should have said that about allen west. he was not happy. if it's way too early? >> we'll see you back here tomorrow morning. stick around for "the daily rundown." thank you, team. president obama brings out the big guns appearing at a fundraiser last night with president clinton who managed to score a few swipes at mitt romney and he has touted the anniversary of osama bin laden's death. republicans say the fight against terrorism shouldn't be a political issue. tension in the air as secretary clinton heads to china to try to boost ties today. what to do with the blind chinese dissident whose dramatic escape has him reportedly hiding out in the u.s. embassy. highlights from saturday's nerd prom.

drew the usual mix of celebrities and corny jokes. president obama used humor to mark at his political opponent. it's the last day of april. it's a monday. it's "the daily rundown." let's get to my first reads of the morning. one year ago wednesday osama bin laden was killed in a daring raid. all week administration officials have been doing interviews tied to the anniversary. the obama campaign has used the operation to argue that the president has the national security experience and ability to make the tough calls crucial in the commander and chief question and to suggest that mitt romney does not. in an interview with brian williams president obama and members of his entire national security team reflected on the tense moment when that photo snapped inside the white house situation room was taken.

>> there you are. >> here i am sitting right here. >> that's an intense look on your face. everyone is intently watching that screen. >> if i'm not mistaken this picture was taken right as the helicopter was having some problems. you may not remember. that's what it feels like because i remember hillary putting her hand over her mouth at that point. there is silence at this point inside the room. >> when you look at it what does it conjure up inside you? >> that's the way i usually look when my husband drags me to an action movie. it conjures up emotions that was running through every other person in that small group. it was an extraordinary experience and a great privilege to be part of. >> you can see brian's full

interviews this wednesday night at rock center on your local nbc station. he talkwise the entire national security team. the white house argues the bin laden success is fair game. this weekend romney's surrogates lashed out at the white house and including john mccain who wrote president obama is shamelessly turning the one decision he got right into a pathetic political act of self congratulation. >> this is one of the reasons president obama has become one of the most divisive presidents in american history. took something that was a unifying event and managed to turn it into a divisive partisan political attack. >> robert gibbs shot back. >> osama bin laden no longer walks on this planet today

because of that brave decision and actions by the men and women in our military. mitt romney said it was a foolish thing to do a few years ago. >> keep an eye on john mccain. he is showing that he is willing to go after the president on foreign policy in a way that maybe mitt romney can't do. you can question about why mccain wants to do this with president obama but it is an effective campaign tool for mitt romney. maybe former president bill clinton, the president called obama the decider and chief in a video touting the raid. last night clinton appeared at the first of what will be three fundraisers for obama's campaign at a suburban virginia home at the home of clinton buddy terry mccalla.

>> he is very likable. i agree with that. i don't think i'm that bad. >> you're likable enough. >> give me a break. this whole thing is the biggest fairytale i have ever seen. >> four years after that brutal primary battle there is a more reproach with obama with what he said. you guys get two presidents for one out of this event. president obama also making it a point of giving the secretary of state a mention saying hillary and i have spent the last three 1/2 years cleaning up the mess after other folks messes. whenever a country's financial system collapses it takes between five and ten years to get back to full employment. some people might say maybe but i don't feel better. all he can do is beat the clock

and he's beatic the clock. what was striking was how little romney's name was mentioned. saying this is crazy. he's got an opponent who wants to do what they did before on st steroids which will give you the same as before. part of what has happened is we now have a republican party that's unrecognizable. i know some people here know republicans. you might be married to some. i had somebody part of team clinton describe last night as the first time to see two presidents start to bond that finally maybe the scars from four years ago are wearing away and the two of them are starting to get each other a little bit more. we'll see as we watch them. finally the obama/clinton

reproach got an on camera mention saturday night. >> four years ago i was locked in a brutal primary battle are hillary clinton. four years later she won't stop drunk texting me. >> he is referring to images of secretary clinton drinking some beer. you take hollywood glamour and mix it with power. don't let the glitz and glam distract you from the fact that the president seized an opportunity. >> it's great to be here this evening in the vast magnificent hilton ball room or what mitt romney would call a little fixer upper. we also both have degrees from

harvard. i have one. he has two. what a snob. >> and though the president didn't spare himself mocking himself when it comes to dog eating. his experience as a child in indonesia. here is what he said. >> my step father told me it's a boy eat dog world out there. >> the joke was made about that as an attempt to talk about shamus. the president showed this parody ad. >> you need to join mitt romney in sending a message this november. i'm an american and i ride outside. >> the president didn't escape the night unscathed. headliner rattled off a slew of jokes, many of which lampooned

the president. >> there is a term for guys like president obama, probably not two terms. mr. president, remember when the country rallied around you in the hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. >> by the way, though, don't under estimate what the president's campaign team was up to with saturday night. they had been trying to get shamus into the mainstream media for a while and think they may have done it. a human rights activist has escaped house arrest. his friends say he travelled to beijing where he is reportedly under the protection of the united states government. by the way, he is blind. the incident is threatening to ad new president just as secretary hillary clinton is set to arrive there. who better to talk to this than

andrea mitchell. >> this is huge. >> it's an unbelievable story on the diplomatic front. >> 400 miles to beijing. it's basic wlae an underground railroad. he managed to get over a sense, escaped from house arrest and faked illness. >> when you describe an underground route this is more sophisticated than maybe we understand. >> the u.s. diplomatic and official intelligence understands how sophisticated. there was an incident where they threw one back. someone came to a consulate and he was an official involved in a big, more meaningful scandal of leadership. >> that was domestic politics.

why did we accept this one? >> he is too big and too important. >> this is the first time in 20 years where a human rights activist was inside the u.s. embassy for 13 months before a solution was negotiated. now, this is a very different time. back then china was on the defensive. we could harbor this and take a stand much more easily. now we are just on the eve of talks. hillary clinton leaves tonight for beijing. timothy geithner is going this week. >> they do this twice a year where clinton and geithner go and we meet here or there. >> this is a very big deal. they are talking about the economic relationship and markets and currency and big issues. plus clinton was going to be talking about iran. we need china to try to soften

the syria. iran and north korea that we are working on. >> what is the end game in. >> china backing down. we sent assistance secretary of the state sunday to begin trying to negotiate something. >> there is no chance we're handing it back? >> by the way, mitt romney, the romney campaign in a very unusual move on sunday morning issued the statement criticizing the administration for not protecting human rights activists in china at this delicate moment. many republicans were surprised. >> not the right time. >> not hardly. >> this is going to make for quite the busy day for you. >> and the heroism. the child and the wife we don't know what condition they are in. and other hunl recognizes activists have been rounded up. so the people who helped them escape have not been seen since.

>> you are going to be on top of it. we'll see you at 1:00. thank you. next in a still struggling economy the tiny state of delaware has a lot of jobs. the democratic governor shares those secrets next. how the tech giant found a legal way to take a billion dollar bite out of its taxes. delaware benefits from things like this domestically. and we'll tell you who might be auditioning for the role of mitt romney's vice president today. first a look at the president's schedule. a legislative conference today. you are watching "the daily rundown" on msnbc. sorry. sore knee. blast of cold feels nice. why don't you use bengay zero degrees? it's the one you store in the freezer. same medicated pain reliever used by physical therapists. that's chilly. [ male announcer ] new bengay zero degrees. freeze and move on.

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delaware, of course, is a state known for friendliness to corporations. more than half of the fortune 500 companies are in delaware. joining me now is the governor of delaware, a democrat from the first state as they call it. nice to see you this morning. >> good morning, chuck. >> i want to ask you about this. on one hand it's apples and orange s when it comes to corporate taxes overseas versus domestically here at home. delaware does something similar to what other countries do and that's to compete for companies to head quarter some of their operations in certain countries and they do it with the tax code. when you see a story about apple

and how much federal tax dollars they duck by incorporating overseas do you say you can't criticize because of what delaware does in the same thing in trying to compete for corporations to head quarter there for the same sort of tax breaks. >> companies choose to incorporate in delaware for three main reasons. our corporate law is the best understood. it goes back with judicial precedent. we have the best business court in the country. so when companies are deciding where to incorporate they want to know if they have to go to litigation that they can have access to this excellent court. finally we have a terrific division of corporations. i think if you talk to most ceos those would be the reasons they

choose to incorporate in delaware. >> let me ask you about what apple is doing. do you say apple is doing the wrong thing or you cannot criticize because of the way delaware competes for business tax money? >> well, again, the taxes are really not central to why companies choose to incorporate here. i think companies are taking advantage of different tax provisions in different countries i think that is something for us to take a look at. i wrote an article saying we have to be compared to compete with the tax system around the world when we see companies choosing to leave the u.s. and go elsewhere. they moved their head quarters from chicago to london in part they said because of tax reasons. i think we have to be prepared to look at that so we have more companies choosing to locate here both for incorporation and

placing real jobs here as we have with the factually opening today. >> do you think the president hasn't done enough and should be doing it to try to compete for some of this business? >> i think he has taken a good step forward a couple of months ago with his proposal and certainly with the jobs act that he just signed focused on making sure more go public. if you look at it over the last several years the number of ipos in the united states has plummeted and across the world has soared. so much of the job creation is tied to when a company goes public. we want to see more of that happening. >> why do you believe delaware, why is your unemployment rate below the national average? >> we have a lot more to go. we believe that we have the right template in this state, in delaware. republicans and democrats

working together. today we are celebrating the ground breaking for a company called bloom energy building their first factory outside of california. we are a small state. we have big ideas. >> do you think this company picked delaware because they thought thundershow thought your business climate was better. >> i'm not sure how much it had to do with taxes. when we speak to businesses they tell us they value great schools and a good workforce. they want to be in places with reasonable taxes for sure and a great quality of life so they can recruit the talent. they want a really, really responsive government that can help them walk through the regularatory maze. in the case of the factory today they are the first tenant at the university of delaware's new science and technology campus. they know they are going to have

access to great r and d and a tremendous yuworkforce. >> let me ask you a question with delaware fighting for years and that is the idea of sports gambling revenue and trying to do different things. are you still going to try to keep pushing this issue? is this fundamentally the future of state revenues is more gaming and more gambling and try to compete with nevada on this? >> first of all, gaming is one piece of it. lots of states are doing it. our vision is to make sure we have great schools. we did win race to the top a couple of years ago. the best way of building an economy is to have a great workforce across a range of industries. we are the only state east of the mississippi that can do any kinds of sports gaming.

during professional football season we have a lot of people gaming at our venues. it is not the way out of our economic woes. >> democrat from delaware. thanks for coming on this morning. >> thanks. what's in store this week from wall street? the big thing is the jobs report at the end of the week. plus a milestone moment at ground zero. just haed of the one year anniversary of the raid that killed osama bin laden. first today's trivia question. how many times have presidents been sworn in outside of washington d.c.? tweet me the answer at @chuck todd. on my journey across america, i found new ways to tell people about saving money.

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mitt romney returns to the granite state today. new hampshire senator was a strong presence for romney. this morning she will share a stage with the presumptive nominee. i think she is going to be one of the candidates truly vetted on the very, very shortest of lists. today pakistani officials condemn an attack that killed three militants. the attack increases tensions. pushed u.n. drones out of the military base last fall. great news this morning. one world trade center is reaching new heights. the downtown manhattan structure will reach 1,271 feet.

it is now taller than the empire state building's deck. on sunday the president's chief counter terrorism talked about the threats across the globe. >> we have taken off the battlefield the founding leader. the lone actor phenomenon is something we continue to be very mindful of and very vigilant about. >> by the way, massachusetts senator scott brad is getting major props for this half court shot on friday. former nba player and coach posted a letter saying scots has made pretty good playing on and off the court. you can't script it better than that for brown. he is going to be in a very tough reelection fight with elizabeth warren. we are minutes away from the opening bell.

time for the market run down. big earnings week on s&p and it is all about friday. >> all about friday and data this week. we are looking at the futures right now pointing to a lower open on wall street as a result of lower economic data. apple facing bad press in the new york times about using subsid arys. the stock rebounding last week after losing ground ahead of that earnings report. on friday it closed at $603 a share. now it is trading low. as investors are digesting this news. some analysts issuing targets north of $1000 a share. meantime we are watching shares of coke and pepsi this morning. beverage digest reporting that pepsi is close to announcing the

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when it comes to heated battles in texas politics and college football. a packed field of republicans. we are taking a deep dive into the texas race to replace retiring senator. the republican primary according to poles is being dominated by a couple. cruise appears to have momentum. he has latched on to a familiar dynamic trying to knock off the republican front runner. he is the favorite among tea partiers and has powerful forces behind him led by senator. he has unleashed several negative ads including this one attacking his time as a trial

lawyer and the case that involved the theft of entire blue prints. >> also warrior ted cruise. cruise is helping this chinese company put this american manufacturer out of business. his chinese clients stole american blue prints. with lawyer ted cruz's help the chinese keep counterfeiting. >> we have seen this pattern in primaries. cruz's campaign says the case is being blown out of proportion. he is trying to keep the focus on doohurst's record. >> what he has done is moved accounts around. rick perry said budgetary slights of hand reminded him of the character from pop eye, wimpy. i'll glad you pay you tuesday

for a hamburger today. >> it was delayed nearly three months because of a fight over congressional redistricting. he'll have to face the second place finisher that won't happen until july 21st. whoever gets the second place finish might be able to rally enough activists. the eight people running against lieutenant governor, only three have a shot of beating him. leopard has solid reviews. the other candidate is greg james who got into the race in december and still trying to see the attention of texting voters. >> i'm a citizen running for the united states senate. with 30 years of business background and experience of understanding risk and reward and understanding that the american spirit is what made

this country great. it's not politicians. it's not policy and documentation and gray areas. it is feeding the opportunity for people to do what they do best and that is provide for themselves. >> he was an all american at southern methodist university where he formed the pony express backfield. later he became a college football analyst for multiple networks. he is introducing his political record to texas voters and in this game he is a rookie going up against some powerful players. and right now he joins me. we had a technical issue in dallas but he has agreed to stay on the phone. thank you for doing that. my apologies for our technical mishap. >> the best i have looked for a phone interview. got my makeup on and good tie.

>> let me ask you about why you ran -- there were a lot of texas republicans who knew you were interested in getting into politics who said run for something else first. bh why did you ignore the advice? >> i had a lot of key people supporting me telling me to do it. they encourage me to make this run. that message has resonated for the last four months. people have grasped on to it and it is working for us. >> i have seen some reviews from tea party activists who say they wish they had gotten to know you sooner but decided to get behind mr. cruz in this race. what is the difference? you guys are fighting for pres

release showing the momentum we have. two weeks ago the debate, the one and only statewide televised debate was great for us. since that night there have been tons who have come to our team now that they have heard about ted. now that they are hearing me and seeing me and understanding what i offer the big difference is that in the senate chamber the majority are lawyers. we don't need another lawyer in the senate chamber. and the unique resume and experiences i have had in my life as a business person and various other fields gives me what we need for this country. >> it's interesting watching. do you feel like your primary opponent is mr. cruz? >> absolutely. no question. i think we are all trying to get in second place. whoever comes in second will be the next senator. >> i was surprised to see this

controversy involving yoir son and the texas tech program. i was surprised to see that you are talking about it in tv ads, if you will. i assume -- i'm a big college football fan from the state of florida. college football and high school football very important in the state of florida. at texas more so. do you think this dust ups in t republican primary? >> there was a guy on radio we were doing an interview and his caller says in west texas we love our football and our good coaches. he said but we also love our children. and i know that at the end of the day we stood beside our son against a bully. it's not texas tech. it was mike leech. you can't do what he did to a human being twice. when our son asked us to stand with him we stood with him. it's not as big an issue as you

might think. >> you are using it a little bit in your campaign. is this because it is coming up or you feel it's a way to tell the story of kraig james? >> of who i am. you talk about being tested by fire. i want to address it. i have nothing to be ashamed of. when you talk about going to washington d.c. you have to have a proven back bone. i stood against evil. right is right. wrong is wrong. it is going to take a lot of courage to get done what we have to get done in washington. >> evil is a strong word. are you to what coach did? >> absolutely. in this country you can't order twice, put away, locked a human being. it's not alleged. it happened. >> i have to leave it there. i owe you an on-camera interview. stay safe on the campaign trail.

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washington delivered the first inaugural address in 1789. just because you got the president once you stopped being the center of the political university. the election team is touting key moments in a new video putting an emphasis on the capturing and killing of al qaeda's top leader. >> he persevered here at home and as commander and chief. >> another huge victory on the war on terror. >> and then there was the victory no one saw coming. >> nbc news special report. >> cnn breaking news. >> tonight i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. >> meanwhile the senior romney campaign staffers are doubling down singing a tune familiar to

anyone following a nominee. >> incumbent presidents don't get to run on vision. he had that opportunity 3 1/2 years ago. >> when people see that there is a record there and that president obama has to defend that record those are facts. >> let's bring in the panel. susan paige, dan that you saw there and chicago tribun columnist. >> let's figure out the law firm order name. it's foreign policy week. it's going to be whether the romney campaign wants it or not because of the bin laden anniversary. are you surprised by the aggressive nature that the romney surrogates are going after the president saying he is

politicizing too much? >> i think that given the nature with which the obama campaign has put this out front and center and the degree to which they are making it a hall mark of what he has done in a political way i'm not surprised tla trying to push back on it. >> you have been covering politics a long time. republicans being aggressive on this it happens a lot. it always is amazing to me when democrats try and do it they are usually awkward at it. but republicans seem to be over reacting to what the president is doing here? >> a couple of things have happened. first of all the biggest surprise of the obama administration has been his foreign policy. there are so many neo conservatives who find very little to criticize. there are people on the left who are more angry with his policy with unmanned drones, etc. that's number one.

number two, last week the obama campaign implied that mitt romney had been president osama bin laden would be alive and general motors would be dead. there is reflection reaction on that score, as well. the election may not turn on it but in these early days this is a point of argument. >> there is a lot of arguments that 2012 will be a lot like 2004. we have a massachusetts person as the challenger. there you had a challenger who was always trying to change the conversation away from national security to the economy. this time you have a challenger who says ignore national security and stay focused on the economy. >> unlike many democratic candidates president obama is pretty inoculated. now we see mitt romney trying to make the case on iran and policy there is very difficult. the fact is the election is going to be about the economy.

it's good for a president obama. tell me what happens with unplamt rates friday. that is one of my biggest was that they essentially conceded this debate going on about who is the more likeable. >> president will be most likeable, we lose that. >> this election is not won on le li likeability. >> nixon '68. >> they want to go straight back to the economy. >> and another thing, you brought up detroit. it's interesting two things. they want to put michigan in play and they're saying the president took mitt romney's advice. >> they're turning the thing around because mitt romney did not say let them go bankruptcy

in the sense of let them eat cake or drop dead. he was saying in terms of a managed resorgs. which is essentially what obama can did and what detroit did in response. so detroit is spinning this around to a more positive view. >> and when you look at the map, the fact is they need to put more states in play. they cannot afford to have the industrial midwest not as in play as it looks. >> and that's because they're becoming more democratic. they need some state that has traditionally gone democratic like michigan or pennsylvania to be in play, on come to their site, to get to the electoral votes they need. >> all right. stick around. trivia time. how many times have presidents been sworn in outside of washington, d.c.? the answer is seven. two in new york city, two in philadelphia and one in buffalo.

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let's bring back the panel. it is -- we talk about different themes of the campaign. we also have going to have different weeks of boone lets for vps and mitt romney days. how much does the palin cloud hurt a kelly ayotte in the sweepstakes? >> it i think it makes it more difficult to reach outside the normal group to get somebody who is not particularly well-known and who is brand new in the senate. >> but there's so much about her biography if i. she was a state attorney general. a grant position there. first appointed by a republican. reappointed by a democrat.

it hurts maybe that she's from the northeast. >> and she's a woman. i don't know if you noticed that. but sarah palin hrubio hurts pa. >> you think the shorten you're in politics. >> and the unknown. not nationally vetted. i think sarah palin has made it much harder. >> i got a theory that says condi rice is the only one that doesn't get sort of hurt by the whole idea. >> it's just good right. i don't think she has that fire in the belly as far as running for office. but at least whoever is vetted now that's more than sarah palin got. >> shameless plug time. dan, you go first. they're on the same page. so you go first. >> robert draper's new book, do not ask what good we do, which

is a wonderful look at the house republicans. >> and stay on the theme of congress. go ahead. you did not plan withis. >> we did not. >> you promote thomas mann. >> the book is about the great divide in congress. they're doing a great job. worth checking out. >> however bad you think it is in washington, they argue it's worse. >> all right. that's today's daily rundown. i apologize for being late. coming up next, chris jansing. good monday to you. i'm meteorologist bill karins. traveling today late this afternoon, airport delays possible oklahoma amarillo, wichita. in the ohio valley from louisville to indianapolis, st. louis, cleveland and pittsburgh also with a chance of strong

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