power we ordinarily put in the hands of the police, especially if those inquiries are based on race for physical appearance. jenna: we ll have to run. love to talk to you more about that. also voter identification laws. all of this seems intertwined as far as identification and who you are and why you re here. do you have any idea i.d. on you now, general that? jenna: i do not. jon can vouch for me. we ll run to a live event, aren t we. jon: that s right. she is my coanchor, judge. look at congressman paul ryan, he is in carnegie, pennsylvania. it is his first visit to the battleground state. his first speech there since being tapped by governor romney in the vice-presidential nominee. you see the new campaign banner right there. we did did build it!. [cheers and applause]
fraud or to keep minorities from voting? the slogan is believe in america and it should be business in bermuda. that s what mitt romney s all about. offshore and out of sight. a new vanity fair article explores mitt romney s buried treasure in bermuda. millions of dollars. so how much of his wealth is tucked away on an island? we ll talk to the investigative reporter who broke this story. wow, boom. thunder and lightning. the rangers manager saying he thought he was dead. and next time you drive past your corner gas station, check out how much the price has shot up. what s behind it and if those prices will at this point to skyrocket. newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. happy, happy monday. i m carol costello. we begin with your money and your vote. this morning president obama is focusing on both. he ll call on congress to pass a one-year extension of the bush-era tack cuts. here is the key. he wants the cuts only for families earning less than $250,
welcome back to hardball. with just six months to go before the election, republican lawmakers are jockeying to rewrite voter identification laws in ways that would undeniably suppress voter turnout among city dwellers, minorities and the elderly. in other words voters that usual support democrats. big surprise there. republicans say it s all to prevent voter fraud, whatever that is, these days. democrats say it s a solution in search of a problem. and it will have big consequences come november. well, u.s. congressman bob ray is a democrat from pennsylvania, also the chairman of the democratic city committee in philadelphia, the organization there, and michael waldman is president of the brennan center in new york university of law. so let s start with the real guide. congressman bob brady, you ve got a city organization you ve got to get into the streets. what happens when these older people who live in row houses, don t own cars, don t have driver s licenses, want to vote democrat
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recertification and a ban on automatic dues duction violated the workers first amendment rights. that s really bad news for governor scott walker. today, more bad news for the governor. wisconsin officially ordering a recall election against him, after more than 900,000 signatures were collected to force the recall. the recall election will be held in june. by the way, june us monday night, on the record will be on the road in wisconsin. we will get the latest on the recall election from the lieutenant governor kleefisch and governor mitt romney will be our guest record roar, live from wisconsin on monday night, at 10:00 p.m. eastern. right now, a blistering controversy, voter identification laws. are they to prevent voter fraud or to discriminate and discourage some from voting? we are months away from the 2012 election and a growing number of states are passing strict voter