romney and he has touted the anniversary of osama bin laden's death. republicans say the fht agnsteormhodn'te a potil ise. > tsiinhe rs s ceasaturday'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 adaring raid. alweek aintration

ofcis veee dng inrvws edo the aivsa. opatn guhheaseth pridthe erli 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 fa. erye telywahi atscee i nsten ts cte igs t r vi se 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. >>ou can see ban's full teie tsednesdight at ckceer ooocc stio cutyease tretial >>wh athla 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 potical attk. >> rbertibbs stbk. lkonhit o t is miy. 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 tom of cntuytery >>eisi 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 an i have spent t lt thre 1 yrs cangup t mss te oer inc t 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

th's rogzae. i knowom op re kow eplins yomit mrio se. idso pof n 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 imes of crar cntriinso br. ouak hlyodo a

ti 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 on hha o. haa sb. a tughe ese idt ar hieochimo the joke was

as an attempt to talk about shamus. the president showed this paody 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 nscathed. headliner rattled off a sl of jos, mny owhh lampne thesen >>he ia rmor gs pridt am 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 theay, he is ind. e cident ishrteng nredeju a seetyilry cntiset e thre whetr ta 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 iident whe tey thre o ba. soonca t cnsatnd wn oal ioledin a bng >> 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 efensive. could hbor thi a te a std chorsy.

w reu tevof tas. deal.cininhi 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 sunyto begin trying to negotte soetng >>here i n can we' ndgit ba? >>yhewa mttomy, t mn cmpgnn 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. ne ia ilstggng eno t tyteof elarhaa l obs. them bite out of its taxes. delaware benefits from things

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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. fal whave a terfic dision ofcorpotions. tnkf y tlk o cs theoube teans ty hoeoinrpa de. lbo 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 seer hey med their hea arrs omhicago ldonar thaecse o t ass. tnke he ere os 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 theumber of ipos t utestes has plmed d acos e r asard. souofheob eaon ti wengo 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 tey hohthuer thghyo bins ime s tt. i n se h mch ad

d whtas. wh w sak y w 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 andthat is edea ofpots amin ren arygto doiert in. ayo sll i ttr t ke p ts t gaming

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l iby y 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 p this american nufacter tf bune. hichineslntste awrdhedoohurst'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 edtricting. helaofa t co e nierwot hpe people running agt

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 experien of understanding risk and rard and understanding that the american spirits wat de is country great. it's not politicians. 's notolicy d cumentioangre. it eint oortuni reole t dwh teydo bt dhasrode f els. ri uversity 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. thanyo r ing tt. my aploes rur thnal sh. phinrvw.o f a 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 graspedn to it and its workior us. i hve enomrier tepaytis oayh oncio gn kw y r. going to have a press 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 ed another lawyer in the senate chaer dhe uqu su a eernc i vean fes auses prsnd vaouotiesgise n 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 me so. y thinkhis dust u has hu you at l ihe puic riry

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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 vice. >> they're turning the ing arouecse mt mn d t y t emobarucy esee lh ca o the fact is they need to put more states in play. they cannot afford to have the industrial midwest not as in

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