could be a it could be a piece of twine. you know what, this is stupid, so who are we even oh, hey, look, it s the trolley. it s on the way to the neighborhood of make-believe. that s where me and paul ryan get most of our facts from. so, where was mr. feely, you know, the neighborhood speedy delivery man? voters want to know. we flubbed a phone number or two, right? that simple mistake turned out to be a whopper for florida governor rick scott. during a meeting yesterday on a meningitis outbreak on the state, scott directed anyone with concerns to a toll-free hot line. the problem? here s what callers heard when they dialed the number scott had given. hello, boys. thank you for calling me on my anniversary. existing callers, press one. new callers, press two. wow, doesn t that sound
the deadline for registration to vote in that state is tuesday. today is friday. if you want to vote in this election you have to be registered by tuesday in pennsylvania. you have to be a u.s. citizen, live in pennsylvania, be 18 years old by election day. what if you don t have a driver s license or another state issued form of i.d.? that s okay. you can still vote in this election in pennsylvania. it may not be true in subsequent elections but for this election it s okay. republicans in the state of pennsylvania tried this year to block you from voting if you don t have a driver s license or another i.d. like that but they didn t get away with that new law. a judge ruled this week the new rule about i.d. will not be in effect for this election. but yesterday and this was the scoop, we called the state of pennsylvania to ask some questions about voting there in that state this year. this is what we got. listen to this. it s amazing. remember, legally you can vote even if you don t ha
[ speaking in foreign language ] press one for information on pennsylvania s new voter i.d. law. press two for [ bleep ] hello. all pennsylvania voters will be required to show a photo i.d. before voting at a polling place beginning with the november 2012 general election. all photo i.d.s must be current and contain an expiration date unless otherwise noted. so that was our scoop last night. our bad scoop. because what you just heard there from the state of pennsylvania is not the law. but it s what the state of pennsylvania was telling people anyway as of yesterday afternoon on the phone line that the state was telling people to call if they had any questions or if they were at all confused about voting this year. so say anybody who doesn t have a driver s license and was calling the state to find out if they can vote, as of yesterday, that recording on the state s phone line for voting help was
pennsylvania s new voter i.d. law. press two for hello. all pennsylvania voters will be required to show a photo i.d. before voting at a polling place beginning with the november 2012 general election. all photo i.d.s must be current and contain an expiration date unless otherwise noted. so that was our scoop last night. our bad scoop. because what you just heard there from the state of pennsylvania is not the law. but it s what the state of pennsylvania was telling people anyway as of yesterday afternoon on the phone line that the state was telling people to call if they had any questions or if they were at all confused about voting this year. so say anybody who doesn t have a driver s license and was calling the state to find out if they can vote, as of yesterday, that recording on the state s phone line for voting help was telling them no you can t vote when in fact legally you can. ultimately when we question the state elections office about
super committee, if they ll get it done. let s go outfront. good evening everyone. i m erin burnett. we re in countdown, counting down to a tax hike. congress has ten days to reach a deal that will keep american taxes from going up on january 1st. if they fail to agree, the average american worker will lose $40 a week. under fire today, republican house members who rejected a deal that would have extended the payroll tax cut by two months. past the two-month extension, return to work on the year-long ic extension, or else explain to the american people, 160 million, why congress would not listen to them. the speaker in turn went before the cameras to make his point. we re here. we re ready to work, looking for our counterparts to sit down with us so we can do what the president, bipartisan leaders in the house and senate all want. that s to extend the payroll tax cut for one year. deja deal. if everyone wants to make a deal, why do we not yet have one? let s askin