belly up in august, that s really what all of this stems around. well, he has resigned, and to listen to the department of energy we re hearing from secretary steven chu, he s saying jonathan silver, the man who testified before congress about this controversy recently. he was already leaving, had been told in july before news broke of solyndra filing for bankruptcy that he would be going into the private sector. so you re hearing from sort of the executive branch this was already going to happen, but you