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ugh times. >> w, rney poued o ts line sayg beg a od mmunators noenou, sayi, que, beiresint isot autellisties. beingresint is abo leading. so who is to blame for the sluggish economy? former president bill clinton weighed in wh his own taken hiexclive tervw wi sannah gutie on "tod." >> i'm not surothides wan th enomyo get beer. i ow the president does, but i know senator mcconnell said his number one priority was winning the election. >> it sounds leou're sing theepubcans a bical otinfor e enomyo fa. >> didtayth, sator connl did. setor monne sd h mberne gl wot t get thecony gogagait wa defeat the president. i hope they're not rooting for it to fail. >> nbc senr polical edir ma mury isherend h joinme no rk, at aamazg d yeerda it rllyelt le thefficl fit caon kickf,f yo

willfor is eltion. ot o moving parts, though. when it comes to back obama admitting that he might not have be a good communicator and mi romy hitng bac on at, o ca win tha war? >> tse a allealltoug quesons d it w urnasts ke t a th. what you bgest regret? when you have no regrets at all, you think you're perfect. what president obama basically did was acknowled i tnkhe ortcingsis suprterhave acknledg, analso his rea retractors when it comes to communication. they weren't able to sell the health care law, they weren't able to sell what the stimulus was doing. one of the bigst things about the stimulus was the oma admistraon sd th was actulyoing treat bs, asppos to tcono ttin o o a dth spir, thellowhatoount about how many jobs were allowed by the stimulus. he was pretty much acknowledging what a lot of people say, that they've had some communication errs.

>> bigews yesrdayas aut mittromn's te a bai capil. wh dide auall sp nagi fun ther the bosn gbead rort thersaying that mitt romney was listed on the sec filings after 1999 when he said he had lked away, and tn foune magane sd hhadothi to whhoseain fun aer 1999 twoeputle ns rorti soces rortiery ffert thgs, giving fodder to those campaigns. it seems if this question is up in the air can onlye positive for obama. >> that's right. eomne camignasn th fense al da ey we fhtinack riou ly. lookt th in cple ffert ys. wa mit romney actually controlling the investments, managing the day to day stuff, when he left to join the olympics, run the olympics? the swer isno, thaeasn' dointhis te o sfftall. bu whe y loo a t bader see ofain anditt roey, it'seall hd to sarat the two,nd ioes to sho you atitt romney was still on

these sec filings after 1999, th he was ctinuing to get money from bain capil, s wn you okt bnapit ihe rge ew o thgs, it's real hartoepare t two and y th isuch triy issu and a tcky iueor t romney campaign. >> beefsteaks now moving forward a little me. thromn camign ntut a fu-raing mpai,nd one lucky supporter will get a chance to meet mitt and his runninmate ey h the bakin ns tt condeezaice s the nber e rson ve spono fks tha rute at aittlt, bute sm to b getngloser re. wareet clor because he has to do it before the republican convention, but the fundraiser struck me ts y. it doe'teem likt'somin next wk.

ifhey idhey re hding coest eryweek thewoul ha to stohat preyuick if rneyasolli it o tuday or wednesday. if condoleeza rice is the pick, i do have some ocearont propty iebraa to sel u. >> i sd yesrday to amic i ll wk fro wasngton t new york if that's the pick. in 2008, barack obama became the first democratic presidentl caidat sin lbj toar f d domion. heould los floda andhio bu stiin a eleion term. the state's electoral votes are in his column. in this hour, the president kicks off two days of mpaiing the omini. nbs me vica joi u fm thehite house. vic, how we doing?

question to you. president obama, what's going to be his message, and replica argointo pnce oim nex we fhese defse sequtratn hieas. wh's tespoe gng tbe ther >> ty're alrdy hting h on the defense sequestration, and there are a lot of wrinkles to this campaign, a lotf wrkleso th iue a aot wriles t thetatef rgin. yosaidresint oma wonhe ate 2008 goinbacko lbj, it is a state with shifting demographics but still some very stauhly conservative areas. we talk a l abo the clar unti arod d. a rthe rgin, howlu th've beme. e tal are wreresint ama vising day, a lot of strong democratic support but a lot of votes up for grabs there. other eas va vgini the sohwesrn ptionwhat the ca theouth si. theresint wl beeadi t thoano mntai ler

toda stil a l o sunch publan rterrory. ey'r spending a lot of money here already. our vote campaigns lose perhaps more here than any other state inirgia exct tevisn ads. u lo at a thelectal votend t nin sng stes atirsthree cnts beip for grab it all really does come down to virginia if you do it in certain ways. while the president certainly has the upper hand here, i tnk th pitic avege iirgia rit w, he'pree. ey'rno goi tbe takg anhingorgrted. it'sonseativtaten many wa, aonseativ governor, conservative legislature, but he's going to be down in hampton road, virginia beach and roake toda luke isoing tbe fasnati seeowe tal abo the defense cuts. michael vicara, thanks so much. we appreciate .

the rorte low sond quarr prots csideng tt ba b ty mearli ts arhatostillis o llar cnbc's own resident big whale, andrew, is here. andrew, what do we gtoday frie? >>ou'r ght, jp morn is e ne of e rninnd 's a aut h muc mon ey me inhequarr, b mo imrtany, h mucthey st i tt bad trade. we've been talking about the london whale. they made about $5 billion, which soli b theig qutionsow mh tyost in tt oground tha numb we use t tk aut ing ose to $ bilon is n cler t5biion, a it could go up from there. but there is a bigger issue this morning, and i want to read to you from the statement that they made. realuestns n aboheth therwas mfeasce iide morg, cerin trars trng t hid tir tdesnd the vals othe lses the

had. th sai thi morng tt they recently discovered information that raises questions about the integrity of the trader mark the rks bei thevaluion, d sugstinhat ctain divials y ha bee seekg to avohowi the full aunt o tho lsesn the rtfoo dung t qur. what does this mean? this means we might be looking at sec and increasingly perhaps even criminal inveigations. coue, the isoing tbe bi queionsbout t nagent ojp morn a ri, tho, wt h kne and wh he knew it. this is going to be the story of the morning. i should say, by the way, perhaps oddly enough, jp morgan stock righnow trang ahe or up ther aad othe mket openg thmorng. hat fascatinanew. almo fou yrs late we uld ve the fir rea criminal investigation in one of these big bangs. andrew ross sorkin, thanks so much for joining us. we apprecie it.

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pele, tn tt's aeal aracr an tru issue. >> damn. that was president obama's deputy campaign maner othe fense usi the worelon whilalki aut mt romy an the connuinquesons ov whehe csed conol of in catal. theomney camp is ready to respond. this directly from campaign manager matt rhes. he said, quote, preside oma ought topoloze f the out--conolhaehavr of h stf whhdemes the offe hos. lesring in brawoodhouse from the bnc, shawn spacer from the yn they're both wring pure so maybwe heomeiparsan er gngnhis rnin th sto ttroveheews cyclyestday, mt roey. whenxactide sto managing funds at bain capital? boston globe said he was managing them in 1999, forte

gazi saino the spped in 19. o is ght? >> l's jus say wha h laer sdhat we ow n fr repts tt cam outast night. he continued his private sector work unabated. his lawyer said that. he said that before anlectn ball comssio in masshuss ssacse maachutts,nterting, whe heas ting pro his sidey toun f govnor massachusetts. his private sector work went unabated. mitt romney is a meticulous person. every hair i place, i's tted t's crsed. 's n goi tllowis nam toe l o as the sheholr, t maning dictorfll the this i itasn' true soeikeso take credit for jobs that were created all the way up until today as a result of his work at bain capil. can'tow say tha hsot sponble rny o tho thgs. ay, yannoe physallynwo pcest

sameime. was in salt lake city. he was in salt lake city running th olpics athe se ti in 20,he mocrs aredhe posi, at hwas sndin souch me i sallake tha h coul't b a msachetts redent becse hhad ent o mu timunni the olympics. now they're saying, no. so the facts are it is physically impsibl to n o pces stemen he w turng aundhe ympi as souefride fothiscouny. the ctf th matr i gardss, ay - >>ean -- >> hold on. where mitt romney was, this is a total distraction of an issue. this president needs to start talking about his reco, his issu andhat' gng o in thonom >> thihingone byhebama campgn i pe diractn? soluly. ho on,old . >> sean had his say. a distraction, boston globe reported this story. they did the report onhe stor >> wha d we ve he?

at ithis >> firf all, mtomney saideforhat sam eleion commsionn 20, hsaide repeatedly flew back to massachusetts to attend board meetings. >> that's not true. >> t ft cheers - i tel you y weealkibout i we'r tking abo i becse mi rneys a serl outsrcerfjo. u wa toalk aut outsourcing, let's tk about outsourcing. the "washington post" said every one of your charges against the pridenwithespe to outsrcinwaslie. eversing o of em. o ycknoedge- no , tual,t dn't saithathe cimf th rncs actually true. this is the biggest issue of outsourcing that this administration doesn't want to talk out. since this presidentas bn i fice whaveccumated $ trilon o ndebt we heutsocedhat tohe chine tofince. theyon'teemo ha a oblewith the chinese buying

all the bonds so they can ntinue to spend money, and when we talk aboutank accounts, let's talkboutank acunts t'salk aut t ban coun of e arica wker whrighnows tin t figu out how t me end et. gahea >> c you tell me why mitt romney had a swiss bank account? >> no, in't. why a we conrnedbout tha instd ofhe bkccous o the aricapeop? >> l's tk abt , ough in tms o tretus, h said, when he was running for governor, going back to 1985, he's sort of a packt. whot thr itut ther it almt see tt becse h n'teorwaitht tha it betr toakehe he, thathe medsoing tsay ever sineda tt brad is gog to say every single day that there is something there that would be very probmati >> senor mainnd senor kerr rease twoearsfax

rerns. ery candateor fedal ficeiled a fincial sclore form fil mtiplfthem he's released two years of tax returns. if he releases three,hey'll say four. if he releases fo, they'll say five theyant alkboutnythg bu tsminirati's reco. >>hat' wngith the 1 tha hiadreleed? becsef it'12, iwill be 13. let's talk about transparency. why are you guys stallg on fa and furious? wh areoulaimg exetive ivile fothe deptmen of juste? yoguysant talkbout evy iss andistrt expt for tt romy - le tl yhyhis portt. let me tell you why this i important. mitt romney has said i should be president because of my private sector experience. but he doesn't wan to tk out hisrivaector expeenceith specto wha do his tax retn s aut hiprive secr exrien? at ds thehellorpotion in berda say about his private sector experience? >> the reason you know this is

because he's disclosed it all. >>e kno thiecau h reasedne tetur wch s attney id was a the ginng othe teetart is ing. >> you guys like to talk about it when it comes to you. >> sean, you do get the last word here because i was infmed forehat thedn lthe ftba foreven yean a ro by aingln. soartf th bet -- do you have some dnc rb? at isthis it' a mitromn hat put ion erice ha it bradwoodhouse with a romney hat on. remember, ladies and gentlemen, when you make a bet, get used to atface. bra wooduse,ean spic, ank u somuch i' se thi cversion ll contue i thereen ro.

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under investigation today after allegedly making teatening comments against fir lady michelle oba. the sect svicefficls a wnpling e sigficae of the portsayit waad ke me b somne w shod kn bett. thoffirn queion worn a ut tt filites official motorcades throughout washington, d.c. and has been placed on administrative duty. republicand docra on pitoill hav fou methg tonite agnst,he u.s. ompic unifms. th are expssin oragever e u.s. uniforms that are going to be at the olympics right there that were made in china, urging n american-mad unormse prared hnoehnimpl saihe u.lymp cmitt shod kn tterut hry rdas me me sthin words. >> i am so upset that i think the olympic committee should be ashamed of themselves. i think they should be emrrasd. i ink ey suld ke a the ifor, puthem i b pe d buhe andtart all ove

agai ify ha t wr nhingut a singlet that says usa on it painted by hand, that's what they should ar. >> remember, the u.s. olympic coittedoesot get a gornme mon,o the issd a steme thasaid quot unliost ympi tea arod eworlhe u. ompic team pvateundednd we' atef forheuppo of our sponsors. finally, police in riot gear broke up about 200 ptests in s anles lt nht lviwith peop beiarsted they thought they were associated with the national movement, but that has not yet been confirmed. meg mccn's gre eric roaip. whatid siscor a s iss-osse theount t breathroh stereotypes? we're live with the details next only on "the daily rundown."

rianctivts s 200 peop werkill durgeavy gornme sheingn a fming ville inentr syr stery. ifonfied, thiwoulehe sile deadliest event since the syrian uprising began. some 16,000 people are thought to have been killed since the nfli staed imarc of 11. ininme n inbsyman dineho joi u from cairo. it seems like the violence is swirling at a rapid rate. >> it does,nd it uld the thirsuch atrity takg pce is sumr. acrdinto aivis in the cityf vimpsa the pattern is e eerilysilar. th peoe wh the tks

surrndedhe llagnd a pele we ting to fleehe vernnt'soyal armed thugs went street to street, killing people in close range. the unitedations has cfirm the wa kilng i t ville. th cant coirmhe atrotiesook ace t scalthatas rerted ey a conmnin, all dicaons ar ithat it could be one of the worst bloodshed moments of this uprising. luke? >>here are se inrestg deafctd dectiof syrnesidts defeing to iraq. what is the latest on that? >> the two fectnsouad no o th,nes the hig raingplom,nd the othe e syrn oicia pt othe ner guarhenner circle, if you will, of president assad.

they have both said this tide is someat ifti, bu inerms ofnyind of iernaonal fens, t seoad goes thunit nions and ttoad is being blocked. they still stand by the peace plan which most peoe say h readfail becse itaile to sp t oodsd,ohere is n cle dipmatiendn ghtt ts int. >> aan amondine from cairo, we appreciate it. stay safe. two strgersnppose sideof t piticpectm rn a rd tri lkingt a nebooknsid ciesnd stathat tical g t red and blue treatment in the political world. joining me here in the studio is c ctribe tor mhan

cain who -wro "america, you sexy bitch." you went to redding, nneccut,dearrn, chig, alarou the couny. weften justere te the ples. ere e aewwing ste the, b ifou'r fmtexa you' a diehard republican. if you're from connecticut, you're a yellow dog liberal. what did you learn psonay ju abo pple inndivual citi arod thount a thr la of aesirto b brded s much >> whe we iervied leral ndre of arica on thi trip, and what virprised me most was people's hesitancy to claim a party. we met a lotf iepenntsnd ife m peoe whsaid'm reblic, itas flowey t. i'a decrat t. don fee likc.s reesenng . whh iseall surprising, because it's easy to forget that maybe politicians aren't

prestingmeri exaly the watheyant be reprente >> dyou el fmhat y arne oherehat tre i st aendey inhisowno ki ofliceit dic it lel and y, theolks are red, these folks are blue. we're going to put a our effortinto changing the minds of a few and thathat mtali prohitsoverent trygo workhat mht thi diffentl sayg th're l in itorhe figh to a degr? >>ou wld tnkherere n moderates anywhere at all and there are no republicans. if you're a republican you're all these things and if y're a demoat youellhese ings i kn the avegemerin esn'feelhat wa >> y wt o ts tr wit michl ian black, but he had this to say about you, which i thought was fascinating. quote, the thi'm lrnin i that wn o mbernter polical ficehe ente fami ents wi hrher.

en y runoroffi, it' not enough that you're open to scrutiny. you have to think about any member of your family, their rson ves. itllecom fai ga. 's fascatin becse you seehealibf cdidas w tt ar in fice i lk t lfeopl in thr 3 o0s whore vy successful and you say, why don't you run? they go, not a chance. do you tnk we're going to see lac oandites ving forwd beuse ecruty is so dficu not jt on t peon rningut the wi,he ds, the husbd, the ds, ev if u haa dognour of 2 years ago? >> i think especially with women. women don't want to be put througthe sexism and scrutin that youneviblyetut unr. wh's fasnatis whe we domentverying. everhings ofaceok, erytng isn twitr. whahapps5 years ago when someone runs for office and there's a picture on faceboof emrinkg i colle.

at'she wor we liv in you ve tbe a pfect pern in oer t run f priden romour nvertion do u fe peoe arnd t cotry ll b mor forging in 15 o 20 years. if i had this conversation with my friends, i would say if people aren't forgiving about faceok msage whehey' 18 1nd,hen wilhave nobo runngor oice re. i agre thinour geratn has l mo op-mindnes when it comes to this sort of thing. i think for whatever reason, older peopleote and think you have to have a perfectife a be a perctpers, puing ur d on e roo is goi t benderscruny,ometng y did higchoo is goi t undscruny. it not a world i want to live in. >> meghan mccain, thanks very much. we appreciatit. up next, our politic nel. can rney getut o ts therg stm ove in? rst,he wte hse sou o the y,oast chiennd vetabl that a vy cssic oor frid. notoo adventurous.

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struck me as a ltle od >> he whave the ladi' brchanel day. michle berrd i pside of e womes cter for public policy, and former senator blanch lincoln, democrat of kans. laes, welce. tnk u. >> l'salk a lite b aut th, miromn's tretus, hi busess expeence it sms tbe lht odder for esidt oba. he said this this morning on cbs. >> it is not that he is disqualified because o what he's done, it is if thasour in cim. sofeoesnalk aut t fa thae's bn govnorf ssacsettfor fr yrs ry much >> o runng the ympi. hen i wt uo make sure that we know what your theory is about how to grow the economy. and thais a qstio tha i thinmost arica wan t knows ll. liz? th'sow it'eing id.

bara oba goi for this in the jugular. >> i think what's interesting here, look, this is a cenal raonaloritt mney candacy. okt my expeencei kn w t get the ecomy ju-staed agai i can do this, he can't. so because of this, i think the president going after him on bain and going after h ohe ecomy nd o mes sens wh i'm suck i it too theomne cpaig this long to hit back and figure out how to coter these criticisms. >> i want tosk ms lcoln abouthat bause t me it s alst shifng, ttmney strongest point is, well, i ran an economy, that's my strongest point. tur outhese ads a

mang roadre,ndhis coersaon hts mtromn. >> ihink it' portt. i thk pelere rdy to ow whatt ishesewo cdidas e gog too treat jobs this election is about jobs, it's about the economy, and they don't want to just know what kind of desk h sat at, they wa to ow wt hedid. an i tnk iselevt wn yo tal aut taxe th's a anydy tks aut righno e we goio iasexes, aree gng to decrease taxes? what are we going to do with taxes? i think those are all important and relevant issues to the voters out there, and they're read t hrhatotth mpais argoin tdo t eateobs. can hein o tha sttegy? >> it's not a winning strategy. first of all, mitt romney needs to grapple wit the fact there is absoluty nothing wrong with maki moy. at ithe eric eam. it almts if he aamed at hhas en succsful it ithe ericreamo me moy, tbe abl to tak ce of yr mily, tbe ae t live t w y wan to live.

he needs to get away from that and release his tax returns and give us an effective way for how he's goi to me the amecan eam ssib for eveone tha livehe. >> wano py alip tha pridenbamaaid s biest miake s his fst few yrs in office. take a lyisten to that. >> the mistake of my fst couple oyearwashinkg at thijob was jt abo ttinthe picyght. anhat's important. but, you know, the nature of this offices also tl a sty tohe aricaeopl thativeshem a ssef uni and rpos a optimism, especially during tough times. >> senator lincoln, you were a casualty i the 2010ectis. wa i bolic oad

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