democrats. >> took our benefits. we didn't have anymore retirement and bain, mitt romney they did not care about us as workers. they were looking at the mighty dollar. >> reporter: obama and romney battle it out on the campaign trail, it may be the ability to reach across the political divide that voters should be most focused on. >> if you want to get something done it's the president who can move members of the other part to his position. >> reporter: a tough job in indeed in these days of divided government, but the stakes couldn't be higher. we continue on hour two. welcome back. we have to talk about missouri congressman todd akin because he's heard his critics and offered an apology but he said he's not giving up his spot in the november senate race. as you know by now he said he used the wrong words in the wrong way eefr the weekend when he said rape victims quote, unquote, legitimate rape victims

wouldn't get pregnant. congressman akin is standing firm against his critics and his own party leadership. what is the early reaction to all of this? >> reporter: they are not happy. let's show you what the top republican in the united states senate, he wants to be the majority leader and he thinks that akin staying could cost him that ability to move up in the world. congressman akin made a deeply offensive error at a time when his candid si carries a great consequence for the future of our country. in this instance when the future of our country is at stake, sorry is not sufficient. to continue serving his country in the honorable way, it's time for congressman akin to step aside. there he is the most blunt he's been. this is after the congressman made clear he's going nowhere.

listen to what akin said. >> we're going to continue with this race for the u.s. senate. we've given it a lot of thought. the first thing we felt we had to do was we had offended some people and we tried to respond to that and let people know that we didn't mean anything or to take in any way rape anything less than very, very seriously. >> reporter: he's again saying that he misspoke and he did not mean what he said. as you heard from mitch mcconnell and so many other leaders in missouri and washington and across the country it's too little too late. the political damage has been done and will continue to be done until he is out of the race. in that interview he also said he believes that the republican, not just establishment, republicans across the board are overreacting to my comments because he didn't do anything

wrong morally or ethically. it was a slip of the tongue. >> you talk about the damage being done. stand by. i want to bring in another voice. what do people in the missouri think? what do the republican voters think. nick, welcome. i just want your side of this. what you've been covering, as dana has been reporting we've had all kinds of reaction from the national party and republican legislatures. what are voters in missouri saying about all of this? >> there's some new polls last night that have done some numbers and said 75% of the voters in missouri disagree and are not supportive of akin's excellents. survey usa has a poll out that says 54% are calling for him to quit his bid for the u.s. senate. the ppp poll which is a

democratic affiliate did show that akin still leads claire mccaskill by one point. i think one thing that not really being stressed here is missouri's electorate is made up of 39% of people who describe themselves as white born again christian. that's a big number. that's 13 points higher than the national average. those voters are receptive to todd akin's message. if he can keep them and coalesce around them, he might be able to stay in this race. he's seem some right to life groups that are coming to support him and seeing some of those activists grass roots people coming behind him while the establishments are really trying to pressure him to get out of the race. one important thing about todd akin is if you know how he came into u.s. house of representatives more than ten years ago -- >> remind us, nick. >> it's behind this loyal support of voters. these are people who are church

going, home schoolers. they have always supported todd akin and the question is will they be in his corner. they helped deride him to the united states senate nomination a few weeks ago. we'll see what happens from there. >> let me ask you, nick, stand by. i want to bring dana back in. we know his opponent, senator claire mccaskill. she must be just thrilled over all of this. >> reporter: she's not hiding it very well. she came out earlier today suddenly taking about the cause of the republican primary voter and how the republican leadership needs to heed the call and while todd akin has apologized, she could win some kind of acting award for doing that because it was clear what she was doing and the reason she's saying that is because democrats believe and republicans believe that if if todd akin stays in the race in a

general election against claire mccaskill, he will lose. what's interesting just as nick was saying, akin has always had the support of the home schoolers, the church goers, et cetera. not necessarily the support of the republican establishment because they have not believe d from the get-go that-the best republican to beat claire mccaskill. you cannot underscore how important this race, this state is for the overall map, the overall balance of power in the senate. >> this could help shift the balance of power. >> reporter: the way republicans look at it, there's critical, critical for them to beat claire mccaskill and take it back and put it back in the republican column and take control of the senate and change talking about the issues here. change the way the debate, the legislation, the laws that are made for this country are done

in a really dramatic way if that would happen. >> dana bash thank you very much. nick thank you for calling in. also developing now. roll it. they call him robinhood. this mayor who takes from stores to feed the poor. for some he's a hero. to others a menace. fight club at day care. people supposed to be taking care of kids encourage them to duke it out. a mother loses her daughter. she's fooiighting for a crackdo against an industry with no rules. ♪ ♪

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and it's bringing the future forward. just as a major social issue is percolating, the republican party platform is taking shape. let's go to florida to chat with peter hanby. peter, what is in there

specifically on the issue of abortion? >> reporter: this is a bad coincidence for republicans who are looking to talk about not social issues but the economy. the gop platform committee, that's the group of 110 republican delegates who will here in tampa coming up with an official list of policy positions for the republican party. today talked about abortion. this is what they said and voted on and approved in the platform committee hearing among other things. we support a human life amendment and make sure the 14th amendment's protections apply to unborn children. endorsing a constitutional ban on abortion. there's no language in that passage for exceptions for rape, incest, the life of the mother. that sort of bring the republican conversation back to abortion at a time when this is

not what republicans or the romney campaign want to be talking about at all, brooke. >> unfortunate coincidence. mitt romney would prefer steering clear of most of the so-called social issues. definitely staying away from todd akin and wanting to stick with jobs. >> reporter: right. every release has been about education, medicare, welfare reform, the economy, jobs. not social issues. they are trying to appeal to women voters and independents. they don't want to talk about todd akin's comments. the republican party is meeting in tampa and talking about abortion and passing strong language about what they support. this is problematic because they came out in the wake of those comments and said under a romney administration we would allow abortions in cases of rape. if the romney administration would do this, as president, why

aren't you going to stand up and put this in the party platform and make a stand here. you're going to hear a lot about that from the obama campaign and democrats in the run up to the convention next week when this platform will be final lly approved by the convention delegates. >> thank you. we'll look for that. i'll see you in tampa. i'll be anchoring the show live from tampa. republicans will be holding their national convention. i'll be there for a whole week. if you remember a time when blue m&ms did not exist. get ready to feel old. they released the mind set list. to the class of 2016, robert de niro is thought of as greg

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good stuff here. i want to show you this very stark contrast between the president on one side and his opponent on the other. i want you to listen. first you'll hear president obama and then congressman paul ryan each critiquing the other's vision of how to achieve success. i want to roll it beginning with the president speaking today >> a few months ago just up the road governor romney said if you want to be successful, if you want to go to college or start a business, you can just, and i'm quoting here, borrow money if you have to from your parents. [ boo ]

when a high school student in youngstown asked what he would do to make college for affordable for families like his governor romney didn't say anything about grants or loan programs that are critical to millions of students to get a college education. he said nothing about work study programs or rising college tuition. he didn't say a word about community colleges or how important higher education is to america's future. he said the best thing you can do is shop around. the best thing i can do for you is to tell you to shop around. >> even if washington could be good at picking winners and losers, which they're not, they shouldn't be in the business of picking winners and losers. that's not the role of government.

it invites cronyism. it's corporate welfare. it's basically big government and big business joining in a common cause to rig the rules, stack the deck and keep the small business person or the entrepreneur on the outside looking in. >> that was congressman paul ryan speaking today and heard from the president both on achieving success in america. as we said two starkly different visions. the economy and unemployment still very much so issue number one with the voters. voters are campaigning for in several battleground states. we're going to talk about three here today. we're going to talk pennsylvania, ohio and nevada. i want to break down the unemployment numbers in these three swing states where the candidates are today. i want to begin with the state paul ryan is campaigning in today. that being pennsylvania. you can see the unemployment rate at 7.9%. prident obama won the state back in 2008.

another number for you is this. this is how they are polling right now. you can see the president polling ahead of romney, 44% to 38% there. i want to go next to ohio. this is where we just heard the president. the unemployment rate there 7.2%. good news for the president, that's the lowest unemployment level in the state since september of 2008. how are they looking now. president open up 50% to mitt romney's 44%. finally to nevada. this is another state obama won back in 2008. the president will be traveling there tonight to hold an event nevada has, you see the huge number, the highest unemployment rate in the country at 12%. that's why. look at this number, very close. this is why cnn has nevada right now as a toss upstate and this polling while it is from may you

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parasailing high above the ocean. it can be an adrenaline rush. i've done it. perhaps you have as well. there's little to no regulation for this particular very popular water sport. sisters amber and crystal white decided to try it for the first time. what started out as an adventure

turned into a horrendous tragedy. this video here, look at this. this was taken moments before this parasail rope broke away from the boat causing the girls to slam into a building. 17-year-old crystal suffered a severe head injury. her little sister was killed. this week at the very same beach, a 28-year-old woman from connecticut was killed while parasailing falling 200 feet into the water after her harness failed. amber's mother is joining me live along with her lawyer. welcome to both of you. shannon, i know it's been a number of years but i'm sorry for the loss of your daughter. that's precisely why we have you on. take me back five years ago. there on the beat. what went so wrong ? >> they were put up with faulty

equipment. there's no regulations. anybody can do this. you can get a boat and from my understanding even the parachute that was used was supposed to be retired and they basically were completely negligent. >> forgive me for interrupting. here is what we found for those of you wondering there at home. the only requirements for parasailing are u.s. coast guards approval of the vessel and a boating license. these companies who make the equipment that you're talking about, the harness, the parachute, the towlines have to meet certain safety standards. what more are you asking of them with this legislation that you've proposed? >> i'm definitely asking for regulation. i think that the equipment should be checked regularly.

i think that they should -- >> john jump in. >> brooke, the problem is there's no agency that has any responsibility. real responsibility for the parasailing industry. anybody can pop up and start one of these businesses. you get rogue businesses. the ones that aren't even a part of professional association who happen to be in favor of the regulations. the problem that we have in florida and i think the problem in a lot of states is that legislatures are so afraid of the word regulation that they refuse to pass any laws. in this last several years, the last four years we've been fighting to have bills passed, there's been a bill that's come up and each year the bill has been killed in committee. we can have legislation or we can have litigation. the problem with litigation is that bodies are buried after that, people are injured or killed. the legislation is responsible

regulation is more than proven it's necessary. the mayor of pompono beach where this tragedy occurred five years ago and five years now. >> saying this is inexcusable. we reached out and reached out to the senator who said she will refile this amber may law if she is reelted in november. here is what she told cnn. this legislation and other legislation designed to make parasailing safer was killed by powerful legislation. this the now attempt number three here. this attempt number three to pass some sort of legislation to regulate this particular industry. shannon, why do you think it will pass this time around? >> i honestly think it's going to pass because i think there are more people that are aware

that there's no regulation. we have hundreds, hundreds of people e-mailing me every day telling me that they are behind. most of all i'm a believer in we the people. i think at this point we the people are fed up with this. i think that parasail industry should be held accountable for the things they're doing. i don't think anybody else should have to get injured or killed. i just want to say i'd like to say that i've been grieving for the family. i understand that he will probably never get over this. i just really believe that people are tired of seeing families torn apart because of this terrible, terrible tragedy. my life has never been the same. my daughter's life, each and every family member our lives have changed forever now.

i really plooef it's time. i have to believe that. >> we're talking specifically about pompono beach, florida. we found in gulf shores, alabama the city did pass the ordinance to help regulate the industry. there it sounds like you're asking for some of that elsewhere so that other people don't have to undergo the loss that you've dealt with for the last five years. as we wait for that to happen, for people who are considering parasailing who have no idea the dangers of what you speak, what do you tell them? what do you say? >> what do i tell them? i tell them don't do it. don't do it until there's regulation. don't do it until the amber may law passes. hopefully we can keep all of our

vacationers safe. i think the people that come here deserve to have the right to know there's no regulations. i think they deserve to have the right to get regulation. >> don't do it. three powerful words spoken from a mother who knows. i thank you both. >> i thank you so much. preschoolers, preschoolers duke it out at day care and instead of telling them to stop, school teachers encourage the three-year-olds to fight. we're on the case, next. i'm done. are you thinking what i'm thinking? ♪ give me just a little more time ♪ okay. all right. oh! [ female announcer ] the 2-in-1 swiffer sweeper uses electrostatic dry cloths to clean better than a broom. and its wet mopping cloths can clean better than a mop in half the time so you don't miss a thing. mom, have you seen my -- hey! hey! he did it. [ female announcer ] swiffer. better clean in half the time. or your money back.

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checking the immigration of status and toddler fight club. yep. you heard that right. joey let's tackle immigration first. we've covered this for quite a number of months. alabama passed the toughest law in the land as they say. public schools are required to determine whether an enrolling child was born outside the united states or is the child of an alien not lawfully present in the yiet. just yesterday the 11th circuit court of appeal said no dice. that violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. this was known for a long time as one of the toughest laws in the country. would alabama have hope for a reprieve here? >> i don't think so. the supreme court what they do is follow precedent.

what happened before has to happen now with rare exceptions. sometimes they will overrule things. if you lack at the decision, it was after 1982 case where texas tried to do the same thing. if you're undocumented we're not going to pay for your children and impose a $1,000 fee on you. at that time the supreme court said no. this decision tracks that and the supreme court is going to follow itself and say you know what, you got it right. unconstitutional. >> unconstitutional there. the courts are still allowing police officers in alabama to check a person's status while enforcing other laws? >> yes they are. >> toddler fight club. three women at a day care, this is dover, delaware are accused of not only letting toddlers fight, they are accused of encouraging the kids to battle and making videos of it all.

cnn cnn picked up the phone. we have yet to get a response. what kind of charges do they face? >> you're encouraging it when one of the children saying they are pinching me. what do they say? no pinching only punching. as a result of that they will face criminal charges. they will look at conspiracy. there was an agreement amongst them as the accusation to put the children up to this. they will face reckless endangment charges and assault charges and they will be held accountable for allows this to go on when you think your children are safe and secure and supposedly having a good time at a day care facility. inexcusable. >> and being told to punch instead of pinch. they are charged, the day care license has been suspended. does the state hold any liability here for licensing the day care in the first place? >> not automatically. just by virtue of the license

that's not enough. if you could establish or show that the state was remiss or negligent in failing to regulate and failing to oversee and failing to ensure that things were going properly in general in that day care center then perhaps liability. for the mere fact they are licensing them, that would not be enough. >> joey jackson on the case. thank you. hard sometimes in spain. be country's jobless rate is more than 24%. what is the government doing about it? critics say notnough until this guy rolls in taking matters into his own hands. he's being called a modern day robin hood raiding supermarkets to give to the poor. well somewhere along the way, emily went right on living. but you see, with the help of her raymond james financial advisor, she had planned for every eventuality. ...which meant she continued to have the means to live on... ...even at the ripe old age of 187.

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spain is suffering from a deep economic crisis and poor people feel they are being robbed by the rich. coming to their defense is a real life robin hood.

they are calling him mayor and he's taking from grocery stores to help paid if poor. al goodman has the story. >> reporter: he's known as spain's robin hoods and now he has quite a following. he is leading this march against the spanish government's us a st us a austerity cuts. in this economic crisis capitalist and governments do just the opposite. rob from the poor and give to the rich. sanchez gained notoriety for leading raids on two supermarkets in nearb owns >> tlator:d we di in an zed organiy taking basic food stuff to deliver to an ngo but we hit the powers right where it hurts the most and that's why the authorities are nervous.

>> reporter: most of the people taking part in this march are unemployed farm workers union leaders say and dozens of them took part in the recent supermarket incidents. a jobless farm worker with a wife and daughter took part. >> translator: i took part like the others in a symbolic protest against the crisis we are suffering. he and six others were arrested at a supermarket. they are charged with robbery. sanchez has political immunity. the conservative government blasted him for flauting the law but he says these are desperate times. the jobless rate in spain is more than 24%, but here it's 33%. for months there's been large protests across spain against the cutbacks and tax hikes that the government says are needed to reduce the deficit and revive the economy. the prime minister has vowed to

stay the course. >> translator: right now we see no sign he's going to change. all we see are police, arrests, repression. >> reporter: this day civil guards protect a wealthy farming estate as marcher pass by. they take a break and plot their next move. suddenly they rush on to the estate through a hole in the fence before the civil guards can stop them. the protesters hope to keep the pressure on the authorities with what they say are a series of symbolic actions like occupying this land. a standoff ensues with some protesters deep inside the estate refusing to leave. for these followers, this is just one of the first stops in the three-week long march into getting the world's attention. al goodman, cnn, spain. thank you. take a look at this.

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we are just a couple minutes away from "the situation room" with wolf blitzer. wolf, i just want to bring you in and i want to ask you about this whole todd akin story. i mean, he has said he's staying in. i'm looking at the clock. still technically he would have two hours to bow out. you think he will? >> he says he won't. he says he's determined the next two hours will be critical. you know, we've heard this before. a lot of times politicians in trouble. they keep saying until the bitter, bitter end they're not going to drop out. whether it's anthony weiner or larry craig. we've seen a lot of politicians in trouble and then they see the handwriting on the wall and do the right thing at that moment. he's under enormous pressure,

akin right now, not only from moderate republicans but from tea party republicans, from conservatives, from everyone really in the republican establishment even rush limbaugh, for example, has said he should for the good of the party get out of that missouri senate contest. so we'll see what happens, but my sense is the next two hours will be critical. if he doesn't do it by then, there is another deadline at the end of september. he could do it. but it so complicates the republican candidate, whoever that might be. it makes matters so much worse for whoever the republican senate candidate against claire is going to be. we'll see if he changes his mind in the next two hours. i know he's under enormous pressure. you saw that statement mitch mcconnell, the republican leader of the senate just released. he's mincing no words. get out and get out now. >> all right. we'll be watching right along with you through your next two hours, wolf blitzer, in "the situation room." wolf, thank you. meantime, a family trip turn

sboos a tragedy in texas. this is a car wreck. killed five children, injured six other people. this happened just yesterday. a back tire blew and caused the driver to lose control on his way to a water park. police say none of the kids had buckled up -- none of them were wearing seat belts. there were too many people in the suv. the driver could face five criminal charges. and a close call for atop u.s. military officer in afghanistan. general martin dempsey's plane was hit by shrapnel of two rockets. two air force base workers were slightly injured because of this. dempsey had left afghanistan on a separate plane. his visit, we've been reporting on this, coming at a time of growing attacks seemingly daily on u.s. troops by afghan security forces. and sorry to have to report, diana nyad calling it quits after this fourth attempt to

swim from cuba to key west. another round of painful jelly fish stings. you can see the stings to her face. the lightning storm pushed the 62-year-old off course. there was also the constant threat of sharks. she turns 63 tomorrow. and to california. on the central coast one photographer -- got to love this in depth in the right place at the right time and capture stunning pictures of a hump back whale. we have chad myers and photographer bill bowton on the phone as well. welcome, gentlemen, to both of you. if i may out my friend chad here, bill, he thought this was photo shopped. looks like a green screen. alas, this is the real deal. >> it looks amazing. i talked to all my colleagues. they say wait until you see all the other pictures. there's no way you can do all thother pictures and photo shop them all to look so good. congratulations. great new lens i hear. >> a new used lens.

a version of that particular lens would be way beyond my budget. >> so from what i read, bill, you were at one beach, you were hoping to get some shots of some birds. the birds weren't really around. you leave. you decide i think i might start and stop at this avala beach and you see all the pelicans swarming and the humpbacks. how many were there? >> i saw two at the time. the most i heard anybody else speak about is two. but i've been stuck at my computer puerto rico two days and haven't been back over there. i'm not in the loop anymore. >> bill, obviously this was a -- calling it a long lens because you were quite a ways away, but these people look very close. is it deceptive? these guys are on paddle boards. they look like they're ten feet away. >> yeah. a big lens like that pulls everything together. however, there's one of those photos where there's a guy on a paddle board -- >> we're looking at it right there. >> -- just to the right of the whale. the lens wouldn't pull him in

close. he's in the wave coming out from the whale. >> my favorite is and we'll scroll through these, there's a lady on a stand up paddle board in a dress very, very close to this whale. how far were you, bill? and what was the response from all these people in the water? >> well, you can see the response on a lot of people's faces if the picture's big enough. i mean, one girl in a kayak has her mouth a big o. there's a guy sitting on the stern of the boat that's got a big dprin on his face. it's a pretty amazing thing. speaking of those people, you mentioned some people thought they were photo shopped. there were a could want l comments on my site some guy saying it was all photo shop. as soon as that happens, people popped in and said, wait a minute, i was there that day with my family. >> i can vouch. this is a real humpback whale. >> these humpback whales for going for what you thought was a bait ball, little fish under the

water. have you seen this before? >> i have, but not very often. i live about ten miles from the actual ocean. so unlike some of my other photo friends who live in closer places like cam bra, i don't see it quite as often as they do. i have seen it. it's not terribly rare but it's not really common either. >> bill bouton, i read you are a retired biology teacher and been taking photos for a few decades. how does this stack up among your collection? >> oh, well, this turned out way -- you know, when i took the photos, it's really hard to see on the back of the camera when you're out in bright sunlight just what you're getting on that little lcd. most was just anxious to get home and see them. i was pleased because the lighting condition was terrible. the light was behind all my subjects and glare off the water. but the way this has exploded