business record a center piece of his campaign. he has talked about himself as a job creator and therefore it is reasonable and i encourage it for the obama campaign to examine that record and to discuss it. i have no problem with that. >> nbc news political director chuck todd said booker is backtracking there was the result of official parts of the democratic party and people that booker decided he could not make angry. let me bring in our "news nation" political panel. the radio talk show host michael smerconish. jimmy williams and form he media adviser, thank you both for your time. let me play what david axelrod said less than an hour ago to andrea mitchell. >> i love cory booker. he is a great mayor. if my house was on fire, i would hope he is my next door neighbor. in this particular instance, he was just wrong. >> let me start with you. i know you were red hot on this one. >> look, i think the climate is nauseating.

i think cory booker is correct in saying so. but he is also right in that if mitt romney will run on his record as creating a jobs in the private sector by virtue of bain capital, it is relevant to talk about what their business model is. this would be the equivalent of saying you can't talk about barack obama as an illinois leger, as a member of the senate or as a president in re-election. frankly, what else can you talk about? >> was he backtracking from his stance on "meet the press"? chuck todd pointed out his body language, everything, when he used the words nauseating. you see him a little later behind his desk. he look like a different guy. a guy who may have been beaten up. >> no doubt. i would have loved to have been a fly on the wall to see who called him, who e-mailed him. he was, although as first read pointed out. if you listen to the four minutes that he recorded, as compared to the 35 seconds that was tweeted, he really never backs off from his observation that the climate is one that needs to be reined in. on that i agree with him. >> is there a distinction?

the climate versus what many are calling his attack on the obama campaign's attack, if we can keep one the attacks? >> right, right. i don't think there's anybody many america that doesn't think the political climate stinks on both sides of the aisle. the problem is in the white house, correct to point out, you cannot compare bain capital and private equity to the jeremiah wright stuff. i agree with that. you can be also at the same time say private equity is bad. private equity is not always bad. my biggest problem with this entire blow-up, this entire scenario is this. mitt romney says one thing but does something exactly the opposite. he has a credibility problem over and over and over again. he says he created jobs. he is running on that and that is not the case. that is absolutely untrue. so if that's the case, go after him on his credibility. go after him on whether he did or didn't create jobs. for god's sakes, stop going after business people. >> who is going after business

people? >> apparently cory booker thought so. which version of cory booker? he later came back -- >> a, not b. >> clearly there's a very big difference between those. two. >> let me bring you in on this. eric was defending the romney camp and he said these attacks are so old, they have cobwebs on them. we know it was an effective tool for newt gingrich. we brought that up time and time again. there seems to be a little fear factor even though they try to dismiss it as old with cobwebs which is a visual i don't need. >> i don't think it was an effective attack. gingrich used it against romney and so did rick perry and look where they ended up. the problem i think is that it is a very fine line. when team obama goes after bain capital, they go after private equity and that can translate into going after our capitalist, going after capitalism. so if you're going to attack

private equity, which does in fact bring in money to help make unhealthy companies healthy, then you cross the line into a problematic area. >> tell me the example, specifically, where you believe this administration has attacked private equity. david axelrod was on earlier and talked about the administration and in the wall street relationship. where is this line of attacks specifically on private equity? when i hear them, they're talking about mitt romney, bain capital, mitt romney saying he created 100,000 jobs and calling him on that record when he was head of the company and after he had left. how is that now umbrellaed to private equity? what is the example you're referring to here? >> because attempt robb, they have several commercials out, or a couple. they're specific private equity deals that were in those cases, not successful. when you look at the entire romney record or the bain record, you have people like cory booker, democrats, saying

it was very successful. so when they're particular deals out of bain, they are attacking the private equity approach. if you say, well, this didn't work and that didn't work, it is a pretty broad indictment. >> why couldn't it be seen as they're mitt romney's claim that he created 100,000 jobs. not every private equity firm is saying they've created jobs. he is saying he did. how is that an umbrella attack? let me put it this way. what is in a fair question mark to ask mitt romney regarding his history at bain? >> well, they're saying a lot more than it was just an attack on the jobs that he created. they're taking specific deals and pointing them out and saying these deals didn't work and therefore people will make the assumption that there is a broader attack. i'm saying strategically, i think they're walking a very fine line. i think a lot of centrist democrats will say wait a minute. you're talking about it is not just the jobs they did or didn't

create. >> i want to play a little clip from morning joe to lighten the mood a little bit. they actually brought in a little fun at cory booker's expense referring to the second video as a hostage video saying they needed proof of life. >> that is a hostage video. >> that is the definition of a hostage video. >> does the fbi field office know that they've got those guys loose in newark? >> there you have it. cory booker's video -- they even chopped off the top. he did not have any head room. with that said does this have a larger impact? we already know the rnc put up a web video using cory booker's words against the re-election team. will this hurt cory booker now? >> the guy is so good on his feet. i think that's part of the drive of this story is that he is one of the last that you would expect to have made this kind of a gaffe. and it was a gaffe because the

timing was just when version two came online of a commercial being run by the obama campaign against yet another of the firms that was acquired by bain capital. the timing was disastrous for them. i think mark makes an effective point that it might not be effective in some quarters but it is entirely fair game. i made the same observation last week about reverend wright. i think it is fair game but it might not be politically wise to bring it up. >> i want jimmy back in the conversation as well. our first read points out, in boston, washington, d.c., new york, this so-called bain attack may not work. when you look at, they put up a map. pea or yark illinois, toledo, ohio, green bay, wisconsin. i lived in the midwest. i know these places. this message regarding bain and mitt romney's record will stick perhaps in those places. the industrial midwest who know people who have lost their jobs because of downsizing where it may not play with you fellows up

and down the east coast. mark? >> yes. and it might work. and it might work specifically but i think as an overall strategy, they have to be very careful that in the overall narrative of this approach, that it doesn't come across ultimately as an attack on a sort of broader capitalistic approach that keeps the economy thriving. and romney should welcome the debate and say listen, let's talk about the overall record of bain capital. when you look at the overall capital, it is a pretty good story. >> he's not done that. >> now wait until we get to the debates. >> we need to wait that long -- >> no, no. i think the obama campaign will roll these ads out over and over. >> david axelrod said they will continue. no sign in off from these bain attacks. >> i totally understand where they're coming from. when you get barack obama and mitt romney up on a stage together, the two of them. mano on mano. that will crystallize. i don't think there's anybody that doesn't think that the

debates will determine this close collection. how it will come out. this will be front and center. >> your vote is cory booker still an effective surrogate after there? >> thank you both, gentlemen. it's always great to have you on. thank you. i love you all the same. i should not have just singled out mark but we have our texas roots. we have to keep it together. thank you all. now to some developing news from the nato summit in chicago, new protests today. they are much smaller than we witnessed over the weekend. these demonstrators gathered outside boeing headquarters in downtown, chicago. as president obama and other nato leaders met, not very far away, the president and the other leaders are discussing winding down the war in afghanistan. the summit will conclude with the president holding a news conference at 4:30 eastern time. we'll bring that to you live right here on msnbc. meantime, nbc's john yang joins us live. the protest not the lead story. it is about afghanistan. >> that's exactly right. the nato summit issued their declaration of the chicago

summit. committing themselves to wind down the military involvement in afghanistan by mid 2013. the middle of next year with the idea of allowing at that point, putting the afghan troops in the front. letting them take the lead. letting the nato troops focus on supporting them. on assisting them and on training them with the goal of having a complete withdrawal of nato military forces by the end of 2014. and be just in the united states, as there's a lot of war weariness but a lot of the other nato countries. france, germany, great britain, a lot of these leaders for political reasons at home want to show that there is an end in sight to the afghan war. the declaration that is coming out of this summit today will certainly point that way, tamron. >> all right. john yang for us in chicago. 4:30 eastern time, the president will hold that news conference. we'll bring it to you live.

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we have not seen such a divisive figure in american history as we have over the last few years. because he cannot win on his record, the president has decided that he must divide us in order to win. >> and of course, florida senator marco rubio going after president obama. marco rubio is said to be on the short list of candidates for mitt romney. meanwhile, mitt romney is scheduled to speak at the latino coalition's annual summit wednesday. rnc chairman reince priebus said his party is winning over more latino voters. >> i think we've had great successes when it has come to hispanic communities. you look at rubio, brian sandoval. i think the governor of puerto rico. not just messengers. as party chairman, it is our job as well to get into the communities, to do our social victory senators, to do our

campaign headquarters. >> and joining me now on the phone, go to latino executive, also a contributor. and a.b. stoddard for the hill newspaper. thank you both. i know we wanted to have you on camera. let me start with a.b. on this. what is the republican party pointing to to back the statement that they're great successes there? >> they're not. they're not making great strides with moving the latino vote. they have elected some very impressive latino politicians and he named them. but they are having trouble, as you see in the polls, with galvanizing the latino voting community. mitt romney is woefully behind president obama, sometimes 40 and 50 points in some polls. and there was going to be talk that senator rubio would produce his own version of the dream act, that possibly mitt romney would take a look at. they don't have a bill yet.

they're talking to a lot of people. here we are about to be in june and the republican party is very worried about mitt romney's prospects with latino voters. he has expressed this in private meetings that he is very worried about it. but we have yet to see something materialize that would really begin an outreach to those voters. >> so a.b., the statement by chairman priebus. is that wishful thinking then? he does to your point name lawmakers who have impressive records but he goes on to say it is not about just about elected officials. it is about the vote. is it wishful thinking then? >> chairman priebus, they're probably behind the scenes to get out the vote. they're probably doing things we don't know about. what we know is that as many people have discussed even today, that in arizona, it is a perfect example. this is a state that president obama wants to turn in his column. he is going to be competitive there just because of the immigration law that was passed in arizona. there is so much energy on the

ground, grassroots energy. and they are registering new latino voters there hand over fist. sometimes 300%, 500% in different precincts and that is a challenge for the republican party and they know that. if arizona is in contention, there will be a problem in october. >> let me ask you about this. are you seeing any signs that the republican party is making some inroads as we move forward? >> i think short of the -- the rnc recently hired someone doing outreach on behalf of the republican party. but a.b. is right. last week mitt romney basically said the states that were contested and he thought that were viable for him to win and they included north carolina, ohio, florida, and north carolina and virginia. and tamron, all of these five states have a booming latino population that was not present prior to 2008 and that's a lot

to do with the census that came out in 2010 and the redistricting coming out as a result. even the states he feels are a battleground where he can win, he has to go back and woo the latino voter. in virginia, as an example, they're 4% of the population. but in a place you're talking about margins in victory, that's where it will be. it will be toe to toe and the fact that he has had a very difficult time explaining his positions to the latino communicate is more wishful thinking on the rnc, but also to change the narrative so he become more palatable to potential latino voters. >> let me ask you, senator marco rubio, very strong words calling the president the most divisive we've seen. when you look at the list of susanna march teenes, as well as point out, does that help at all perhaps entice some latino voters who may fall into the category of independent vote here's say, listen, when i look at these names that the republican party can list for me, as long as it from my

community who may relate to apply background depending, obviously, on their family heritage, that there may be a future in the republican party. or does that not fly? >> this is the thing. susanne a martinez is a perfect example. she is a harsh critic and she polarized new mexico, where she got very little of the latino vote. when you look at marco rubio, he did overwhelmingly within the cuban floridian communicate. when you start looking at the rest of the vote, of the central americans, latin americans, he received less than 38%. so when you start looking at him as a national figure across the board, he is not going -- he is going to have a very hard time convincing them. it takes more than discerning. we want at the end someone compassionate about the issues. is comfortable talking about the issues facing the communicate from immigration to the economy and education. and the two folks have been very little to make the inroads

within the latino community. something else to keep in mind. while we are following this day to day because we are in washington. we live and breathe it. most latinos aren't going to have that name recognition from marco rubio or martinez. that's one of the things that mitt romney is starting to realize. he doesn't really have brand recognition in the latino communicate let alone some of the surrogates. >> greatly appreciate you both coming on. thank you. the naacp says its decision to support same sex marriage has nothing to do with president obama but is the historic civil rights organization giving the president some cover from some black religious leaders who are still unhappy with the decision? plus -- >> hello, texas. this is governor sarah palin. >> sarah palin records a robocall for a texas senate candidate. but there's a problem. the call reportedly went out to people in another state. not texas. it is just one of the things we thought you should know.

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a pretty eventful three weeks. we're not in back. we're ahead to see how this all factors into the discussion. let's bring in nbc news senior editor. the past does matter and this will give as you snap shot and a glimpse into where we are now. >> that's right. it is important to know what has transpired in the last three weeks and has been very, very eventful. you had president obama's gay marriage announcement where he came out in support of gay marriage. you had his afghanistan announcement. we had the april jobs numbers that were pretty tepid. you ended up having the kickoff to the president's re-election campaign. so a lot of stuff and our polls will be able to capture a lot of this. it is kind of important. this poll will come out when americans are starting to get ready to go away for the memorial day weekend. we're kind of starting to turn to the summer. of course as we know in presidential elections, the fall is always the sprint. that will give as you good snap shot and when things are in this

presidential contest. >> it is interesting to note in this world we live in, 24-hour cable news. people able to go on twitter. it does seem like what would be a major milestone and was a major milestone, the death of osama bin laden. you know, when the next week is an historic statement by the president in support of same sex marriage, it goes so fast for the voter to process even. >> it does. so given all those things, all the viewers out there. i would say our nbc "wall street journal" poll is always referred to as the gold standard. incredibly stable. a lot of good information out there. and so it gives a very, very good barometer. one thing that is important. there are so many polls out there. and you don't really try to interpret what's going on but i will say, there has been a lot of instability out there given all different events right before we head into the summer. >> absolutely. and i don't want to put you in a situation where we're comparing or contrasting at all but "the new york times" poll showed mitt

romney ahead but the president having large favorability number. it is not to compare but it is to your point of being able to process this information. especially when vaebs move so quickly. >> politics is always important to remember that things go up and down. like the dow jones industrial average. what's important to realize what the forest looks like rather than the individual trees. how do people feel about the economy, how do people feel about president obama, about mitt romney about, their overarching messages and strategies. that gives you an idea of what's going on. foel numbers go up and they go down and the most important thing is the overall big story which is during. and tamron, we have less than six months to go before that november 6, 2012 presidential election. >> i will not put you on the spot because i know the information is highly protected at this point. it sure would be nice if you told us one of the questions that you asked. i won't ask you to do that. >> you have me back tomorrow.

we might be able to reveal a number or two before the big release at 6:30 tomorrow night. >> all righty. i'll keep you to that promise. we'll have you on tomorrow. the naacp is speaking out about its decision to support same sex marriage. at a news conference today, the naacp president said the group has a history of fighting against laws that ban same sex marriages. the naacp also tweeted that he said the plan for the naacp resolution was to, quote, get ahead of a tidal wave of attempts to encode discrimination across the country. joining me now, the syndicated columnist, earl, great pleasure having you on. some who wonder if the naacp did come out in an attempt to perhaps give the president some cover from a loe of african-american ministers who were at their churches since the announcement, being critical of the president for coming out in support of same sex marriage.

>> that's true. on the other hand there have been ministers like the reverend joel lowry who have said we do support the president's position and we do support the naacp. at the end day of the, the naacp didn't have a lot of choice. this is nation's oldest civil rights organization. it goes down a century. if you're going to be consistent in terms of the battle against discrimination, you cannot draw lines. you cannot build fences and say we'll oppose this discrimination and we're going to support that. what ben jealous said and i believe he got it right. civil marriage is a civil right. not just a civil union but a civil right. so i think at the end of the day, it was two things that came together. one, i think the moral imperative about this organization, given its history, against all discrimination and then the second thing is, we can't discount that. the fact that the president set an agenda basically, the president set the way. when he came out and said i support and endorse gay marriage and i think the naacp said okay.

that's our signal to run with this. >> we know that there some some who hoped this would be a wedge issue who hoped for it. there have been people who may have been even possibly recruited to kind of send out this message in hope of making a wedge issue. we know in black churches especially, the naacp means something. so does this help at all? and we don't have the polling numbe numbers. we don't know how many black preachers support the president. does this give the president cover from some of those mega churches who have come out hard? >> and it could. that's always a risk and i'm sure the president when he did speak out. these were the things that were taken into consideration. even though you're talking about in this case with the president doing the right thing. there is always a political

consequence for everything. there is no such thing as a personal opinion. it always has political consequences when you're the president. i think at the end of the day when it come down to this issue. yes, it has been used as a wedge issue in the past. no doubt about that. can it be used? will it be used? this time, tamron, i think as you're suggesting perhaps with a few black faces to give it a little push. that's always a possibility. but i think overall, on election day, people are still going to look not at what the president said about gay marriage. even if you're an evangelical. they're going to say mr. president, what are you going to do about health care? what are you going to do about jobs and the economy. i think that will be the overriding issue. >> another point, the naacp did join the fight over proposition 8 in california. the local naacp chapters fought against recently passed same sex marriage and civil union ban in north carolina. and the local naacp chapter supported legalization of same sex marriage in maryland. so there is certainly a track record for those who believe this was all about politics and perhaps cover. thank you so much.

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ordered dharun ravi to serve a jail term. he must go through alternative lifestyle counseling as well as pay a cyber bullying fine of almost $12,000. he was found guilty of using a webcam to spy on a private encounter between his roommate tyler clemi and another person. clementi later committed suicide. >> the intimacy they shared was consensual and no one's business. tyler clementi did nothing wrong other than mistakenly trusting his roommate to respect his privacy. >> before he was sentenced, ravi's mother begged the court for mercy saying both the incident and the trial restored his life. >> dharun's dreams are shattered and he has been living in hell for the past 20 months. it is hard for me to say but my son is sitting here physically

alive in front of everyone's eyes. what i'm trying to say he knows that i love him. >> clemi's parents say ravi who originally faced up to ten years in prison and possible deportation has shown absolutely no remorse for what he did. ravi was originally offered a plea deal but rejected it. the prosecutors say they plan to appeal today's 30-day sentence. developing now, the price of facebook shares sinking today. with some investors losing up to 25% from friday. the stock, a low of $33 so far today after closing at $38 friday. take a look at the front page of the "huffington post." it said, faceplant. stock plummets. joining me, zachary karabell from the daily beast. you've got more jobs than mark zuckerberg which his job today is to figure out what's going on. >> but my net worth is

considerably less. >> what's happening today? >> i think it is important to put this in the larger contest. the fact that a company that basically did not exist seven or eight years ago is now worth $75 billion as opposed to $100 that it was worth at its height, i find that difficult to judge that a failure. so while it may be true the ipo was overpriced, overhyped, excessively laden with expectations that it would go up 20, 30%, you still have a company that created a vision that became an actuality that nearly a billion people are using that has a market cap larger than most companies ever will. >> that's not the heart of what people are asking. all of those things are true but -- >> it is not the heart of what people are asking. i'm trying to point out that it should be the heart of what we're asking. there are very few bright spots in the american economy today. x the innovation that silicon valley and some others have. this was probably overpriced. if you read two months ago about what the valuization should be, it is much closer to what it is trading at today than what it

opened at on friday. the mistake on much more on wall street's part, how it valued the company of how invest many bankers tried to get the most money as quickly as possible than it is in my mine an indictment of facebook's business. >> there are some in one of your cnbc's colleagues was actually on nightly news and it is left for to us see if this is a google or a pets.com. we know what happens when bubbles burst. it is never good for anyone. >> and we don't know. facebook is trading at a ridiculous valuation compared to other companies. the expectations are it has to justify by growing 50% for the next ten years and we don't know whether it will be a boom or a bust. you never know that with a new company and facebook is no different than 100 other company go that public. you go, look, i have faith they'll do well. i don't know if they'll do well. >> is there a concern about the hyping of wall street? you have had people sounding the alarm saying this company is not worth this. you had gm for example pulling out its ads saying there is no

proof that people on facebook who are going in to check on how fat your friends are getting is not necessarily turning into someone willing to purchase. >> this is another conversation. you could criticize gm for spending a lot of its ad budget online. how many people click online to look at a car because they think it is cool versus click online to buy a car online. this is an untested series of models. and i think wall street overhyped it but i don't think this is a facebook problem. the other topic, house speaker john boehner was asked about the co-founder of facebook moving to singapore to avoid paying taxes. let me play it. okay. we don't have it. >> to be fair on this, boehner certainly jumped on the band wag often he is one of the co-founders who said he would mover away. this is introduced by chuck schumer, the democrats. this is a high partisan about an american entrepreneur renouncing his citizenship in order to avoid taxes. while look it is fair game to criticize someone for doing

this, for being venal, the other part is he will be barred from ever entering the united states strikes me more as childish than policy instrumental. we do live in a free country. part of living in a free country is people can get up and leave as opposed to what we saw with the chinese activist the other day. so this is cheap political points. >> rush limbaugh came out in support of saverin giving up his citizenship to avoid tax. . >> you have to would not when his only ally -- i'm not saying this is a good thing and i'm not defending it. i'm surprised the republicans aren't saying, you see, this is the consequences of high taxes and it will drive cap away. i would have thought given the republican ideology, that that would have been the bandwagon. i'm just saying of all things to make of an issue in our current political climb, this to me is not a constructive use of legislative time. i'm not defending his expatriation and not paying taxes. >> i'm going to get a call from rush limbaugh saying good one.

the focus of today's "news nation" gut checking is the red hot topic of cory booker. his criticism of president obama's attacks on bain capital. romney's background with bain capital. so do you think booker undermined team obama's strategy of going after mitt romney? making him explain his words that he created jobs while the head of bain capital? you can join our conversation. "news nation" on facebook. we're on facebook at facebook.com/"news nation." [ male announcer ] it starts small. it's trident gum. you open it up. pop it in. and all of a sudden, things are happening. it's like this smile for your brain that starts in your mouth. it tickles up your spine and punches you in the face. a good kind of punch. one that lights the fuse that starts the day you didn't see coming. ♪ you follow that feeling and every chew takes you somewhere new. so yeah, maybe it's more than just a little piece of gum.

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of course you can join the "news nation." and time now for our gut check. as we mentioned earlier, the obama campaign hitting back against comments made by one of its surrogates. new jersey mayor cory booker. here's what mayor booker said on "meet the press" when asked about the campaign's attacks on

romney's records on bain capital. >> say from a very personal level. i'm not about to sit here and indict private equity. we're getting to a ridiculous point in america. if you look at the totality of bain capital's record, they've done a lot to support businesses, to grow businesses. this kind of enough is nauseating to me on both sides. it is nauseating to the american public. enough is enough. >> hours later, the mayor started to clarify his position. regarding what he meant on "meet the press". >> let me be clear. mitt romney has made his business record a center piece of his campaign. he has talked about himself as a job creator and therefore it is reasonable and in fact i encourage it for the obama campaign to examine that record and to discuss it. i have no problem with that. >> mayor booker may have tried to clarify the remarks but it has not stopped many people from having their thoughts about it.

in fact, david axelrod was on an hour ago. >> i love cory booker. he is a great mayor. if my house were on fire i would hope he were my neighbor. in this inassistance he was just wrong will. >> mr. booker's remarks made for a little morning fodder. check out this clip from "morning joe" today. >> that is a hostage video will. >> that is the definition of a hostage video. can we see that one more time? >> does the fbi field office know that they've got the guys loose in newark? >> like they were referring to that web video made by cory booker later in the day. did cory booker's criticism undermine team obama's bain strategy? what does your gut check tell you? go to facebook.com/newsnation. we asked is facebook really a 104 billion company? only 13% of you said yes. 87% said no. okay. facebook is not a $104 billion

company right now. the shares are falling almost 10%. shares are now about $3.50 below the price of $38. that does it for this edition of "news nation." thank you so much for joining us. the results of that brand new nbc news "wall street journal" poll. a lot of you already tweeted us about the poll. mark murray will hopefully join us live. martin bashir is up next. with the spark cash card from capital one, olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit card!

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good afternoon, it's monday, may the 21st. here's what's happening. >> welcome to chicago. >> was romney good at making money for himself and his partners? yes. >> look he the totality of bain capital's record. they've done a lot to support businesses, to grow businesses. >> bain, mitt romney, they did not care about us as workers. they were at the mighty dollar. >> in fact i believe that mitt romney in many ways is not being

completely honest. >> romney is known as a job destroyer. >> bain capital. >> bain. >> bain. >> bain capital. >> bain. >> bain. >> bain capital. ♪ how you like me now >> not to prove your methods. >> yeah? well, you're not from chicago. >> we begin with the bain in the you know what and the obama campaign's latest assault on mitt romney's capital achievements in private equity. today's video goes straight to america's heartland. the town of marian, indiana. for the company acquired by bain in 1992 that went bankrupt eight years later.