i heard somebody tell me he was born in canada. that's really his thing. >> that's really his thing. that is what you do when you don't know what to say. it's the first time i've seen him befuddled. what do you say? you got me. kids growing up playing tag, he doesn't say you got me. >> no, he doesn't. because he's caught. part of that conversation was also a -- a conversation about his birther accusations against the president. >> yes. >> and we might all think that's, you know, done with and we're not talking about it anymore, but it's still happening. people going to town hall meetings around the country saying -- >> let's get to where -- i want to get this from texas. it seems to me there's a very interesting compelling, continuing effort to delegitimatize this president. people on the right say he's a disaster, he's clearly not, look what he's already accomplished in terms of health care and other issues and getting the bad guys and stuff like that. they referred to him not as the president of the united states but a liberal le

>>> you were born in canada. could you -- are you even eligible to be president of the united states? >> my mother was born in wilmington, delaware, so i'm a u.s. citizen by birth. >> i'm a u.s. citizen by birth. and he couldn't be more right. that was texas senator ted cruz telling jonathan carl that he is, in fact, a natural born citizen, therefore eligible to be president. cruz went the extra mile to release his birth certificate to the dallas morning news which reported cruz was born in canada to an american mother and has dual citizenship. and following that report, senator cruz released a statement renouncing his canada citizenship. he says now the dallas morning news that i have dual citizenship, i'm an american by birth and as a u.s. senator i believe i should only be an american. it's odd for me to say about a guy who i disagree with on many points, he couldn't be more right. the irony, of course, it mirrors the phony scenario of those who have been arguing to this day that president obama was born overs

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>> well, if he was born in canada, perhaps not. i'm not sure where he was born. >> he was definitely born in canada. >> okay. then you'll have to ask him that question, so perhaps not. >> ted cruz's mother was an american. >> that will be ironed out. i heard somebody tell me he was born in canada. that's really his thing. >> that's really his thing. i mean i'm sure it will be worked out. this is the guy that was passionate about president obama, but cruz, he'll work it out. i don't know if he's eligible or not, angela. >> well, rev, i think this should have been your nice try but we gotcha. i think you should have used this one. it's clearly a huge problem here. i think there's one factor that we know is kind of the elephant in the room here. president obama looks a whole lot different than senator cruz. and even with the republicans, you know, especially the tea party folks and the birthers going on and on about this, even though the president produced a birth certificate, we also saw this in 2008 with senator mccain. it wasn't ne

the big thing we're not talking about is in every other state including canada, country in canada's case, they were building an industry. in l.a. it's been built for 50 years. it's a very different thing. if you're in new orleans and you want to build an economic base its easier to get the legislature to put money behind that rather than in los angeles where they have a huge amount of business they're trying to keep 50% of the margin in town. in canada when they stabilized based on tax incentive things changed and they had a dip in their production for a long time, now it's coming back up again. it's not quite as clean of an issue as people would like to make it out to be. >> l.a. has lost a whole bunch of jobs and more than 2 billion since 1997 because of the loss of film production. but the reality is when l.a. puts in place tax incentives they get a good bang for the buck. but when you look at other states the tax incentives for filming aren't working out that well. no guarantee of success. in louisiana, in 2010 the state lost $0.85 for every $1 of film credit it gave. in washington,

somebody told me he was born in canada. that's his thing. >> that's really his thing. >> that is what you do when you don't know what to say. it's the first time i've seen him befuddled. what do you say? kids when you're grown, you play tag, you got me. he doesn't say you got me. >> because he's caught. remember part of that conversation was also a conversation about his birther accusations against the president. and we might all think that that's you know done with and we're not talking about it anymore but it's still happening there. people going to town hall meetings around the country saying. >> wayne, jonathan and i think may agree on this. i want to get to you on this from texas. it seems there's a very interesting compelling continuing effort to delegitimize this president. people on the right say he's a disaster which he's not, look what he's already accomplished and getting the bad guys. but they first referred to him not as the president of the united states but as a liberal leader. they refer to the health care a

if that's true, i will denounce canadian citizenship, nothing against canada. but i am an american by birth and as a u.s. senator, i believe i should be only an american. a person born outside of the united states and its outlying possessions of parents one of whom is a citizen of the united states who resided in the united states. when obama was asked about cruz's eligibility, trump said perhaps not. it came up this morning. >> under no circumstances will i vote for a continuing resolution that funds even one penny of obama care. >> reporter: cruz is a 2016 star already, won a conservative straw poll in denver recently, and this citizenship issue is only gaining him more attention. he has been to iowa twice in the last few weeks, will be speaking to an influential group of conservatives this friday in new hampshire. >> thank you. >>> firefighters in several western states are battling wildfires tonight. there are large fires reported from arizona north to alaska and as far east as wyoming and montana. this three alarm wildfire is tearing through government isl

in canada, the waiting list to see the physician of your choice can be as many as 800,000 people at one time. >> typical wait for a normal procedure in canada is four months for hip replacement, knee replacement, wait is ten months. >> reporter: some in great pain or with serious illnesses are forced to wait. >> no less than supreme court of canada in the 2005 as part of ruling said that some people in canada died as a result of being on the waiting list. >> reporter: those are some of the reasons advocates of the single payer plan have been unable to round up the votes to put it into law. shannon? >> jim angle, thank you. >>> the eurozone's longest recession ever is over. the 17 countries that use the common currency experienced a collective economic growth of three-tenths percentage point. the first rise since 2011. in this country, markets were down. the dow lost 113, s&p 500 dropped 9, nasdaq off 15. >>> the woman at the center of the irs scandal is having her personal e-mail account targeted by congress. correspondent doug mcelway on the latest trouble for lois lerner. >> reporter:

>> he was in canada maybe not. >> he was definitely born in canada. >> you have to ask him that question. >> antics meaninging blood sucking insects. >> ♪ >> and we open with a look at the hottest ticket in consecutive circles this month, the defund obama care summer tour. in a few hours, ted cruz whose canadian citizenship well get to in a minute will take the stage in dallas to explain why now is the time for a government shutdown if democrats won't help repeal president obama's signature health care law. >> obama care is at its most vulnerable it's ever been right now. there's bipartisan agreement it's not working. the wheels are coming off. the unions are jumping ship. >> defunding obama care is just as much his signature issue as the actual law is president obama. he's is so attendees probably shouldn't expect the main act to stray too far from the hits that always produce the biggest applause. >> they say this is a fool's errand. you're tilting at windmills. if we can hold 41 republicans in the u.s. senate, or 218 republicans in the u.s. house, we can defund obama care. heritage

>> born in canada, perhaps not. i'm not sure where he was born. >> definitely born in canada. >> okay. you'll have to ask him that question. but perhaps not. >> joining me today, managing editor of the grio.com and msnbc contributor joy reed and insider josh barrow. gentleman and lady. joy, donald trump is not yet done talking about birtherism and birther con speerspiracieco. even inside his own party, the chickens come home. >> and could roost, actually. obviously, ted cruz is not black. the birther thing doesn't apply. case closed. >> the thing is, josh, i mean, folk, trying to draw a line between the president, present president obama refusing to release his birth certificate and ted cruz' disavow of birth place and release of his birth certificate. in "the washington post," questioning about cruz' eligibility have everything to do with the question of the law. the obama question, the underlying facts. conspiracy theories about whether the president was actually born in the united states. >> no. that's right. thi

we are on to canada. i like gold-mining companies. dennis: in canada? >> yes. a lot of the etfs we can have are about 60% in canadian gold-mining. you can get good exposure to those two funds i told you about. psau and ring. gold has been killed, so again i am a value person who has good reasons to buy something. i think gold will rally as we get more and more concerned about the weakness in the gdp growth as to get more and more concerned of a potential debt ceiling and also as we wait to hear if they will downgrade us. dennis: i can't help but think u.s. stocks of the best investments in the entire world because our economy is far stronger than the other wobbly ones. your approach to the three cs, chile, china and canada, it is predicated i want to take money out of u.s. stocks and put it over there or diversify? >> i love the u.s. i love this country, we are so free. we innovate. why not have a little heat in the three cs as well. dennis: i love you for saying that. thank you for being with us tonight. time for a look at stories you are clicking on tonight o

and canadian citizenship because he was born in canada. he says i will renounce any canadian citizenship. i'm an american by birth and i believe i should only be an american. he released his canadian birth certificate saying he is american because his mother is american, although his dad is cuban. he addressed this on a radio show. >> i am not going to get into the legal debate. people have asked the facts of my birth. my parents had moved to calgary in the late 1960s to work in the oil business. they had gone to college in texas and i was born in canada. my mother is a u.s. citizen. she was born in wilmington and lived most of her life in canada. >>> joining me is wayne. this matters because ted cruz have run for president come 2016. does senator cruz qualify as the, quote, natural born u.s. citizen as the constitution requires in a president? >> the quick answer is probably. the scholarship on the issue indicates if you talk to legal scholars and cases settled suggest that absolutely he is eligible to run for president. the issue itself,

but in an essay published last week, canada is a very useful point of comparison for the united states because it is much like america. the percentage of foreign-born canadians, for example, is actually higher than americans. and recent research finds that people in canada and australia have twice the economic mobility of americans. what is intriguing is that many of the factors that seem to explain the variation across countries also explain the variation across the united states. the most important correlation in the harvard/berkeley study appears to be social capital. cities with strong families, civic support groups and a community service orientation do well on social and economic mobility. that's why salt lake city dominated by mormons has extremely high mobility rankings. this would also explain why america in general fares badly. the u.s. has many more broken families, single parents and dysfunctional domestic arrangements than canada and europe. the other notable feature in the harvard/berkeley study is the design of cities. places that are segregated, where the poor live far

> when it comes to the oil we import from other nations obviously we have to look at neighbors like canada and mexico that are stable and steady and reliable sources. >> reporter: with mr. obama safely elected he is striking a driesive stone on keystone. >> they keep talking about an oil pipeline that is estimated to create about 50 permanent jobs. that is not a jobs plan. >> reporter: that followed similar comments to the "new york times" saying this might create 2,000 jobs during the construction of the pipe lynn a line and then after that we are talking about 150 jobs. the state department said in the draft of the environmental impact study that including direct and indirect effects keystone would support approximately 42,100 average annual jobs over a one to two year period generating roughly $2.05 billion in earnings. >> he actually mocked the project and the jobs it would create. i don't know how he can look americans in the eye who are struggling and think there is something to joke about. >> reporter: some say the president's new line suggests he is elevating one democratic stituen

he said dual citizenship, canada, you could run for head of conservative party there and you would be great. >> what else? >> i think he has a reasonable legal point. i don't believe rand paul's people lead this thing. plenty of dirt to throw out before the next election. having done many of them, i can tell you, usually wait until six weeks before. >> you like his accent? >> canadian accent covered by a texas drawl. >> it is amazing. senator rand paul looks like he is going to run, works to his advantage. he has to get people used to his beliefs. senator ted cruz, can't say he doesn't have experience, has the same experience president obama had. >> you don't think that's a problem? >> now a precedent. >> paul, cruz ticket would be perfect. >> absolutely. bring it on. i know they're smart. >> bob, you might be able to win against that election, right? >> another issue was the christie, bush formula. i think the only difference chris christie can't use it, he doesn't have the discipline of president bush. he is a guy that will speak his mind and that's not going to work. you have to ke

officials in poland, italy and canada say their militaries will not take part in any action without the endorsement of a u.n. security council resolution. leaders in turkey say they want the americans to attack syrian forces on such a scale that they bring down the assad regime. >>> an anti-government activist in syria says troops loyal to president assad are moving tanks and scud missiles out of their base. the activist told nhk that troops have spent two days trucking the equipment out of a facility 80 kilometers north of damascus and the activist says troops used the facility in the chemical attack last week. families of soldiers have reportedly evacuated from neighboring barracks. the activist says u.s. and other foreign forces are likely targeting the base. syrian government officials have accused israeli leaders of committing their forces to a potential attack. israeli commanders want to be prepared for any retaliation, so they've deployed an anti-missile defense system in the city of tel aviv. the iron dome system fires radar-guided interceptor missiles to shoot down project ils.

born in canada to an american mother, likely a dual citizen of canada and the united states. something the senator from texas seemed shocked and upset by. late last night in a response to the story revealing the likelihood of him having dual citizenship, "i will renounce any canadian citizenship. nothing against canada, but i'm an american by birth. as a u.s. senator, i believe i should be only an american." the interest in senator cruz's citizenship comes for only one reason because the right wing of the republican party is increasingly betting on him as their presidential candidate. tonight he takes one step closer to that future, coming before the people of texas to stake his claim as the leader of the national political scene's most reactionary elements. joining me now is nbc news reporter kasie hunt live at the heritage action defund obama care town hall tour in dallas. kasie, the morning note this morning nbc news put out was talking about the stuntness of the defund obama care movement. this essentially is not going to get anywhere in congress. my question is, is this

we can live in canada or the u.s. after getting our income taxes back this year, advice from our cpa we're thinking about returning to canada. the tax rates are fairly equal now. canada doesn't have the debt. they are sitting on a pile of natural resources. i was just wondering what your guest thinks of the future of dan is going to be like. >> guest: well, i will say this. the federal picture is rather reaganized never lower taxes and fewer taxes and less and less regulation and so on. a lot depends on the province. some are more blue in canadian or american terms and more red, for example, quebec and ontario have different policies fromlet say the western states. the maritime provinces the provinces in the far east. they are different too. they are liberalizing in the old that is getting less states it depend where you live in canada. the trends are right ward or older kind of liberalism. that is mauler government, greater personal freedom. it got my attention when harper's canada was one of nine members of the unit

because canada will produce this oil. so it will get to market. and i would much rather have it in a brand new state-of-the-art pipeline than traveling a barge down the mississippi, tanker cars, or trucks. >> there's a story that was first report bid the hill newspaper saying that the e he on would likely be uld -- >> that's actedly not a new storyifment that came out a couple years ago and was investigated. and my understanding is there were no conflicts found. what you're starting to see is a recycling of a lot of events. keep in mind that executive order that was put in place that governs this entire process was put in place to expedite cross-border transportation facilities. instead of expediting it, this is now taking longer again, we could have built the empire state building five times by now, we completed world war ii in less time. so at some point you start to say, we've had four studies. we've had this, we've had that. at some point the question is has this policy really been high jacked or are we still on path? > eric from our democrat'

the new pledge he has held canada is to. he has held candidates -- the new pledge he has held the new candidates to is keeping millions -- it has a role to play in a country rich in the land grant colleges, highways, bridges. i understand the bridge out here is about to be built. i am all for infrastructure. >> obama in a way has to be the luckiest politician. if you look at the republican lineup -- [laughter] it is like michael dukakis in an oversized tank hat. >> the idea that newt gingrich is now at the top of the heap. >> you do not want to be the top because they get shot out. >> it is seems like anybody but romney. >> herman cain is a breath of fresh air. [laughter] >> i am not going to reassess him as he reassesses his campaign. >> herman cain is fabulous. >> newt gingrich -- i am going to get serious on you. newt gingrich is an error lobbyist -- uber lobbyist. barney frank talk about michele bachmann. he also called out newt gingrich and said he held him responsible for the demonization of opponents that has contribu

>> he was born in canada. we know that. he's a canadian citizen but he's also an american citizen so i think he's eligible to run for president. his problem isn't he's from canada. it's that he's from mars. >> all right. all right. save your cheap left wing political hack attack for later. we'll get to that later. do you see any issue here? it seems to me the left is flirting with birtherism. here's a question. does that mean they are racist against a hispanic? >> you know, first of all, i think it's important to point out that there is one democrat who will not be talking about this issue and that is barack obama. and the left -- this is clearly a media dump. this was clearly an opponent, someone who sees ted cruz as a threat that delivered this information and has stirred it up behind the scenes. i think most people in politics recognize what this is. i enjoy the fact that people out there are highlighting that the republican party is a big tent. we have people from all walks of life who are stepping up to the plate with

there was an arrangement between the united kingdom the united states canada the strait and using an old was a old information and g.c. h.q. like the n.s.a. and it's a very busy place in their operations in fact there are three main locations in the united kingdom menwith hill arrogated. the. donuts as they call it it shows them and when so formal these have all been funded in the main by the national security agency and the management mentioned was that there are seven hundred fifty national security agency american employees working now so they mel's together they might as well be known as the n.s.a. g.h.q. they were so close. and while the scope of american led surveillance isn't raising eyebrows across the globe nothing has been done on capitol hill to curb the practices are these going to touch or can comment on what the government is doing to plug the voices of discontent both at home and abroad. while edward snowden as the messenger remains the focus of everybody's attention the u.s. government is trying to kill his message or at least contain it senior intelligence officials

and because of the recent bad press canada's environmental minister has responded saying that they're planning on incorporating ground water regulation into next year's law but according to canada's world wildlife fund quote it's the wild west out here in terms of groundwater the government has been saying they're going to make these changes and it just hasn't gone through yet meanwhile nestle's rebuttal was that they were employing a whopping seventy five people there and we do our own internal reports on how much water we suck out of the ground so don't worry are you kidding me i wouldn't trust nestle with my life and if you wouldn't either than join me and let's break the set . a little bit more of you are going to be like. over the last week egypt has.

and also there are certain parts of canada i -- no. you don't want to -- thunder bay is nice, but you really don't want to be a citizen of canada living in thunder bay or remote stretches of nova scotia and newfoundland. >> so about texas and your little feud, you've got a feud going here with rick perry. which i think is a combination of your attitude toward texas and what rick perry doesn't know about new york. which would you most like to instruct him on? feel free to go in any direction you want. >> i would just like -- well, actually, i'd just like to instruct him on -- i think if he's got this time off from governor, maybe to kind of go back to just -- it's not even new york. just go back to college and start over and take really another four years and let's look at the world again, rick, and this time try to memorize some stuff and pay attention in class and things like that. i mean, the fact that -- he may run for president again. if that happens, i -- i mean, as a comedian i'm thrilled. but as a citizen i weep. >> now, speakin

these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. operations are all. plus i was a new alert and a big scare me a little. there is breaking news tonight and they are continuing to follow the breaking news. alexander's family cry tears of joy and a great thing that had rendered in a court of law. is the story of movies playing out in real life. oh i'm sorry but in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on a special edition of the big picture americans on all sides of the political spectrum are having a tough time understanding all the intricacies of obamacare we'll sort through the nitty gritty of president obama's landmark legislation and talk about what obamacare means for you later in the show we'll talk to dan balz of the washington post about his new book collision twenty twelve which looks back at the election of two thousand and twelve and gives us a glimpse at the future of elections in america and we'll revisit my conversations with great minds with dr cornel west on.

"the dallas morning news" reporting, senator cruz was born to an american mother in canada and never officially reannounced his canadian citizenship. now senator cruise says he lived in the united states since he was 4 years old and didn't think it was an issue. in the statement the senator is saying, nothing against canada, but i'm an american by birth and as a u.s. senator i believe i should be only an american. this after the senator's recent trip to iowa sparking the debate. so what do you think? go to greta wire.com and vote in our poll. nutrition you need. brand power. helping you buy better. this man is about to be the millionth customer. would you mind if i go ahead of you? instead we had someone go ahead of him and win fiy thousand dollars. congratulations you are our one millionth customer. nobody likes to miss out. that's why ally treats all their customers the same. whether you're the first or the millionth. if your bank doesn't think you're special anymore, you need an ally. ally bank. your money needs an ally. we provide the exact individualization that your body needs.

even if allies like canada, france and germany don't go along. >> a lot of people think something should be done but nobody wants to do it. >> all indications are what to order and strike missiles in the mediterranean. >> he's a thur a thug and murdee pwa hair al assad. >> releasing a summary he says president bashar al assad is behind this attack. but the u.s. also says it has proof that syrian units are responsible for the chemical weapons for three days before the attacks. the rockets were fired from government-controlled areas in 12 location cans detailed by the opposition denailed this map provided ^py the white house. >> we also foe this many disturbing details about the aftermath. we know a senior regime official who knew about the attack confirmed that the chemical weapons were use bid the regime. reviewed the impact and actually was afraid that they would be discovered. we know this. >> reporter: what they don't have, physical evidence from the scene and don't have hard evidence that assad ordered this attack. all of the allegations are being called lies by the syrian government

one of mixed race born in canada. and a great, big orange baby on your tv screen. >> you don't still question he was born in the united states, do you? >> i have no idea. >> even at this point? >> well, i don't know. was it a birth certificate? you tell me. some people say that was not his birth certificate. i'm saying i don't know. nobody knows. you don't know either, jonathan. you're a smart guy. >> i'm pretty convinced -- >> ah, pretty. you said -- >> totally. >> without question. >> you say you're pretty convinced. okay. >> let me ask you this. ted cruz, born in canada. >> yeah. >> is he eligible to be president of the united states? >> if he was born in canada, perhaps not. i'm not sure where he was born. >> he was definitely born in canada. >> you'll have to ask him that question. >> ted cruz's mother was an american citizen. >> look, that will be ironed out. i don't know the circumstances. i heard somebody tell me he was born in canada. that's really his thing. >> john: that's right, folks. in you're born in ha

in canada, threats can constitute a crime. threats in the united states are not going to be a crime. >> it's suggesting that this wom euthanize her child and send his nonretarded body parts to science. maybe some kind of civil suit, anything. >> how about a restraining order? >> i think you used some of your canadian detective skills. you pointed out in the letter there are several spellings that are american spellings, no you in labor that rather than canadian spellings which would seem to narrow the suspects especially if you just went through the neighborhood. >> can i tell you, this person who wrote this letter is such an idiot, everything is misspelled. i've got to be totally honest. total moron who wrote it. >> they could identify the person and subject them to public criticism, humiliation. that might be the best resolution. >> whether they allow intentional infliction and emotional distress, that might do it. >> i got to wrap. only because i really love suzanne malveaux. she's coming up next. thank you very much. it's