>> how to fight terrorism, my 5-5-5 plan. the 3-3-3 plan, three pills, three days off and three chicken noodle soups. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington mp. in president politics, the higher the polls the brighter the spotlight. it is not just herman cain's 9-9-9 plan raising questions today. let's talk first about numbers because herman cain with david gregory on meet the press, he admitted people would pay higher taxes which is against the republican holy grail or at least the grover norquist holy grail, but he add hard time when david pressed him on how state and federal taxes, state and federal sales taxes would add

up. let's watch. >> that doesn't make sense to me. if i'm paying state taxes and i have a new cain administration national sales tax, i have more state taxes. >> in you don't. >> how so? you're not saying they are going way. >> david, your stat taxes are the same. your federal taxes in most cases will go down. >> wall street journal says you have one on top of the other. there is a combined levy. >> that is not correct, david. >> okay. so monday morning quarterbacking, chris, have at it? >> well, i thought david gregory, i know this is working for the home team because we are on msnbc and david is for nbc, but i thought he had the right of it here andrea. i see no way in which the federal income tax would not be added on to the state tax. herman cain didn't explain that. you know, that it's still there. well, yeah, it's still there. but then you pay this other tax. i really believe p thp the

beauty of the 9-9-9 plan politically is that it is incredibly simple. it fits on a bumper sticker. it fits in a two-second answer. it is too simple. someone would have done this before. it was essentially said, i understand the appeal of six many solutions, but sometimes problems are too complex. and i just think a lot of people who support or say they support herman cain right now say they support the 9-9-9 plan right now do not know what it s in it. when they do fine out what is in it, including acknowledging yesterday with david, tax increases on some folks, i think it'll peel off some of that support. >> and you know, that "meet the press" primary which tim started so memorably, that is where people get questioned. we would do the same thing today. for instance, here is cain admitting that some people will pay more taxes.

who? watch. >> some people will pay more. but most people will pay less, is my argument. >> who will pay more? >> who will pay more? the people who spend more money on new goods. the sales tax only applies to people who buy new goods. >> that is going to cause problems, i would predict, with that wing of the republican party. which has liked the simplicity of the 9-9-9 plat. the other thing is immigration. here is herman cain trying to explain the border fence. >> that's a joke, david. >> it is a joke? >> that's a joke. >> that's an serious plan? >> no, it's not. >> you got a big laugh. >> that's a joke. i also said america needs to get a sense of humor. that was a joke. >> so he said it was a joke, but this is herman cain the other day in tennessee on the same subject. >> we will have a real fence. 20 feet high, with barbed wire.

electrified. with a sign on the other side that says, it can kill you. then i get criticized, mr. cain, that's insensitive. what do you mean insensitive? what is insensitive when they come to the united states across our border and kill our citizens and kill our border patrol people. that's insensitive, and i'm not worried about being insensitive to tell people to stop sneaking into america. >> so is it a joke or is it a stump speech? >> well, that sounds like a stump speech, andrea. i would take him at his word if he said he was joking but there was applause but not lastener the crowd there. i think this speaks to the broader issue. not a problem but an issue that cain has it address. he has got from 1 to 2% to a leader in the poll.

transform from a guy that can say and do whatever he likes into someone who people have to think could be president, could sit in that chair in a month's time, is a very hard transition to make. i think he is struggling with it, as i think almost anyone would. >> of course his credentials unimpeachable. he does not make exception for rape or incest. which many conservatives do. many of the sew so-called right to life groups within in some legislation in fact, that is so controversial, does make the exception for rape or incest. but he does not. also his explanation for why his wife has not been out on the campaign trail. >> i don't want to subject my wife and family to rigors, attacks of this campaign at this point. shell be visible at some point. but it'll be based on when we want her to be visible.

>> it is clearly their decision but it does remove from the state of play, one very importanter surrogate as wives have become very important for perry and romney for good or bad. >> it is more important, i think in some ways. herman cain, we know politics is a rough game and if you want to keep your family out of it, fine bp but this is a guy that most people and republican voters don't really know that much about. i don't think they know that he was the head of godfather's pizza. maybe they don't. they don't know about the federal reserve. they don't know about his time at national restaurant association. the more val daidators, and his wai wife would be one, this guy can do the job, he needs those. it doesn't have to be his wife but he needs surrogates to do that for him. >> he can't deny he is

entertaining. whether it is a tape or something the daily beast dug up from the omaha press club event. this is herman cain wib think perro diing himself. ♪ ♪ ♪ eat pizza each and everyday ♪ some say it is not soul food ♪ but to me it is so much more >> he's got some chops. he can sing. >> he can definitely sing. and i will say this, andrea, i don't want to analyze too much of of a guy singing an ode to pizza. but can you imagine romney doing this? that's what i like about herman cain. he is a regular person. these things are minor things and not that no one will vote

for him because he sang an ode to pizza. but he is as close to understanding regular people inasmuch as people hate politicians and what comes with them. hammerian cane says play it. he has a good voice in general. >> thank you so much. in politics, money talks. and right now the obama campaign is talking a lot. gene cummings and melanie mason, welcome back. jean, when you look at the republican field that is mitt romney and rick perry with all of the money cash onhand and look at obama and he is lapping the field, he is creating a national campaign while they are focusing on early states. >> absolutely. the white house is trying to take advantage of the lack of a primary for the president to build up. and in part that's because they have known for quite sometime that this is going to be a very tough reelection with the economy the way it is. it doesn't matter to them it

doesn't matter who the republican nominee will be at a minimum they know the president has to run on his record and with this economy and his biggest economist is economic growth right now. it might help him later to have a real opponent but he has one now and it's the economy so they have to rebuild the infinfratou they are already at it. >> there is always the question of donor complacency. if you have donors looking at how much money he is raking in. they might think the president doesn't need my 3 to $5. that's why you saw so many e-mails going out on the donor list the week before the september 30 filing deadline. they were trying to say, we still need support, we need a big number and show the president is going strong with his base. >> what we have seen so far from obama re-elect in at least 15

states and they have paid staff in something like 38 states. they are really already at a national level. >> that's right. and they are spending a lot of money on reaching out to voters. spending something like $8 million under total an joan line and direct mail and reaching out to voters by phone. that's in contrast to the republican candidates who really just need to start setting up infrastructure and doing nuts and bolts work of traveling around and meeting voters in early primary states. >> jeanne, you spent so much time in iowa over the years, we all have spent so much time there, is there someone like herman cain with the poll-driven momentum, assuming he can get pat past will poll interviews, for the first time being questioned, but can goe to iowa with as little money as he have and compete against other evangelical voters? >> i think when you talk about a state like iowa, it is possible. we have seen surprise victories

out of there. huckabee wasn't particularly well financed. he did have a better ground game. years ago, show mig age, back in late 80s, pat robertson rob in iowa. it can be quirky. it is a small state. i think that might be an opportunity. but andrea, he's got a million dollars in the bank. that's it. and so, even if he can take a little state like iowa and grab a platform, he can't get past it unless he can develop some real resources and a real fund-raising network. that's what romney has been planning on all along. it is where perry is well positioned to compete after iowa as well. if they can just do well, if perry can do well if iowa, take romney on in new hampshire, he still has the resources to get down into south carolina. it could be that cain will just simply run out of money. >> jeanne cummings, melanie,

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the occupy wall street protests are only one month old and they have gone global. clashes erupted in rome when a group of rioters infiltrated a group of peaceful protesters. it resulted in 1.4 million in damage. 40 protesters were arrested in

times square. a new poll show that new yorkers support protesters by a margin of 3-1. 8-1 saying protests is a good thing. 175 people were arrested in chicago over the weekend. a hundred more in tucson and phoenix and more than a dozen each in denver and sacramento. stocks opened lower today on reports that germany won't support a broader agreement for europe's crisis after all. that combined with weaker than expected earnings. some reports today by big players and this has occupy wall street protesters gaining strength and are digging in for a prolonged stay. cnbc's jim cramer joins us. jim, first of all, this quinnipiac poll showing by 81-10, people in new york city at least support the protests and support them digging in for the long haul. i'm guessing that's not the view on lower manhattan? >> i don't know. i went to see them on saturday. >> what is your take. >> peaceful group of people.

fans of the show. like the fact that they are able to rally together with a very simple message. and the message was, 1% of the people are very wealthy and they are not paying their share. and you know, frankly, i found myself agreeing with them. that's what the numbers show. it is very understandable why these people would have the support of many people in new york. their message is hardly radical, andrea, hardly radical. >> in fact, one of the sub sets or maybe a larger group is students. when you look at the student loan burden and fact that student loans are so hard to get rid of tp. you can't declare bankruptcy. you can't get them financed properly. the student loans on so many of the kids, including demonstrators, at the same time they can't find jobs, that is a huge burden. you can understand the feeling of angest that pro tells this

movement. >> yes. i have a kid in college and i have to write the checks. i think there are parents who say, come on, this is a ridiculous thing. but you know what? the jobs aren't plentiful. people get out with those loans. they sudden pli find themselves well line the eight ball. it is not what they expected when they went into the process. lots of kids there with really good education, kind of is you surprising that they can't get jobs. these are people who you would normally expect by this point would have a very -- be part of the work force. again, i come back to, i liked what i saw. i just liked it. it seemed like a lot of people who were just correctly upset about the lack of jobs and the inequality in the country. if you spend time, if you watch them, you kind of say, well, geez that's a bunch of good points. >> and one more point, jim, when we look towards europe, now balking with her own political pressure, but we don't seem to

see eye to eye. tim geithner goes to europe and they say, not so fast, we won't um up with a global solution. >> i liken this to the ancient charlie brown cartoon where lucy pulls away the football every time, you know this will happen. andrea, once again, we felt we were close to some resolution. germany overnight, between 4 and 5 a.m. eastern time, saying, look, you got to understand, we are nowhere near any sort of deal. that is took the wind aught of everyone's sales. sail sails. why did we rally for 11%? we don't have that much good news. that's where we are today mp. >> jim cramer. thanks so much. don't miss "mad money" with jim cramer at 6 and 11:00 eastern on cnbc. a tragic ending for one of car racing's biggest young

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anyone better than me. barack obama made america say, yes we can. well i think i will make them say, yes we can live with that. >> in the political briefing today, mitt romney has won the debates, endorsements, won the money race. so why can't he get the love? jonathan martin is senior political writer with politico. you've been writing about this today. romney has a problem in catching fire. is it okay because he's got enough money to outweight everybody else? >> yeah. well you know, in boxing terms, he may win this on points ultimately. but the challenge is that that would therefore mean a longer race. this is not going to be a quick knockout. it doesn't seem like right now. unless romney goes to a place like iowa, tries to score a fast victory there to end this thing. he has this ceiling, andrea, of about 30% that he can't seem to

crack in the polls. conservatives not ready to rally around him yet. to me, the big question is, in general election context, does that matter? now some folks, we talk to kevin mccarthy for example, house gop whip, he wants romney to have a longer primary. he wants romney to win, earn the primary, in way that john kerry didn't have to in '04 to create some buzz, some momentum around him to endeer him to his own party. to me, the big question is, will the gop be so fired up about knocking out president obama that they can rally around someone they are not, as you said, in love with. >> as you point out, there is an authenticity problem. jon huntsman senior, of course his father was profiled in the new york times over the weekend. >> yeah. >> and of course, consider the source. but he said, i've worked for three different romneys. one time mr. romney was a liberal running for senate in in

'94. i guess you do what you have to do to get a vote. that comes from the huntsman field. but that does capture the way people in the party are viewing mitt romney. >> that's the folks in the party who, like mr. huntsman's father there, who probably are not conservatives, but also slirn certainly the movement view of, who is this person. he obviously moved around over the years politically. i think that is his -- there's no question that those issues loom in the minds of a lot of conservative primary voters and that's the reason i think chiefly that they are hesitant to embrace him at least just yet. >> and the boston globe put out a picture.

this is clearly mitt romney and his colleagues in a photo shoot. but that's not the image of what is going on in the economy and occupy wall street. spread around. then this from your colleague, ken vogal, saying that the campaign spent nearly 20,000 at vineyard vines. so there you go on that. now from your own reporting, you talk to the republican from new york, peter cane, and he said people are looking for gut viscerals. but they will if they are so determined to defeat barack obama and if he is the republican nominee. >> yeah, andrea. so reminiscent of 2004. when democrats were not enthusiastic about john kerry. he has a head candidate, an heart candidate but they were

also passionate about beating george w. bush. the question this time is can republicans stomach romney like democrats did kerry because they want to beat the white house so badly. romney folks have to hope so. >> of course, you know what happened in 2004. >> it was close, though. >> okay. wb ho, ohio, ohio, ohio. >> but for ohio. >> up next, what leverage does the u.s. have against iran? plus, blackberries may have copa. but first lady gaga getting her marilyn momenter is nating president clinton on the west coast last night as the secretary of state and chelsea looked on. ♪ ♪ ♪

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ral rally the world to pressure iran's central bank and loss to release more intelligence about iran's nuclear activities. all this of course in response to that alleged assassination plot. meanwhile, the head of the intelligence committee says the u.s. must stop short after military strike. >> it probably would jessiesesc into a war and the question is, do we want to go to war with iran at this time. my judgment is no. we have our hands full. >> michigan congressman mike roth serts counterpart on the house site. mr. chairman thank you very much for joining us today. >> thank you, andrea. >> can you help us respond to those who say today this is such an amateured bungled plot that it couldn't possibly be real. a lot of people were suggesting there was a wag the dog scenario what that this is a reason to go after iran. >> there is a difference between

evidence and intelligence. i'm telling you there is evidence. i'm a former fbi agent so i look at it in a fairly critical eye myself. the u.s. government got involved early by a stroke of luck. had we not, this would not have nearly looked to amateurish. they kre re krrecruited an individual with easy access to iran and the united states. he had a u.s. passport who had connections to a criminal element in mexico city and could travel there without much question. went there to find someone who by all definitions could put the people, weapons and bombs together in the transportation to actually get to the specific site, washington, d.c., all of that was right. they sent two traunchs. money and they did try to launder it. if we look at this on the other end of it, andrea, where the explosion went off, we would be trying to determine where the target was. there was a place where other

dignitaries like to show up. it would be a very difficult conversation today indeed and we would be sorting out our anger and chaos. even if we got to the first step, it go wo go back to a mexican drug cartel. i don't think this is amateurish. it was very sophisticated. the difference is when they found a criminal to live up to their expectations and pull it off, they failed to realize that person had been recruited by the united states government a few years earlier when it came to reporting on the drug cartel. that is the only thing that sets this aport from a very sophisticat sophisticated. >> one of the other pieces of of the puzzle was written in the washington post. a lot of people are saying, why this guy. he seemed to be a bungler, even though as you say, he has

passports and could move about. his cousin is a commander responsible for a lot of the attacks in iraq. basically of of al-sadr's guys. is that correct as far as your briefings are concerned? >> he was cousin of this particular individual. why, i think, this becomes pour plaus cybill think about what they have been doing. they have been planning and financing and providing weapon systems, advanced weapons systems to the movement in iraq targeting u.s. soldiers. they have u.s. soldiers' blood on their hands and nothing happened. they are doing the same in afghanistan. a 2007 court found that iran, through hezbollah, was spom for the marine barracks bombing. they have gotten more and more brazen with very little consequence. so i do believe they thought, boy, i've got this relative who can come in and out whob has connections in mexico, so we can

find the criminal that can do it. and our fingerprints would be off of it and we think it could be a very successful event. takes our mind and discussion in american politics off of the iran nuclear program if they were successful. >> is this, to answer other suspicions, is this all predicate for some sort of strike whether from israel or some other place against iran's nuclear program? >> i don't think this in and of itself wasn't it. but i think what it shows america for the first time, the international community, how aggressive and how much blood this terrorist group, by our state department years ago, has on its hands. and how aggressive they will be. imagine if they are willing to put a plot like this together. by the way, what they are doing in iraq to target u.s. soldiers. what they are doing in afghanistan. what they are doing in bahrain to be a destabilizing factor in bahrain and the cold war between saudi arabia and iran, when it

comes to the influence in the region. all of that is coming to a head. it becomes very public now because of this event. so in addition to all of that, andrea, yeah, they are trying to obtain nuclear weapons. so that's where i hope the focus is. listen, this is a country that a state sponsor terror that also wants to have nuclear weapons. that's why the international community needs to stand up with one voice on this particular set of problems. >> but we don't seem to have the leverage. russia and china are not going along. we can argue for some sort of action against the central bank. we have taken that action un latry rally. unless it is multilateral, it won't have an impact. >> i agree. if we don't have the europeanes with business contracts in iran to come around to the good side, if you will, if we don't get china and russia to finally say we won't stand with a nation state who sponsors terrorism, we are going to stand with the rest

of the international community, our options become more limited. it doesn't mean we can't be more aggressive and it doesn't mean in the short term the administration shouldn't be all over chinese and russians and move it up on our list. bilateral relations are important for both countries, for us and them, but it hasn't risen to the left of, listen, this is important if we have good bilateral relations. i would argue now is the time to move it up on the list. this is a very, very serious threshold that they have crossed. and again, it exemplifies all of the other bad behavior they have been doing. this is is at administration's chance. if it takes four wsh, six, seven months, i think we will see more trouble ahead. >> thanks so much from the chairman of the house intelligence committee. >> thank you. >> as wall street protests are growing, many are asking, what kind of impact will they have in the halls of power? mary kay henry is the president

of the service employees national union and union strength added to this protest a month in is pretty significant. where do you see the impact on capitol hill? and in the white house? >> well i think the impact is being felt all across this nation, andrea. it's the top of every news segment. we are seeing editorials. the internet. when there's that kind of public outcry and clarity about something is really wrong in this country, it has an impact on members of congress and the white house in thinking about how we collectively address this as a nation. so i think what the occupy protests have done for us as a nation, is clarify what is wrong with our economy so that we can take action. at the policy level, and convince business leaders all across this country that now is the time to respond to this emergency and get america back to work. >> and here is what treasury

secretary tim geithner had to say about occupy wall street protests. >> people want to make sure that the government w, washington, i doing something to make it better and part of that thz the want to see us deliver much better protection for consumers. you have seen -- >> is the administration responding quickly enough to the pressure and to the obvious anger that it is seeing in these protests? >> well, i think the administration has a bill in front of congress called the america job act and that is the best response because it shows us there is an emergency for working people. i was in l.a. a few days ago and a woman stood up with tears in her face who said i'm ashamed to admit it that my hours are cut so deeply on the job i do

everyday i'm now forageing through garbage to feed my family. that story, andrea, is not an isolated incident. it is the experience of millions of family ace cross our country. i think the jobs act is a great step forward and the administration is leading the charge and we need congress to come together and act. >> it's been defeated but you are subjecting that pieces that the president is campaigning for can somehow be put together, although we don't know yet, we are waiting to hear from harry h reid today. the protests are linked with his legacy of protests, let's watch. >> yes. >> dr. king understood that peace without justice was no peace at all. if he were alive today, i believe would he remind us that the unemployed worker can rightly challenge the excesses

of wall street without demonizing all who work there. >> it is instructive to remember that when dr. king was assassinated he was in memphis demonstrating and protesting and marching with sanitation workers. it was a labor issue. >> right. he linked economic justice with racial equality. we know today that latino and african-american family wealth is drained disproportionately by the foreclosure crisis and economic crisis. i agree that when we march on saturday morning in advance of the memorial dedicated sunday we were marching for jobs and economic justice for our generation. and i think it is an incredible tribute to the young people all across this country that they are drawing our collective attention to this terrible inequality that we have address as a nation. because we have plenty of resources. we just need to apply those resources to get 30 million people back in full-time jobs

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in pennsylvania, republican officials are trying to make a revolutionary change in the way the states electoral votes are counted. which could change natural politics in a very big way. with me now, nbc's deputy political director mark murray. this power play basically would say, that you would be dividing the state up rather than winner take all. so far that only happens in maine and nebraska, not big electoral states. but pennsylvania has been a major player in presidential politician, and it would be not. >> absolutely. you look at with this change would end up doing.

president obama carried pennsylvania by 10 percentage points, almost a blow out in 2008. but obama would have only gained 11 electoral votes to john mccain's 10 so that ten-point blow out was only a one-point electoral margin. that's why this change is actually created so much buzz. of course it hasn't changed at all from what i understand, that the legislation is stalled in pennsylvania. republicans seem to be divided about it. and that's where we are. >> republican governor said would he sign the legislation if it comes out of the republican house and senate. basically the assembly there in harrisburg. but this would have an impact potentially on some congressional races where you could see the democratic national party pouring money into safe republican seats. they may not be safe seats any more. you could end up with real contests. >> there is one consequence to that. so if you assume democrats carry theory philadelphia and

pittsburgh, all of a sudden, communities are a rural community with a member of congress, now that becomes a battlefield. also one of the chief criticisms coming from democrats and some republicans, it would take away the state's clout. >> sure would. >> all of a sudden a candidate like president obama or republican nominee doesn't need to stop by pennsylvania any more. >> and pennsylvania has always been a must-win state for democrats. it's the state whereof course, in the primary, hillary clinton and barack obama battled to a very, very contentious finish. so you can see pennsylvania just going off the map. >> right. there is a sense of fairness too going on here. but democrats have won pennsylvania in every presidential election going back to 1992. so all of a sudden now that republicans are in control of the governorship, and also the legislature in pennsylvania, people say, wait a second. they are trying to change the rules one year out before a presidential election after being unable it win pennsylvania in past presidential elections.

andrea, it is worth noting that this kind of legislation is drafted in wisconsin which is another key battle ground state. so this legislation hasn't moved other than being drafted but also to watch in -- >> of course we know what happened in wisconsin this year, with the republican governor and all of the union battle. that would be a real loss for democrats. >> yes. and what do pennsylvania and wisconsin have in common? both need for reelection in 2012. >> talk about must-wins, he is in north carolina then virginia tomorrow. >> right. wasn't to hold on top map. but there is one thing. he could owe potentially lose pennsylvania if he wins virginia and north carolina. that is above 270 electoral votes. the folks in chicago, the david axle rods of the world want as many paths as possible. >> thank you for joining us today.

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carolina and virginia, he will give a speech at 5:00. this is part of the three-day bus tour tomorrow and in virginia on wednesday. not accidental that north carolina and virginia are swing states to president obama won in 2008 and very much up for grabs in 2012. out west, tomorrow night, another republican presidential debate. i love this. some may be getting sick of it. this is number eight, but whose counting. merge an cain will draw another attention with the 999 plan. let's see if mitt romney gets attacked. romney has proven to be the best debater so far in the six he participated in. he will probably make it seven in a row. another debate. >> another debate. as we look again at the money, we see evidence of the shift in

relative position between romney and herman cain will make a difference in fund-raising. >> it should help. on "meet the press" with david gregory, he raised $2 million in two weeks. that's not surprising. they like to give to who they think is the hot candidate. i don't know that herman cain has the organization and the infrastructure. it's hard to raise 15 to $20 million. lots of phone calls and direct mail and people across the country. he doesn't have that in place yet. >> thank you very much. that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow us online and on twitter. we have a look at what's next from tamron. >> in the next hour, the politics of the occupy wall street movement and how

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