elections. there s going to have to be deep examination of whether they are going to start to listen to what people believe, feel, want, what the priorities and needs are and decide to create some ideas on how to govern to include those. if we re going to play political parlor tricks, i don t think not only the party, but i don t think americans needs will be met. we got a lot of problems to solve right now. we re going to end it there. big thanks to all of you. when we come back here, on alert, after years of sacrifice, just 14 days from the winter games, the security dilemma facing thousands of olympians and their families. the latest from richard engel in russia. when you voted for the very first time or waited in line for a very long time by the way, we have to fix that. improving elections.
who said the exact same thing. i said, man, you know you can do this absentee or wait until tuesday. and a guy said to me, oh, no. folks thought that this, the change in the rules was going to keep us from the polls. and he said he brought along a couple of his friends. it sounds as if this may have as you mentioned, the opposite effect. we ve been talking about early voting there are also issues of voter intimidation and voter id laws that i want to get your take on. reuters, efforts to mislead, pressure or intimidate voters are an increasingly prominent part of the political landscape. one of the key words there, reverend al, increasingly. what is behind this? what is driving this? well, i mean, i think we ve seen letters, even some going to republicans. we ve seen billboards. i think there is always been the mood of some to try and stop people from voting, disenfranchise people, parlor tricks as we call it.
how is it killing us internationally, talk about bee china s bitch. there is a cost to this pro krastity nation. if we were asked to lead nun certain times hunger, homelessness, health care, immigration, energy, we would force ourselves to do that. we re getting diverted by little parlor tricks. mitch mb connell said his number one goal, jennifer, destroy the administration, number one goal, i will be partisan, i never heard anything so miserable, that means his purpose for his existence was to destroy the presidency. the entire party has followed suit. i think it s to their peril, what is happening now is that we have a very bloody primary race going on on the republican side, if i were to give an edge to anybody i would give to it
internationally? you talk about being china s bitch, to use your word. there s a cost to all this delay and procrastination. if we were asked to lead in uncertain times we d make 30 challenges, a list and pick ten and folk aucus on those ten. hunger, homelessness, immigration, energy. we would force ourselves to do that. that s not what we re doing today. we re getting diverted by parlor tricks that have nothing to do with the challenges facing america. mitch mcconnell said his number one goal, jennifer is to destroy this administration. number one goal. i mean i will be partisan in this regard. i never heard anything so miserable as that. his purpose for his existence was to destroy this presidency. and the entire party has followed suit. i think it s to their peril because i think what s happening now is that we have a very bloody primary race going on on the republican side. and if i were to give an edge to anybody today, chris, i d give it to obama. the reason he has no prima
american held hostage for months by somali pirates and a closer look at the president s state-of-the-union hint about the top secret mission. plus brand-new cnn polling ton underscores the stakes of our final florida debate showdown. a tiny mitt romney lead over newt gingrich just as their battle for the gop nomination takes another bitter turn. and put up or shut up. newt gingrich snaps back at nancy pelosi after she tells me if there s one thing she knows it is. this her long-time nemesis, she this her long-time nemesis, she says, will never be president. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a busy day of politics here in florida and back in washington. but we begin tonight with another stunning navy seal success story that sounds like a made for hollywood spy story. the u.s. military s daring raid to free an american woman and a danish man held by pirates in somalia. our first inkling something was up came as probe entered the house chamber last night for the state-of