still with me at the table evan wilson, joe watkins, john cape hart and lizz winstead.eping and it is beautiful and sunny and god is smiling at least in new york. >> well, again, it is problematic when people speak for god. i don't want people to speak for me and nevermind god, even though they are studied on it, but i don't believe that god is weeping about somebody wanting to have two people to find their happiness and god weeps for poverty and he weeps when we drop drones on children in afghanistan and there are many reasons for god the weep, but i simply do not believe that two people who are trying to find their best selves in a partner is something to -- >> and trying to raise a family and trying to hold the family together and trying to ensure that their children, and that their family have the same rights and protections that the straight married couple next door have. i mean, how does that make god cry? >> and earlier, you were making a claim around creation and the idea that god creates us, a part of that idea, and part of that idea and let me be clear, that i

who has been outside all day at the new hope baptist church, and i understand that the reverend joe watkins hamade his way over to, you and we were hoping that he would come to speak to you, because he was inside and at the funeral today. >> yes, alex. as you can see the folks are starting to file out of the new hope baptist church, so we will talk to a number of folks coming out, and reverend joe sitting down with me. you were inside and we have been talk about what this service seemed like as we watched. it seemed like a celebration of her life -- >> absolutely. >> reporter: a celebration of the voice, and what was it like on the inside? >> yes, a celebration of her life, and it was warm and very personal, and a lot of the people in the church were hurting, as i am, because i knew her. >> reporter: talk to me about that about how you came to know whitney houston and her family? >> i came to know her when i was white house aide to president bush and i met her at a dinner for the united negro dinner, and she came up to everybody at the d dias, and she came right up to me, a staffer, and sai

charles blow, joe watkins, stick around.e mitt romney's speech coming up shortly. >>> in the meantime, we could be in for some pain at the supermarket. mandy drury is here with what's moving your money. how much more can we expect to pay? >> possibly 2% to 3% more. really just depends because at this stage, it's anybody's guess what is going to happen with the drought, how long it lasts and how bad it gets. we do know this morning that the department of agriculture has cut its corn production forecast saying that farmers are expected to harvest about 12% less in terms of yields than from their estimate just a month ago. now the drought is really tearing through crops in portions of illinois and indiana in particular. it's reduced yields in other states as well. of course, lower supply, no brain science here. it means higher prices. higher food costs for us. so in terms of the supermarket, we're all going to see it and feel it. >> mandy drury, thanks so much. >>> again, big, big gathering of the naacp. the oldest civil rights

we all will miss her. >> reverend joe watkins, we're taking a break for a moment.dead at the age of 48. we are continuing coverage of this breaking story out of l.a., the weekend of the grammys. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] the best things in life are the real things. nature valley trail mix bars are made with real ingredients you can see. like whole roasted nuts, chewy granola, and real fruit. nature valley trail mix bars. 100% natural. 100% delicious. i'm page hopkins, you're watching mds ms.'s coverage of a sad news story we've been following. whitney houston, superstar pop icon, dead at the age of 48. she died in los angeles earlier today. let's go to gina kim for nbc in los angeles. what can you tell us is the latest? >> page, we can tell you at this hour the beverly hills police department, many detectives are swarming the beverly hilton hotel in beverly hills where singer whitney houston was discovered this afternoon dead in her fourth floor room. she was discovered at

joe watkins, republican strategist and former aide to president george h.w.h and mark glaze, director of mayors against illegal guns. so that was a lot, a lot to deal with, a lot of history of the nra. it's interesting because in the history of the nra it used to be sort of a sporting and hunting organization, training. they actually used to support gun control legislation. let's talk about what changed and mark, i know you are an expert in this. what changed about the nra itself in terms of its advocacy that made it an opponent of gun control? >> well, there -- thanks for asking, first of all. i think it's kind of the lingering question underneath gun policy. why doesn't congress, why don't state legislatures do more. the easy answer is a mythology has developed about the ability of the nra to kick elected officials out of office that is almost entirely untrue but is totally devastating to the work we're trying to do. this is a moment when we can draw attention to that. what happened over a period of decades is that there were power struggles within the orga

club of new york and that starts at 12:45 eastern. >> harold ford jr., reasonable and good friend, joe watkinsse aide to former president george h.w. bush. >> you didn't say he's reasonable. >> joe is right, but harold has potential. >> joe and i have known each other for almost 20 years, go back to university of pennsylvania, but joe and i have been friends for a long time. >> you'with you we'll talk fisc cliff in a second but you want to do a postmortem? >> you can't win without women, and can't win without latinos, you can't win without young people. you can't win on a single issue, and i just think there were a host of challenges. for me, the whole time, the sense that i had was that it was obama's race to lose, that he had the advantage. anybody look at the electoral college would have to say there were seven or eight easy ways for the president to win, i mean one or two ways for the president to win and for mitt romney, he had like seven or eight different paths that he had to work for him in order to become president in the electoral college. it was obama's race to lose and the presiden

. >>> i want to get some perspective on this from the reverend joe watkins. e is a consultant and a longtime friend of the houston family. joe, nice to see you this morning. >> thanks for having me, thomas. >> we normally talk about politics. but since you have this connection with the houstons, you've known whitney and her family for years, what does it mean to you and to them to have this private, intimate service that's going to take place in her hometown? a lot of people were speculating about what happened in 2009 and the public service for michael jackson. >> this is a great family. my heart goes out to all the members of the family who are my friends. and i feel like they're my extended apple. cissy houston is a great woman. i loved working with her. and i know she's devastated, as i am, because she's lost her little girl. i've lost a friend and a woman for whom i worked. it's very personal, very painful for me as it is for the family and for really the closest people to the family. it's very painful right now. but we remember all the great things about

our guest host this morning, republican strategist on my left, but on my camera right, joe watkins. e today. and then on my right but actual la camera left and to the left -- oh, i'm sorry, joe is former g.h.w., 41, you were in that administration. matt miller was in the clinton administration, and now you toil at "the washington post." are you allowed to do that to go from clinton to just being some objective columnist at "the washington post"? >> who says i'm on jettive. >> i was leading you into that. >> we have more from them in just a minute. first andrew has this morning's headlines. >> "the wall street journal" saying that barclays plans to eliminate as many as 2,000 jobs. the cuts expected to be announced next year. barclays would be the latest to make such a move with ubs, deutsche bank, credit suisse and citi all announcing job cuts in recent weeks. google maps returning to apple's iphone and ipad. i've been waiting for this for awhile. apple had replaced google maps as the default mapping application with its own app. but that was the target of widespread criticism. people

. >> joe, you mentioned something and joe watkins, i want to bring this to you now.romney not the first presidential candidate to open mouth insert foot while on the trail. we dug up a few others. take a look and listen. >> i took the initiative in creating the internet. >> the fundamentals of our economy are strong. >> those are just two. there are lots more out there. you worked with bush 41 who infamously said, message, i care. all these men lived these gaffes down to some extent, some elected, some were not. how does mitt romney recover from his series of gaffes? >> i think the way you do it is by being steady and not too upset about mistakes made. he has to play offense not defense. as long as you're playing defense, you probably can't win. you have to score points and the way to do that is play offense by sharing your message. no matter what anybody says about words misspoken you have to consider the fact 12 million americans aren't working. you have to speak to them, undecided voters not hard "d" or hard "r"s. >> is mitt romney's campaign designed for those pe

joe watkins is a republican strategist and former aide in the george h.w. bush white house. d morning, alex. >> i want to ask you, joe, because you have actually a personal sense of rick santorum. you ran against him for the u.s. senate seat there on the gop ticket back in '94 in pennsylvania. >> that's right. that's right. >> so your take of him right now? you have a personal view as well. >> well, is he certainly not somebody to be underestimated. he's a hard-working candidate. i think he has a work ethic that's second to none. i know that in pennsylvania when he was running for the u.s. senate that first time, he visited all 67 counties and talked individually with every county chairman and lots of people in those counties. he's a hard-working guy. you've got to give him that. mitt romney has made a tactical error by underestimating him and ignoring him up until now. because the further to the right that rick santorum moves mitt romney, the tougher it is going to be if mitt romney is the nominee, to challenge barack obama successfully. >> all good points you make there. ed

let's go to reverend joe watkins.own whitney houston for quite a long time, actually worked with her. reverend watkins, all of these tributes that are pouring in are so moving. i want to read a couple. smoky robinson, i've known whitney since she was a little girl and i loved her. she was like family to me. i will miss her. also hearing from aretha franklin, the great aretha franklin. i just can't talk about it now. it is so stunning and unbelievable. i couldn't believe what i was reading across the tv screen. my heart goes out to cissy, her daughter bobbi. give us your reaction as you digest this. >> it is a shock to me also having worked with and admired her. it is shocking, unexpected. seemed like things were moving in the right direction for her, and i was so happy to see this movie getting ready to come out, and the resurgence of her career. she did so well in the 1980s and 1990s, sold so many records, had so many fans all around the world, made a terrific entry into the movie business, did very, very well with t

bush administration the reverend joe watkins and former dnc communications director and columnist forfinney. good morning, out of breath with all of your titles. it is interesting to me, frankly newt gingrich is talking about the corrupting power of money. having said that, you know, is all this money necessary? >> it wasn't enough, chris, that's what it was, wasn't enough. >> he got outspent in some places. the question is, is all of this money in and of itself corrupting or let's look at the bright side, it gets more opportunity for the candidates to bring their message to more places. >> you've got to get your message out and the more money you have, the better chance you have of getting your message out to the people you need to get excited to come out and vote and also for rapid response because when the negatives get posted out there against you when the candidate on the other side of the aisle says that you've done something bad you've got to be able to respond to it quickly. not having the money to be turn around the negatives really hurts. >> you got to raise that money, kare

. >> joining me now, republican strategist joe watkins and democratic strategyist, richard goodstein.in these campaigns when you're running against somebody, you come out against them, then you have to pivot and basically eat your words and say how great they are. >> that's how it works in politics. i mean, everybody knows that these campaigns are hard fought, when you're in a primary setting, clearly you have to go say what's bad about folks in your own party. but when it comes time for the general election, it's time to show all the love. and you've got to kind of suck it up and say, hey, i'm sorry about what i said. the truth of the matter is, no matter what i said about this man, he's still better than the guy in the other party. >> how do people check their egos? >> you've got to if you want to continue to play. you've got to be humble, and heating humble buy is not a bad thing. i've eaten plenty in my time. >> richard, as we talk about rudy giuliani, he isn't the only one. he's been really critical of mitt romney, now out there defending him, but it's newt gingrich who is very c

. >>> i want to bring in our political power panel, erin pike, ted strickland and reverend joe watkins, a republican strategist. great to have you all here. i know you were listening to the senator there. reverend joe, i want to start with you. the president is going to speak in the next hour from pennsylvania. we're getting live pictures of his plane arriving right now, as i understand it. it's going to be the first time we're going to hear from him since john boehner and mcconnell rejected this initial offer. what cards do the republicans think that they are holding that they can be so ob ststinent at s point, joe? >> i don't know if it's any cards. the hope is that we can get this done for the sake of the american people and the time for posturing has passed. it really is a negotiation. and republicans know at the end of the day that revenues have to be raised. and the question becomes is how's that done? is it going to be done by eliminating dividends or done by raising marginal rates? and of course, they're against raising marginal rates. but i think at the end of it all, both sid

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and joining me now from washington, democratic pollster margie, and republican strategist joe watkinsoo early, right, guys? let's get talking about this. joe, is the gop already making plans for 2016? at this point, if so, who would you say would be the party's best hope? >> the party has to start looking to 2016. we've suffered two losses now in '08 and again in '12. we've got to look at expanding the base. the republican party knows that you can't win going forward without women, without latinos, without young people, without african-americans. so the party has to broaden its base. not necessarily change its belief system, but has to broaden its base and have a bigger cap that has a bigger plank. marco rubio, jeb bush, possibly governor-elect mike pence, bobby jindal. a lot of names. chris christie, because he's soaring in the polls right now. but folks who help broaden that tent and relate to independents, as well as republicans and democrats. >> you know what's a notable admission is you didn't mention paul ryan the his tenure as the vice presidential candidate, does that put him

governor rendell, joe watkins. apologize. we'll get to you next time.ll call you our pennsylvania pundits today on a friday. thank you so much. >>> the death nell for ding dongs. twilight for twinkies. hostess is closing its doors. cnbc's mandy drury is here with what is moving your money. that announcement was made just a few hours ago. not only are we talking about the end of some icon ik baked goods but also thousands of jobs here. >> absolutely. it is really sad. they've got almost 18,500 workers and, richard, most of them are going to be laid off. hostess asked a court's permission this morning to shut down the company because that workers strike i was talking to you about yesterday just basically crippled it and stopped them from being able to operate. bakery operations have been suspended at all plants and now it's focused on selling its assets. that includes 33 bakeries, 565 distribution centers, but as to what happens to those assets the ceo told cnbc that he is hopeful they can sell those brands or the brands can live on because obviously thes

. >>> nbc latino's alicia menendez, joe watkins and msnbc political analyst, richard wolffe. i want to start with you because as we look at the new "washington post" poll numbers, 52% of republicans say they want rick santorum to stay in this race, to be the conservative alternative to that of mitt romney. does that say more about the enthusiasm for santorum or the dragging a horse to water for support of mitt romney? >> i think that rick santorum certainly has been able to really fascinate a lot of republican voters and certainly a lot of conservatives, evangelical conservative voters are excited about his campaign. i think that everybody knows that mitt romney is going to be the republican nominee. and so i think that rick santorum is just going to help sharpen mitt romney for the fall campaign. but rig but romney is going to be the nominee, and most americans know that. >> let's talk about the fall, richard. obama in this new poll, he has strong leads over mitt romney, strong leads over rick santorum. and then the major gaps against mitt romney. a large edge when it comes

republican strategist joe watkins, former aide to president george h.w. bush.is, let me start with you, president obama has yet to weigh in on what the federal government will do. is going to do in terms of enforcing federal drug laws. >> what risks does the president face on this issue? >> the country is kind of divided, you're seeing where legalization is happening. it's happening out west. more kind of progressive states. the country nationally still divided. the risk, where there is risk. is talking about an issue that really isn't a top issue for the american people right now. you've got the fiscal cliff. you have immigration, health care. the economy, jobs, getting in the midst of an issue that is still fairly contentious for a significant number of americans, i think poses some political risk. my guess is where this ends up going is, the administration probably doesn't talk about it and probably doesn't go out of its way to enforce it. and i guess we'll wait and see what we actually do. >> young voters, joe watkins, young voters, no surprise here. accord

that momentum on other side. >> democratic strategist chris ko fimpb is and republican strategist, joe watkinsh the rare double agreement during that segment. joe saying twice, i agree with you, chris kofinis, i hope you dvred this segment. >>> still to come why the candidates are spending so much dime courting the commonwealth. and how it might very well be the key to winning the presidency. >>> first we head out west and go to california where nine years ago today, the government got turned upside-down. gray davis standing by the former governor, live from los angeles. ah. fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. this is going to give you a head start on your dinner. that seems easier [ female announcer ] new progresso recipe starters. five delicious cooking sauces you combine with fresh ingredients to make amazing home-cooked meals. who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels

democratic strategist and senior adviser to hillary clinton's 2008 presidential campaign kiki mclean and joe watkinswith george h.w. bush's administrati administration. joe, give me your list, winner and losers of this convention and where does marco rubio fit in that? >> well, i think that marco rubio hit a home run last night. he had a great speech. it was from the heart. he connected not only with the people inside that arena but with americans all around the country. and it wasn't just so partisan as much as it was sharing a vision for what could be for america by sharing his own story. i think it's very, very moving. he's a star, a rising star in the party. >> winners and losers quickly? >> oh, my other winners? >> yeah. >> yes, my -- i'm sorry, chris. enjoying the warm tampa sun. my other winners marco rubio, of course, chris christie, condoleezza rice. >> chris christie? >> chris christie i thought gave a really good speech and certainly set himself up as somebody to be considered on the national stage. i thought his speech was very, very good. condoleezza rice gave a great speech. >> kiki, h

let's bring in james peterson and joe watkins who is the president of christ cathedral church in philadelphia are in the city of love. we expect love all the way around. thank you. pastor watkins, why are you losing this fight? >> well, i don't know that we're losing the fight. i said earlier that i didn't think this was going to be the issue that was going to determine the presidency. african-americans were not going to vote against president obama because of his stance on gay marriage. that being said, as pastor of the gospel of jesus christ, i stand by what the bible says. i love everybody. we all love everybody as god loves everybody. god, in his word, doesn't like everything that we do and doesn't sign off on everything that we do. >> as you know, pastor watkins, he said if you right hand offends, cut it off. talk about drinking poisoning. you know that nobody is literally interpreting the bible to the extent they excludes common sense. can't people disagree with you and still be christian? >> anybody can disagree with me because i'm not god. i'm just a follower. i choose to believe the

with us and says not only are the attacks effective but they are accurate while the strategist and joe watkinspresident is desperate to deflect from his own economic record, so we have both sides right here. governor rendell, it's good to see you again, how effective is it for the president to attack him on a strategy from years ago when it was prudent to outsource jobs and ring out costs, what was wrong with that? >> i think there is a combination of things. the american workers, whether it was prudent, they didn't like it, it hurt them and cost them jobs, and you also spoke of the willingness to remove the tax break on the corporations that outsource jobs and capital in foreign countries. >> is private equity a bad representation of capitalism in is country? >> no, it isn't, and remember private equity's job is to make money for it's investors. it's not as governor romney claimed to create jobs. private equity cannot outsource jobs. american workers don't like they. -- that's a legitimate inquiry by the american voters and the american's voters right to bring it up. >> is this an appropriate

i'm joined by joe watkins, former white house aide in the george h.w. bush administration.gist and deputy campaign manager to john kerry in 2004. gentlemen, good morning. >> good to be here. >> here we have, steven, in an election about the economy. it was supposed to be an ace in the hole, yet you have the business poll, overall negative ratings back to an all-time high of 39%. some democrats didn't like it, but are the bain attacks working, do you think? >> the obama campaign is right fully challenging that record and puing the facts on the table and it is working. i think one of the downsides is romney is not that well known yet. the american people, the swing voters don't know much about him and the obama campaign is giving them new information and when they get that new information, they are not informed. >> thas an interesting point. what you don't want to do is let your opponent, joe, define you before you get to define yourself. and steve is right. if you look at the battleground states which we polled a dozen of them, it grows to 8 percentage points. what do you th

. >> joining me now joe watkins and "the washington post" deputy national political editor ann corn bloom i have to apologize to make this clear. i'm going to be honest with you. i don't think people know where mitt romney stands on this. first for the record he said he technically did not agree on eric's first original take that this was a penalty. and then he fast forwarded that it's a tax. for clarification does mitt romney say this mandate is a penalty or a tax and why would it be different than what he adviser said on monday? >> advisers mean well. >> they're not paid to mean well. i'll have to call you out on that. >> call me out. >> let's scratch that out. >> he said it's tax. i think he made himself very, very clear when he gave that interview on cbs. >> why didn't he say that initially? first he didn't say it. why didn't he immediately come out and say eric has it wrong, he's a nice guy, but i never said it's a penalty, he means well. >> he's human. candidates are human. everything they do is not perfect. they make mistakes sometimes. he's rectified it. he's done on c bbs, he's r

let's talk about this, pulitzer prize winning journalist carolyn hunter is here and joe watkins joinsas well. thank you for joining me. >> good morning, good morning. >> the thesis is these are civic-minded individuals who want what's best for our country. >> yeah. >> and $10 to shelden adelson is like $10 bucks for you and me. >> for you, $5 bucks for me. it's interesting, looks like the illuminati is coming out of the closet, but it looks like mitt romney and others are for the rich people by the rich people. when i say "buy," i mean b-u-y. is this where we want this country to go, do we want the election to be bought, to we want the president of the united states to beholden by these people? >> you make a point, when you look at the money coming into the president's campaign, not to his super pac, but to his campaign, these are huge amounts of money that are coming in from small donors, people giving $100, $200, as opposed to somebody who's giving $100,000. >> no doubt about it, president obama's been very successful. he was so successful in 2008 because he got lots of money from l

joe watkins is serving the george w.h. bush administration.u learned mike wallace died. >> it was really sad. mike wallace is one of the reporters who was a very tough guy. he wasn't afraid to make people mad. i respected him. i grew up watching him back in the 1970s and '80s. i really respected that guy. >> absolutely. we all did. let's get to your must read. >> my must reed is khalil muhammad. he talks about the reason why when you talk about the trayvon martin case, it's not just an issue for black people to solve. but all of society should be involved in addressing this. and pushing back against the notion that black leaders and civil rights leaders don't care about crime on crime. it's not true. >> what about your must read? how does it go? >> it's got to be from "the new york times," the front page today, by my friend mike, a fascinating exploration of the relationship between mitt romney and netanyahu. it turns out before either of them were in politics, one of them about to become the republican nominee and the other now the prime mini

is alison stewart, republican strategist for rick santorum's campaign and republican strategist joe watkins editor of ivillage.com. >> well, he doesn't need it. i will tell you. >> that is a very, very bad model for mitt romney. john kerry went on the lose the election and barack obama went on to win president of the united states, because he is a superb speaker and campaigner among other things, and so i guess that maybe the case is that mitt romney continues to need good people around him. he has many of those, and i know that ron kauffman who worked with me in the white house is a smart guy, smart person who is somebody to advise him well, and there are going to be many, many others. including people who opposed nim the primaries to help him as well. >> but this is about him being able to energize a base that don't respond to imhim. he doesn't need a super surrogate, but he needs the avengers. >> and the whole super heroes. >> the incredible chris christies and the iron man, but what he needs -- >> super sarah. >> palin for that matter. >> but who can speak to the folks who he cannot yet

joe watkins is not only a former aide to president bush, but he's also pastor of the christ evangelicalheran church in philadelphia. joe, good to see you. good morning. >> good to see you, always, chris. >> we should say the billboard was torn down after one day. now the pennsylvania human relations commission is investigating. one of the quotes was, if this had been detroit there would have been a riot. what's your reaction when you see this? >> it's very hurtful. very mean spirited. this was written in ad 62. the institution of slavery well predated u.s. slavery. as far back as 1762 bc it was already an established institution. and the text they're talking about was men to tell people to put on the whole armor. to put on the armor of christ. to put on love and forgiveness and all the things associated with christ. >> they say they want to draw attention to the state designation of 2012 as the year of the bible. the man behind the billboard tells us, and i'm quoting here. being a former ordained minister, it was versions like this that drove me to atheism. >> they have the right to say

political power panel, ted strickland and current coach for the obama re-election campaign and joe watkins, republican strategist and aid to the first bush white house. marco rubio now in romney's corner officially. everybody kind of knew that. there was the endorsement. george h.w. bush making a former endorsement later today in houston. as the party starts to circle the wagon, will voters start to focus lesson the fumbles on more on whether he can better manage the economy than president obama? >> i think mr. romney is likely to emerge as the nominee. he us a deeply flawed nominee. there are questions about his past behavior. why did he have much of his wealth in the cayman islands? the man who wants to be the president of the united states of america. he needs to explain to the people of ohio and to the people of america what he was thinking. i think mr. romney has serious problems in ohio, his opposition to the salvage of the auto industry. i think is a huge problem for him. so i'm ready for this debate to begin. the president is ready for it. the american people will ultimately make t

joining me now is billy epstein and joe watkins.e other numbers we're getting out of this poll. mormons are more conservative as we look at this than the public at large. 66% and are more likely to be republican or republican leaning at 74%. yet romney's fellow candidates keep piling on out there. is religion a silent subnarrative in this race? >> yes and no. i think a lot of voters who want a republican elected president are thinking practically, as well. and they're saying who has the best chance of winning against a well-financed candidate like president obama? and i think a lot of them will say to themselves, mitt romney is the guy that sounds like he's best prepared to do that as the best match-up to barack obama and whether i'm a religious conservative or an evangelical voter, i'm likely to give my support to the guy who is going to win the nomination. >> in 62% of mormon, or registered mormon voters, they say they're of a democratic view. they have a favorable view of romney. aj roll in all of this? >> i think religion is pla

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