with his bus tour to recharge the base, renew commitment to jobs creation and put pressure on his rep opponents. he kicked it off, but he also called on the republicans, who he says shied away from a balanced approach. >> they were asked, would you take a deal in which for every $1 of tax increases, we cut $10 in government spending, 10:1 ratio, and nobody was willing to take that deal. you've got to be willing to compromise in order to move the country photograph. >> mark, a lot of strong talk yet. can we expect more in iowa? >> the format is different today. today is a rural economic forum,

but the message obama had last week and continues into this week is one in which he's sparring with the congress, that it's time for a do-nothing congress to start doing something. he's been blasting the gridlock, the politics which he has has clogged up the ability to get anything done. it might not be bad politics, while a recent poll shod his approval rating at 39%, that same gallup poll has congress's approval rating at 13%, an all-time low, so a bit of a difference in the popularity. >> mark, matt lauer asked robert gibbs why it has taken so long for the president to come out with an aggressive jobs plans. here's gibbs' response. take a listen. >> there are things quite frankly, matt, that the president has talked about on a number of occasions that we can't seem to get the republican house of representatives to deal

with. i think what the american people want is for people to put aside party labeled and instead work together for the united states. >> how much of this is a perception problem for the president? that all of this is too little too late? >> there is a perception problem going on with the president of the united states, people are saying, where is the leadership? where are all the economic plans. he did say yesterday while in iowa, he's going to have a detailed economic plan that will address the economic and also the debt and deficits in september, but people will end up wondering why didn't it come sooner? the white house will end up responding that it was so taxing they had to get that done first. >> mark murray, thanks, appreciate that. president obama might be campaigning like it's 2008, but as we just mentioned some voters in the heartland are still not convinced he's doing enough.

>> they say we're recovering, i have yet to see it, at least in this area here, so i might be frustrated as well. >> i want him to reassure me that my investments are safe. >> show a little more leadership and less compromising. >> wendy shiller is an associate professor of political science and public policy at brown university. professor, good morning. the president is out there taking his message to real voters. lots of voters want more. has the president at this point lost all credibility when it couple times to job creation specifically? >> i don't think he's lost a all credibility at all. he's focusing on connecting the dots with what the government can do and what the government can't do to help people get jobs, hold on to their savings, so i think he's finally transferring his energy to that kind of focus.

and i think that's a winning strategy. i don't think it's a winning strategy to blame congress. don't waste your space, year speech space as i call it. your opportunity to talk with the voters talking about congress or the other party or gridlock. be specific. >> i think what the president was doing yesterday in minnesota, you think that was a mistake? you think the president spending so much time attacking the gop and congress, that was a bad idea? is that what i'm hearing? i think it's good for him to go to minnesota and iowa, connect on these local venues, i think that's a good strategy. i think wasting that opportunity blaming the other guy is not a way to show that you're a good leader. >> you tweeted this, a lot of folks have been talking about that, the warren buffett op-ed in "new york times" over the weekend. we saw the president channeling that. how can president obama get the message that the rich need to pay more, get that message to resonate with voters?

>> well, first of all, i think it's smart to define the religion. warren xwuf phet's op-ed wen viral, because he's really, really rich. americans understand those are the kind of wealthy people that should pay more. going after people who make $250,000 a year, a couple kids, college expenses, mortgages, those people don't feel rich, but the really rich, make them a partner, saying this is your country too. you made your money here, give back, become a partner, don't make really super-rich people the enemy, make them a pasch like bloom better in new york using his own money to help people find jobs. tried to step back from this rhetoric of creating an enemy. the enemy isn't the economy, it's people out of work looking for jobs. they need the help. we need to fight that enemy and stop wasting time blaming these

amorphous other people. >> you mentioned -- i mentioned buffett, you pensioned bloom better, ceo of starbucks, howard shultz also talking about his frustration toward washington. and he put forward an idea. take a listen. >> i'm profoundly disappointed with what happened with regard to the debt ceiling, and i think this is one point in time where i think americans, not only ceos, mutual their voices heard. i just felt the only message they will listen is is they're so focused on reelection and fund-raising we should stop funding their campaigns. >> howard shultz there calling for a boycott of campaign contributions, we don't expect that to happen, but are we starting to see the uber-rich in the country begin to step up and become part of this debate at a different level? >> i think we are. and i'm not a big fan of trying to regenerate history.

i don't think someone should try to emulate, but the uber-rich, they built the railroads, the subways, universities. they did things with their money that helped american society advance. i think that's a positive step. opting out of the political participation, whether it's going to rally or giving money, not a good idea. i wouldn't recommend supporting that strategy, but stepping up, saying what is it we can do concretely to help our local communities or state communities in creating a better environment for jobs, that's something the uber-rich have an obligation to do, and i think that's something the president can call on them to do. >> professor, thank you very much. have a great day. >> thanks. the slide threatening. that erased most of last week's losses. here's a shot of the live dow big board. let's take a look. the dow is down about 45 points.

i'm joined by michelle caruso-cabrera, fitch's rating said the u.s. will keep its aaa rating. what impact will that have? >> probably just psychological, if anything. actually a lot of the turmoil after the s&p downgrade had very little to do with that. when they made that move, people actually bought a lot more u.s. government debt than they had before, because they still see it as a very safe place. what investors are focused on today is the situation in europe. the leaders in france and germany are having a big meeting. for decades they have been promising the members of europeanian society much bigger benefits than they have been able to pay for, and now really the bill is coming due. they have to figure out what exactly they are going to do. kind of like if you look fast

forward to what we are discussing now in the united states. >> michelle caruso-cabrera, thank you so much. a man charged with breaking into a home in australia and terrorizing a teenage girl has been arrested in this country. police believe is the man. peters was busted in louisville. joining mess is justice correspondent pete williams. what do we know about this guy? >> authorities say he's a businessman, was arrested tess home of his ex-wife, but hoe they tracked him is an interesting story. according to police, a man went to this young woman's house, attached a device to her neck with what looked like a bicycle chain, and they said on that was a note, in essence a ransom demand or extortion demand, which contained an e-mail address.

australian police found out the e-mail address had been accessed from a nearby video store. they got surveillance video from the store and saw that receivers a late model land rover vehicle had come to the store. they got all the records for all the land rovers built between 1996 and 2001, looked at the pictures for the driver's licenses connected to those cars, and saw what they thought was a man who matched what was in the video of the video store of some guy using a computer. that led them to paul -- to peters, and then they found out he had left australia five days after this whole thing went down, and that he had flown through chicago, where they say the e-mail at was originally set up. they notified the fbi which traced him down to the home of

his ex-wife in louisville, and that's where he was arrested. he had a court appearance this morning. a judge has ordered him detained. he's held entirely on these australian charges and he'll have an extradition hearing to see whether he'll be sent back to australia, which i think is a virtual certainty. that hearing will be in october. >> pete williams, thanks. rick perry, officially in the race, and he is not holding any punches so far, taking shots at everyone from the president to the felt chairman. can he ride this strategy to the top of the heap? we'll talk about that. also, can't remember anything from hiss geometry? maybe you were just no good at if in the first place. a new study finding that some people are just born good at math. we'll see you in a few moments.

we're going to create a new agency of jobs. don't you know that will get the job done? you know, mr. president, you have tried now for 2 1/2 years of government jaing jobs. it's time to let the private sector get back to work. >> that was rick perfectly just moments ago. he's in cedar rapids, iowa today. the republican field's shiny new apple, has also took some shots at ben bernanke, implying it would be treasonous to print more money. already the gloves are other betweenries perry and mitt

romney. >> nigh jobs report not just spansed four years at governor, but also the 25 years i've lived in the private sector. i think understanding how the economy works is finally essential in the white house. >> i think oranges and apples, running a state is different from running a business. i would say look at his record running a state and mine, and then you have apples and apples. thank you guys so much for being here. in one moment rick perry is charming, and then in the very next breathe, his 'hurling rhetoric at bernanke, at the president. to undecided voters, how will

his comments come across? >> he's certainly throwing sharp el goes. he's saying we got rid of taxes, got rid of regulations and made it a good place for business to operate. so he's out there trying to draw contrasts. i think the independenting will have to azest that and see if that's the style and person we want leading the country. >> will that be effective messaging, specifically to independent voters in american? >> certainly all of candidates need to be talking about jobs. the thing about rick perry, though, he's a very shrewd and savvy politician, but at the same time he's showing how far to the right the republican party has actually moved. he's extremely far to the right, and hurling rhetoric, he's hurling things that are disturbing, saying that -- making an implied threat against ben bernanke, the chairman of the federal reserve. whether you disagree with him on

policy is one thing. to imply violence is entirely different. >> i want to talk about, because you both have alluded to it, i want to talk about rick perry's style. that's gotten a lot of ink and press over the past few days. how would you characterize it? especially compared to the other candidates in the field. >> his's certainly not afraid to mix it up. i would say he's a sharp elbow type of person, but he tells it like he sees it, to me that's refreshing. president obama is the person who said, well, someone brings a knife to a fight, bring a gun. this is not something that is suddenly, oh, it's the republicans suddenly using rhetoric, that's how hard-core politics is played. >> i want you to listen and watch with how rick perry dealt with the heckler. >> qualify to have some aggies in the crowd. that may not be an aggie over

there. i'm pretty sure. >> saying he has private sector experience, and -- >> okay. what you did not see before that is a guy heckling in the crowd. he's very smooth on the campaign trail, high-fiving kids, kissing babies, is this something we have not seen so far in the field of republican candidates? is that why it seems to be so refreshing? >> i don't think so. i think governor romney is certainly a very engaging person -- >> but does she connect? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. >> michele bachmann? >> first of all, req perry is smooth, but i would call it a smooth operator, he seems just like the one thing they have in common is that they both seem to choose their politics based on the poik tickets of the moment, not necessarily a core set of beliefs, which i think is

problematic for them. michele bachmann, yes, you're right, she's done a very good job of staying on message. she's said a lot of insendancy and frankly some people considered crazy and unreasonable, and she's done a good job of being more focused, so drawing more support lately. >> i wish we had 30 minutes, we only have three. thank you very much. we'll get you back in soon enough. folks, don't forget to market your calendars as well, the next republican debate will be moderated by brian williams at the reagan library, that of course september 7th. it will be right here on msnbc. $50,000 could be down the drain, after one very honest family reveals their switcheroo secret. also an american tourist held in connection with the disappearance of a woman, his lawyer insisting he's been unjustly detained. [ male announcer ] this...is the network --

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this weekend, msnbc hosted a special "making the grade" seri series, but our folks in education certainly didn't end there. as anybody that agonized over algebra, a new stud,shows that children may be born with something that's called numbers sense. melissa, you know, first of all, what is this numbers sense that you talk about? >> it's basically a very intuitive understanding, which means you can approximate, how many things you see, how many voices you hear, and it really is very basics that we are

endowed with that does not rely on our ability to count, and this is very present early in infants and can also be found in other animals, for example. >> what's the relationship between numbers sense and math ability? >> thirn who have a very good sense of numbers, good at approximating, are also good at counting and down some arithmetic, and solving math world problems. tell us about your stud,specifically. >> we tested 200 3 to 5-year-old children. most of them were in preschool or still at home, so none of them actually were in school receiving any real instruction, and they played simple game with us on the computer that basically tested their numbers sense, so they saw yellow and

blue dots, way too quick for them to count anything, and we asked them more yellow or blue? children are quite good at this game and enjoy it quite a bit. >> if a apparently of a 3-year-old is watching right now. >> what can they do? >> one thing you can do is actually go to our website and check out what your number sense is like. we have an online version of the game, so you can play it. you can see for yourself how good or bad you are. you may by surprised you are much better than you thought you may be. >> melissa libertus, thank you. for more stories from our "making the grade" series, all you have to do is go to our

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of the world" told requests the guardian" that hacking was widely discussed, with full knowledge and support of senior journalists. the paper reporting that lawmakers ma likely recall james murdoch back to testify in that scandal. british police have charged a 16-year-old with murdering a retiree during the riots last week. meanwhile, prime minister cameron is promising new policies aimed at what he calls the country's slow-motion moral collapse. he says the riots were a as a result of poor parenting and cultural inable to teach young people right from wrong. well, it may have worked in the parent trap, but bulge the old switcheroo could backfire on identical twins.

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candidate came in eighth, got just 385 votes, how are you guys making the case to even stay in the race at this point? >> one, the empirical record of the iowa straw poll suggests that it's not a predictor at all of electoral viability. remember, in 2007 senator mccain had 101 votes of the iowa straw poll and went on to wing the nomination. only one successful presidential candidate has come out of that poll as the winner. so the fact that mer gingrich got 385 votes in the straw poll and put zero money into it didn't work toward it, is significant, especially in comparison to 207 with mccain. >> what is newt gingrich's strategy going to be going forward now? >> i think it's the strategy you saw in his performance last week

at the republican debate, to be cleesh, consistent, unequivocal in his message, building on his many decades, working always on the public sphere. listening to what he talked about today in his speech that you just referenced on the super committee -- >> let's take a listen -- i'm glad you brought that up. this is him speaking at the heritage foundation this morning. >> this is a total disaster. it's a disaster in process, a disaster in constitutional means, and disaster in solving our major problems, which by the way, start with the economy and jobs. they don't start with the deficit. the deficit in part is a function of the economy. >> all right. there's newt gingrich saying essentially that the deficit isn't as huge of a deal as many of his republican counter disparts. is that a glimpse of his new

strate strategy. >> i think that's his are original strategy, but backed up with a substance of his professional record and deep knowledge of history in the commit. let's talk about his economic plan, for example, it grows out of his time as speaker of the house. during those years, for four consecutive years, he helped lead -- let me finish for a second. >> hold on one second. why don't you think that message has picked up traction yet with voters. >> you have to remember this has been a very unusual election cycle. we started quite early with the republican presidential field, and he has yet to be able to really articulate it in a way that among all of the things that have been happening that are -- let me speak for a moment about his -- >> let me cut you off. we'll have to bring you back to

fin that last part. do appreciate your time, though. >> thank you. the caucus is taking their message about jobs directly to the men and women, the cbc's for the people jobs in addition thif rolls into detroit today. michigan congressman hansen clark is the co-host of the jobs fair in detroit today. we talked with members before the jobs initiative started in cleveland this month. >> well, today we're having employers who are ready to hire people, and we have thousands of people in the city of detroit who are looking for jobs. our goal today is to match up employ, but in addition, we're here to prepare people to apply for jobs, to develop resumes to learn how to interview.

even though they may not be hired today, but at least thee get the skills to be ready to be working. >> you look like you have quite the crowd behind you there. how many would you estimate are there? >> thousands. weir lined up outside at least for an hour away. as a member of congress that represents these people, you know, in the last recession i lost everything that was of value to me -- my college scholarship, my job, my food stamps were cut off. i had given up hope i could ever find a job. so i wanted to make sure that everyone had a chance to talk to an employer to she could keep the confidence and keep the faith, that even in this tough economy, that they can and will ultimately get the job that they deserve. >> congressman, before i let you get out of here, i want to talk about something we discussed yesterday on this program. we were talking about jobs, talking about unemployment in

this country, of course 9.1%, there in the city of detroit it's close to 14% in african-american communities all over this country, the unemployment rate is considerably higher than it is for the rest of america president obama has come under increasing fire from some prominent blacks. about the way he's been handling unemployment specifically in the african-american community. what do you think about the way he's been handling it in this country, specifically in black communities. >> well, number one, he's done an effective job. they promoted a stimulus, which saved thousands of jobs, probably millions of jobs in this country. we do have employers here in the city of detroit who need people. so but we have to work more effect activity with the people that need work. i'll tell you what will hurt us

right now are the cuts being proposed, trillion dollar cuts, cutting into education, job training and research. that's not the way to create jobs. so what i believe we need to do is invest more in those areas, putting more people back to work is the best way to strengthen social security, so the president is moving in the right direction. we in the congressional black caucus are bringing his initiatives to the street, matching up employments. >> hansen clark, congressman, it looks like it's going well. thank you for carving out some time for us. >> you're very welcome. let's keep the faith. a judge has ordered an american tourist to be kept in custody for another 16 days over the damians of a w078 he was traveling with. robyn gardner has not been seen for two weeks and the circumstances of her disappearance are very

suspicious. janet sh janet shamlian is -- >> reporter: as we saw, after a two-hour hearing yesterday, the judge ruled he be held, she had the option of 8 days, but she went with 16 more days. this gives prosecutors more time to look for evidence. right now they admit that is an uphill battle. there's very little that ties gary giordano to any crime or the disappearance of robyn gardner. they admit that is tough, because they don't have a lot of clues here. what they submitted to the judge yesterday was that his story does not match up with what they saw on the dahl august 2nd when they arrived at this baby beach. they also have some witness statements, but beyond that, very little evidence. they did request a dna sample

from gary giordano, he refused to give one. prosecutors went to a judge, asked for a court order to get one. she granted that, so they essentially took a sample from him, that goes against his claim that he as been cooperating. >> janet, thank you. back here, a manhunt is under way in connecticut after a terrifying home invasion. investigators say five gunmen tied up a family and threatened to kidnap a 3-year-old boy if they did not get money. then they ransacked the house, the boy's father who would not go on camera says he's just glad everyone is safe. >> ilfeel that they weren't there to kill anybody. if they wanted to, they had the opportunity. they were looking for money or some things they could sell, and thank god that was the case, and it wasn't -- it could have been a lot worse. >> that case is eerily similar

to a 2007 incident in which three family members were killed. investigative journalist michelle sigona is joining me now. >> within the last half hour, i spoke with kenneth mcin a mara, and he says it appears to be random, but the neighborhood appears to be a target, especially with where the suspects parked. they parked on the back of the house. which led to an area where older cabbens used to be. they're very familiar with the area. the detective sergeant does believe these suspects may in fact be from that town, so that's something that they're working on and some other tips and things like that they're moving forward with. >> police saying it brings back memories of the pettit murders.

north branford, 15 miles away, like chesh shire, it is affluent, it sounds like it was targeted? >> it appears the neighborhood was targeted, but the house was random. the suspects went to the side garage door, pried it open, went inside. that's when they approached the grandmother, in her 60s. they got her into the kitchen area, went upstairs and got her daughter, also the mother to a 3-year-old who was home at the time. she was in the shower, put a gun to her head, walked her downstairs, and also with the 3-year-old. they did let the 3-year-old go after they asked the parents, look, does he know how to call 911? they said no, they let him go back to bed. they took them to the wine kell lard under the grandfather got home. he tried to open a safe, and they kept him down there until

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texas governor rick perry comes from a state where nearly 38% of the population is latino, but his aggressive assistants on immigration may cost him some votes in his own backyard should he get the nomination. he supports only a limited version of the dream act and also spend some $400 million reinforcing border security. his initiatives were called easy his the most anti-latina agenda

in a generation. would you agree with that characterization, lisa? >> well, definitely more recently. i think a lot will depend on which rick perry shows up in this presidential election. last year he was around important voice, saying that arizona-style legislation was not the right direction for texas, yet earlier this year he introduced legislation in the emergency session which mimicked a lot of the provisions of that bill. you know, he's talked about at our conference, and talked about at a conference a couple weeks ago about how integrate hispanics are to texas's economy and future, but he also has a i.d. bill that may prevent a lot of them to vote. >> and 77% of all new jobs in this country since 2009 have been created in texas.

hispanic business in texas has boom by most accounts during perry's governship. will hispanic voters look at his record on jobs or look at his record on immigration when they head to the ballot box? >> they're going to look at both. i think it will be an indicator. hispanic businesses are booming all over the country, so texas isn't necessarily unique in that regard, but for us -- for latinos, like everyone else, jobs are the number one issue, but immigration is critically important. for the first time this year because of arizona and similar legislation across the country, immigration has vaulted to the top of the conservative latino community. that has never happened before in the history taking of this community. >> today protests scheduled in six major cities i including chicago calling for the end of president obama's secure communities program. the program of federal immigration enforcement program that shares information between

police and immigration enforcement officials. in an obama perry matchup who would come out on top with immigration? >> that's to be decided. certainly president obama has supported the notion of comprehensive immigration reform. there are concerns about his administration's enforcement policies. the record number of deportations that have happened. versus perry who is not agreed to having a path to citizenship. a path to legal status for 13 million undocumented in this country. it's a real question with immigration. we're not in a good place, unfortunately. >> thank you. >>@bam trading in the beast for a new million dollar baby. it is a safer way to hit the road in the midwest. how does it stack up against other presidential rides. the flip side right after this.

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our look behind the headlines. president obama's touting some new policies on his midwest bus tour. there's something else that the president is unveiling for the first time. a shiny new $1.1 million armored bus. it is one of two monster vehicles commissioned by the secret service for high security travel. it's tricked out with bullet proof windows. there are security satellite communications on board as well. it's the first time that they've had a bus built from scratch for presidential road trips in. the past secret service has had to make like your average tour group and rent a charter bus. theirs was retrofitted with heavy armor. the president's new million dollar baby makes his usual limbo known as the beast look like a featherweight.

that custom cadillac is five-inch re-enforced doors and weighs hundreds of pants. the tires are fortified with kevlar. the beast is withbuilt to withstand rocket propelled grenades and has his own oxygen case. it's so heavy it got stuck coming out of the embassy in ireland. it was the extra limbo that they ship with the beast every time the president goes abroad. contessa brewer picking it up next. . there's a very famous roller coaster called the beast. it's at ohio in six flags. i'm just pulling this off the top of my head riergt now. i think it's the highest, longest, faster wooden roler coaster. >> are you a roller coaster buff? >> it was the first one -- terrifying as a small child. the beast. we've got several beast here. president obama taking his

economic message and takes on congress to iowa. can he recharge the base. can he recharge the american people? former detroit mayor fresh out of jail about a sex scandal and lying about it under oelt. now he faces pral charges. i'll ask him if he plans to make a deal. and if detroit would be better off today if he'd never been mayor. a man charged with breaking into a home in australia and terrorizing a girl with a fake bomb has been arrested in this country half a world away. what's the connection? we'll have that ahead in three minutes. stay with us. major medical. ...but it helps pay the doctors. pays the doctors, boyyy! [ quack ] oh yeah? what about your family? ♪ we added aflac, so we get cash! it's like our safety net... ♪ to help with the mortgage or whatever we need! so my family doesn't feel the pain too. ha! [ male announcer ] help protect your family at aflac.com. [ pigeons ] heyyy! hooo!!!

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