they talk about the book -- the reporter talks about how in may when david axlerod went to massachusettso make the case against mitt romney right as he was securing the win on the gop side to become the nominee. axlerod went there and he got booed an got into a contentious back and forth with voters. apparently they say president obama was in the west wing watching with growing disgust. calling it an ill conceived spectacle. and chastised the team we are not going to do this kind of thing again? he many right it was a dumb thing to do. anybody who has been around the game knows it's a dumb thing to do. every campaign i have been in and i have been in 8 or 9 presidential campaigns. the wheels always come off whether you are in a wing or losing campaign. these two have been together a long time. but there is no second guessing, there is no formula you pull off the wall and run the same campaign. this one is equally stressed out because they moved the campaign to chicago. you can't have a campaign in chicago when the white house and half the operatives are in washington, d.c. i think a fail

. >> president obama's senior adviser david axlerod called ryan a right wing ideology. >> to still theost stride dent voices in the republican party but should trouble middle class, seniors, students. >> alan: there were some tense moments in london when one of the city's largest recycling centers caught on fire. the fire brigade sent more than 200 firefighters to tack the blaze that could be seep throughout the city. for a time there was concern the smoke would blow toward olympic park nearby where the closing ceremonies were scheduled to take place but the fire brigade got it under control before that happened no one was injured. >> ama: members of the san francisco fire department honed their skills in a fire drill in a highrise building. it was a simulated four alarm fire on the tenth and 11th 11th floor with victims. firefighters had to take the stairs to get to the victims. commanders often threw the firefighters a curve, putting victims, played by volunteers in spots where firefighters would not expect them. >> still ahead, grand finale is in support for tonight's outside lands

>> reporter: certainly, david axlerod was on state of the union with candy crowley. let's listen to how he summed up their view of the choice of romney. >> i think it's to help further define the race. don't think it's shaken up the race because governor romney has embraced many of the positions that congressman ryan espouses, extremely as they sound. i mean he's for the trillions of dollars of tax cuts for millionaires. >> reporter: so that's just a summary of the kind of lines we're expecting to hear from the obama campaign and from president obama himself linking ryan to romney and to this idea that they're going to be serving the interests of the rich and of corporations, whereas obama and biden are going to be serving the interest of the middle class. >> athena jones in chicago, thanks so much. >>> a u.s. navy destroyer and a merchant ship collided early this morning. it happened neither strait of hormuz in the middle east. the guided missile destroyer uus porter." leaving a huge gash in its side. >>> officials in iran say rescue operations are now over after tw

david axlerod said ryan is what he called a right wing audio log. as for romney and ryan they will be wrapping up their campaigning together in wisconsin as it is going as a homecoming for paul ryan and ryan goes out on his own in a solo mission on monday the same day president obama will be in the state. >>> meantime the dnc is trailing the bus tour with a bus tour of its own. romney economics, the middle class under the bus. this weekend they pulled in to raleigh to stage the demonstration. the republican presidential candidate cancelled his appearance in raleigh. the mayor of minneapolis was there and blasted the gop ticket's tax policies. >> it's clear what we have now is a team that says that it is really a great idea to make massive cuts to the very, very wealthy at the expense of the middle class. >> president obama is scheduling a back-to-back campaign event this week. today he is in chicago for five fundrais fundraisers. athenna jones joins us from chicago. while the president's focus today is filling up his campaign war chest his campaign

dnc chair debbie wasserman-shultz and david axlerod asking what romney has to hide by not releasing hiseturns. it took jay carney several tries to answer questions on that today. >> does the president think it's appropriate for leader reid to be make unsubstantiated charges on the senate floor and has the white house spoke on him about it. >> i am not aware of the white house speaking to senator reid about this specific issue. you all probably know senator reid well and he speaks for himself. >> the president talked a lot about changing the tone in this town. why didn't he pick up the phone and ask harry reid to stop making a charge like this. >> i think the idea that people tell harry reid what to do is inconsistent. >> the charges that romney didn't pay taxes for 10 years. does the white house believe that allegation. >> i refer you to senator reid. only senator reid knows his source. >> does the president think this allegation coming coming from wt any evidence made on the senate floor, is that below the belt? does that cross the line? >> the president has not expressed an opinion to

dew david axlerod attacking paul ryan personally calling him a radical and right-wing ideologue.rewalt mentioning brats and cheese and bake tag cake. you can see the corn behind me as we stream through iowa on this bus tour. also the president said he will be going to the iowa state fair as well as paul ryan. they won't be there at the same time. but the president joking how he may try to get one of those fried twinkies as long as the first lady doesn't find out about it. megyn: iowa corn as important as it is in our economy. the state fair is all about what you can fry. you can take deep fried birth and love it as much as possible? they prove to us every year you can. i want to ask you about the white house reaction to paul ryan. i know what they tell us. they send axlerod out and the democrats out to say this is great for us. we love it. and then the republicans come out and say, no, they don't. do you get any feel from being the guy who is covering the white house that they are connected to people what their real feeling is about the fact that he's the guy? >> what they say is

the clinton and obama campaigns in years past you have seen scorched earth philosophies from david axlerods the republicans have gotten spine behind them and said they will push back and not be steamrolled. >> i think he's saying it is a divisive campaign and it's not anything like we are going to put you back in chains. the size of the rhetoric on both sides. megyn: romney got flack for saying take your hate back to chicago. hate maybe took it to another level. >> absolutely not. it's not even hate it's anger. there is a racial component to that i hear when i hear him call the first black president angry. the tone of the campaign and the obama administration, you can't get to compromise without both sides making concessions. republicans came into office -- when obama came into office republicans said we don't want him to get a second term, we'll do everything to block him. it's not necessarily that he is the one that's divisive. it's both sides are doing partisanship things at the same time. megyn: we saw those clips and it wasn't so much president obama or governor romney. in terms of pre

. >> let me say we're going to be talking with david axlerod at master minds of the obama cane and also think most of us have never heard of. first time candidate in texas running for the senate republican and primary, against the sitting lt. govern governor. he was at 2% in the polls, and he ended up winning by 13 points on tuesday and it just shows that the tea party, the grass roots is still very powerful in the republican party. he ran, he said about the senate club, i want to go in and knock the door down on the club, steal the silverware and pull up the shades. he's taken up prisoners and very interesting to talk with him about what his victory in the primary, he hasn't won the senate race yet, but what it says about the grass roots tea party movement you don't hear about. >> the article in the past couple of weeks, is the tea party dead. >> dave: certainly not, are they? >> your interview with ted certainly bears that out, that's not the case. >> no, it isn't. and you know, it's interesting, people are talking about him as the rising star, the great conservative hope. i'm interes

at the playing good cop-bad cop with david axlerod. >> no, first of all, the president gets held responsibility, i agree with you, it's required a response from mitt romney, but sometimes in politics, the counter punch is stronger than the punch and also, in politics every argument generates a unt coulder argument. when harry reid goes out and slimes people like this, the ordinary american citizens you know what, that's not fair, that's bad. that's wrong and i don't see, i not only don't see the president disavowing it, see his closest political advisor joining in this shameful activity. so the president hurts himself by this. what happened to all the promises of elevating politics and president of red states and blue states. this is personal, this is shameful. this is despicable. this is chicago-style thugs and they've enlisted this-- i mean, harry reid has dishonored himself. i heard a rumor, one person told me harry reid got stolen car andro drove it into a liquor store, up to him to prove it's not true. please, this is ridiculous. >> it's the irs's job to police taxes and maybe-- >> and rom

and listen you know, david ploff and axlerod and jim messina know all they have to do is get over thehe fact that they are fighting back this time. >> hard. >> bill: rose is calling from louisiana. hey, rose, good morning. >> caller: hey, how are y'all this morning? >> bill: we're great. what is on your mind? >> caller: i'm in total agreement with y'all about the convention, it is the most -- i would say sorry. we are very blunt here in louisiana. >> yes, ma'am. >> caller: i didn't see any substance at all. i'm an african american woman for all my life as you would say, but i didn't see anything that would make me want to change from a democrat to support mitt romney. and ann romney i sympathize with what she had, but it looks like that is her crying call right now. and we as women we want someone like barack obama that is going to take care of us and deal with our healthcare and chris christie he is just a bully. [ laughter ] >> bill: all right -- >> caller: anything to say positive about what he wanted to do. i the he is running for president. >> you are right about that. >> bill: r