far. this is only through friday. this is the latest data we got from catalyst, which is sourcing it for us. we ll get more data by tomorrow. that will certainly raise this number up. when we get now to where the votes are, let s look at the battleground statements in yellow. about 9.7 million people in the battleground states, the states that are going to decide the election. if you live in a gray state, that s it, i m sorry, you re not going to be as important as these yellow states are right now. how are they doing when it comes to the political parties? well, in colorado, iowa, nevada, in north carolina, democrats have a lead when it comes to registered voters putting in their ballots. in arizona, ohio, florida and utah, republicans have the lead. but the story is a little more complicated than that. let s dig into three specific states. first of all, the state of colorado right here, 700,000 people have cast their ballots right here. what s interesting about colorado, it s an all
gretchen: i some sort of a poll place called me last night. sorry. brian: that was me. i was working and i thought i would give you a call. women votes still belongs to the president by 6. black vote, 86% of african-americans will vote for the president. gretchen: let s get in some headlines. we have a fox news alert. right wing extremist behind a massacre in norway will spend years behind bars. anders behring breivik is sane, but they sentenced him to a period of ten to 21 years behind bars. he claimed that remember that attack last year, that horrible attack? he says he had to do it to prevent muslims from taking over europe. it left 77 people dead. say good-bye to cycling and your seven tour defrance titles. a stunning message to lance armstrong after he said he stopped challenging the doping charges. he denies taking performance enhancing drugs. he says the investigation was a witch hunt. in a statement, he said, quote,
he has a couple big opportunities. convention speech will be huge and debates. those are the opportunities to make that. one thing that this president can t convince anyone that he is strong leader. either on the economy or anything else. but, romney has to move into that void. he has to basically convince people when they go in the poll place, he is would be better leader. martha: ed, always good to talk to you. thank you very much. thank you. martha: we ll see you soon. great, thanks. martha: ed rollins joining us this morning. bill? bill: martha, the, well he played the cranky half of george and weezie. sherman hemsley. tv s george jefferson passed away at the age of 74 at his home in el paso, texas. [laughter]. now look at it. we can t get out of here. don t get excited, george. who is getting excited? weezie! [laughing] bill: it was ground-breaking, a sit come about an
they may be they may not have a car, but are you telling me, governor, that the democratic party and their operatives or the campaigns in philadelphia will not go and pick up an elderly lady and take her to the registration place to get her a photo i.d. so she can vote? and this isn t about politics. and the governor is right. hold on. it is about politics, the governor is right. the only reason to not require a photo i.d. and by the way, why don t you go after the libraries too. they require a photo i.d. is because the democrats want to cover up fraud. that s the only reason that you would ever not want to require a photo i.d. at the poll place. rick, you re being disingenuo disingenuous. no, i m not. during the hearings on this, they were asked to produce instances of fraud. in eight years, they produced less than ten instances of this type of fraud. the problem didn t exist. we had two contentious presidential elections. there was no element, no examples of this in those p
yet? i have been. i have suffered mental anguish about obama care because my insurance went up 2100 bucks. the insurance company says that has nothing to do with anything. bill: ask you the question who has suffered and i ladies and gentlemen. i know it s all about you. bill: i am putting myself forth and i m sure some of the audience members have suffered. i have suffered, too. bill: this black panther case never ever goes away. just to review. a couple of dopey blank panthers stood outside a poll place in philadelphia and they were rude and obnoxious. some people called for an investigation. and then the attorney general eric holder said no, we are not going to investigate these guys. you know, we already sanctioned them civilly and that s enough. now, holder himself and his justice department is under investigation by, whom? by the inspector general glenn fine is actually conducting anover view. not just of this case that happened in november of 2008 where they decla