go back to the aiken theory. people thought it was clay aiken. or maybe they thought it was troy acheman or their rabber akon or maybe they thought it was an acorn. joy all of the stuff that was tweeted over the last few days. are you saying i am using other people's tweets? i don't think anybody confused him with an acorn. >> no, that's just you. >> take full credit for that one. >> or maybe they thought he was the city of cabbing crone. >> -- the city of akron. >> yes. >> i am going to keep doing this. >> please do. i have plenty of time. pab, you said you believe obama's original comment was so telling of his whole mind set that it is important to keep hammering on it. even though he says he didn't mean what conservatives say he means. >> if you hear the whole quote in context, it is hard to believe it is what he is saying which he meant that they built the roads. that's not what he said. if you have a business, you didn't build that. the context soms right. >> i want to open up a bar. >> called in context? >>

the second thing republicans and democrats both agree aiken should go. >> aiken clearly articulated the mainstream position of the republican party. no abortion, no exceptions for rape. and they put forward bill after bill after bill doing exactly that and now it's in the platform. so absolutely we are going to vote on this. >> his remarks were innocentative and factually incorrect. that's troubsome but i still believe most female voters, just like male list go to the polls with their pocketbooks in mind. >> getting back to the remarks, doesn't he represent -- there were talk show hosts who came in support what have he said. large powerful members of the christian right. doesn't his thinking represent a lot of the christian evangelical thinking on this issue, which is the republican party base? >> well, i work for the independent women's forum a our organization doesn't take a stan onbortion at all. but i could see that of course pro-life people, many pro-lifers, do oppose that type of collection for people who have been raped and i think when we have a conversation about rape or aborti

aiken met with social conservatives last night. the meeting was in the heart of the storm for republicans. family research council president confirmed the meeting on nsnbc today. >> there is was a private meeting that took place with todd aiken just to talk with him and encourage him in the stand that he's taking. >> you got to love it. we have them holding secret meetings. social conservatives are no longer shying away from throwing their support behind their kind of guy, todd aiken. sharon engle is now in the act and engaged her right wing sporters saying missouri conservatives, support todd aiken. the party accomplishment is having what's known as a complete political meltdown over all of this. they just want him to go away. >> i want him to drop out, you did, rush limbaugh suggested he drop out. >> this selfish man is going to hurt the republican party. he was chosen by the democrats, they spent millions of dollars to get him elected because he's the candidate they wanted. >> aiken is doing to fox news what democrats should hav

ed to aiken was chosen by the democrats. they spent millions of dollars -- he's the candidate they wanted. >> sean: i don't want to talk about it anymore. here's why -- >> why? >> sean: no. this is important. the only thing that bothers me, president obama speaks out three times -- we will get into this in more detail later -- publicly about the lack of civility. in this case, sandra fluke, speaking at the democratic national convention and -- after gabby giveords. he's utterly silent on bill maher, silent on romney being called a murderer, causing this woman's cancer. he is silent on the felony talk. he is saying that republicans want dirty air and water. he doesn't get called out for it. this is a campaign of smear and slander and frankly -- romney's right. this is hateful to lie about people. >> yes! i hate for this to be seen as in any way a defense offed to -- of todd achen aiken, but he is beig attacked for saying stupid about race. the democrats' keynote speaker is someone who was credibly accused of rape. if they are

aiken blew it into the national consciousness. but they weren't prepared to have that debate and to go to what maggie said earlier, about fixing problems with constituency. let's talk about the gender gap. the war on women that the democrats successfully waged for a while to drive that gap wider had started to abate it was the one place romney was making up a little ground was with wismt he has not moved the african-american, young voters or the spanish but with women it was starting to close a little bit. ryan is a huge problem in that area because we are going hear about the fact that paul ryan was a cosponsor, with congressman aiken of a bill that tried to classify a certain kind of rape as forceful rape. we will hear that for the next two months hammered by ot bama campaign. >> and by planned parenthood and all democrat in -- >> and the u.n.. >> i think the romney campaign was not prepared for that. >> i also think they underestimated the extent to which the democrat was go after tying romney ryan to unpopular republicans on c

. >>> more trouble for todd aiken. what now the embodied congressman's apology is adding fuel to the fire. >>> an amber alert has just been issued for a baby boy. police say the baby was kidnapped by his own father. jackie is live on scene with us now. jackie? >> reporter: we'd like you to take a look at the baby boy who is the subject of this amber alert. 1-year-old cesar martinez is believed to have been abducted from his home in heights. his father is believed to have taken him. the message is on the beltway over i-95. the mother missed him at 6:00 p.m., which is when the baby went missing. we are told there is some kind of custody disputes. he is believed to be driving a glean chevy equinox with number 7 ag 6950. anyone with information as to the baby's whereabouts, anyone who has seen this suv is to call 911 immediately. as to why the incident was only broadcast 24 hours after it happened, police say that in the last 24 hours, the situation had escalated, in their words. they would not go into detail, but this bab

so today a lot of republicans were telling todd aiken to step aside and quit. he said he's going to stay in this race. was this a gift to the democrats >> gift to claire mccaskill who was in a very tough senate re-election campaign. a gift to democrats generally and their hopes of holding on to the senate because it makes that missouri seat harder for them to pick up. i think even to democrats generally for the impact on the republican brand especially with women. remember, women are among the prime group of swing voters that politicians are looking for >> ifill: how worried, stewart, are republicans that this could be the kind of distraction that tips the balance? >> over the long term that's not a huge problem but the short term it is certainly a problem. any day that the republicans are not talking about president obama, his record, the economy, jobs, is a day that they've lost an opportunity. so we just saw that video of mitt romney having to answer a question about todded aiken. he's off message, on the defensive. we're not todd. this is not where the repu

sherry, aiken is not backing down from his claims. >> no, he is not. despite calls to quit his race republican congressman met a withdrawal deadline pass. he's under heavy fire for saying rape rarely leads to pregnancy. as the platform committee approved a platform calling for constitutional amendment banning abortion, it does not contain any explicit exemples for rape or incest. delegates will vote on it during next week's convention. meanwhile political comment prompted repeated apologies from the congressman. he released a tv ad yesterday. republican platform committee still has to finalize the dress platform language before the convention. >> if your a parent next story is going to make you sick to your stomach. >> 3 are encouraging, police say they have cell phone video to prove this all. two 3 year olds can be seen punching whaling on each other. day care workers can be heard in the background edging 9ç on. other children were watching the fight. parents, as you can imagine, were outraged over this. the day care not responding to those allegation

. >>> congress aiken -- congress aiken sticking by it. made about rape and abortion. congress aiken went so far to put out a tv ad. republican congressman todd aiken met a withdraw deadline pass. he's under heavy fire says rape rarely lead to pregnancy. the platform committee approved a platform called for a constitutional amendment banning abortion. it does not contain. he even released a tv ad yesterday. now, republican platform committee still has to finalize the draft platform language before that convention. she region son, abc2 news. >> if you put your child in day care you know that trusting someone else with your safety is not an easy thing to do in the story. in delaware 3 employees there are two encouraging toddlers to fight each other. investigators say they have cell phone video to prove it. they say two 3-year-olds can be seen on the video punching and whaling on each other and day care workers are in the book ground egging them on. the children are watching them fight and parents this morning are outraged over this. >> that made me mad just because i fee

two weeks ago, aiken won a primary to challenge democrat, claire mccaskill's senate seat. she faces a tough reelection bated l and wants aiken to stay in the race. >> ultimately at the end of the day, the republican primary conducted and a candidate was selected and now it's time to move on and for the voters to decide between aiken and me. >> a source close to aiken tells cbs news he may reconsider and drop out in the coming weeks. then he would need a court order to get his name off the ballot and costing his party valuable time. cbs news. >> well aiken says he still does have voter support and enough to keep him alive in this race. >>> a washington landmark should be back in business by the end of this week. we're talking about the reflecting pool right down in front of the lincoln memorial. if you've been down there, there has been construction going on for the last couple of years and the pool has been off limits since then. the pool is expected to be refilled by this weekend. by the way, this construction plan costs about $34 million. >> coming up, a marathon swimmer

todd aiken needs to resign or drop out of the race. because he is either too gullible, too ignorant, or too knowing to repeat lies. does he believe a woman's body knows when she is being raped or was he willing to repeat anything factual or false supporting his antiabortion position? and todd aiken should remain in the race because his outrageously stupid comments are in keeping with the rhetoric associated with the party. larry says fair is fair. i find it quite two-faced, while all but making apologies for biden's comment regarding putting folks back in change. don't forget who our vp made in front of. bottom line, the congressman should drop out of his race right after the vice president does. and we got similar sentiments from karen. while equally offensive remarks. could it be that racism is alive and well in this country and the black vote is presumed determined and taken for granted? women is considered up for grabs. just asking. personally, i found the vice president's comments silly and pandering. over the top, certainly. deep

senate race, but aiken insists he will continue that campaign. >>> a rocket fired into a u.s.e in afghanistan has damaged the plane of a top u.s. official. military leaders say insurgents launched the attack this morning at the bagram airfield base while the u.s. joint chief of staff was on a visit. u.s. army genmar tin dempsey, seen here, was not near the plane when the rocket hit the army general. he was visiting the base to talk about the state of the war after a string of disturbing killings of u.s. military trainers by their afghan partners. now, among the american military trainers killed is south bay native matthew manukian. the 29-year-old graduate of st. francis high school in mountain view was killed august 10th by an insurgent disguised as an afghan police officer. a memorial for the soldier was held at st. francis on sat. >>> federal investigators have shut down a central california slaughterhouse after receiving undercover video showing dairy cows being shocked and shot before being slaughtered. it allegedly took place at the central valley meat company in hanford

yeah, i know everybody gets upset for a couple of days. >> aiken is receiving some support from some conservative groups saying even some constituents. >> the jury in the high-profile patent trial between apple and samsung gets down to business this morning. for that and the rest of the news before the bell, we go to cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the futures are pointing a slightly lower open on wall street this morning after stocks retreated on tuesday afternoon. the s&p 500 hit a new four year high during the session but markets then dropped back. apple leading the way lower. the company got a rare analyst downgrade but traders said there may have been some profit taking after apple bake the world's most valuable company on monday. we'll get some data this morning on existing home sales and minutes from this month's fed meeting will be released later this afternoon. mean time asian and european markets are lower today and the dow dropped 68 points yesterday. the nasdaq losing nearly nine points closing at 3067. the jury will glynn delibera

party dealers are dealing with controversy over todd aiken's rape comments. also dealing with questions about the romney ticket. fox 5's tim fitzgerald has more on the fallout. >> with the convention starting on monday, ramping up pressure on congressman, todd aiken to quit missouri senate race. >> i'm not apologizing for the fact that i'm pro-life. and that i also believe that it's important to defend, to help the unborn. >> a defiant aiken in his first television interviews today abc's good morning america that he would not be pushed out of the race. >> the people in missouri chose me to be their candidate and i don't believe it's right for party bosses to decide to override those voters. >> aiken, who is a strong opponent of abortion drew criticism after his comments on both abortion and rape. >> from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a rape, the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down. >> after hitting the air waves, apologizing for his comments, he met with his republican media consultant who vowed to fight on. >> is

. >>> and they are calling on todd aiken to end his campaign for the u.s. impersonate. he said women were able to prevent these cases. he said he misspoke. the is vowing to stay on. >> i mean aiken and i did agrees on some -- disagree on some things and he is sincere and while i disagreed he has now in the last few hours really apologized for what he said. >> meantime the impersonate campaign committee is taking money from aiken. mitt romney and president barack obama condemned his remarks. >>> and the golf tournament is breaking an 80-year-old tradition. the augusta nightclub is inviting two women to join their ranges. they limited the membership to white men until 1990 when the first man of color was allowed to join. >>> and renovated memorial stadium, a new donation will pay for the retrofit. last week f-they donated $10 million. a plaza outside the stadium will be named into their honor and the new digs are up press i have. >> it is just going to be an amazing year. >> also new this season, single game tickets and men's spent games season ticket came first. >>> they

aiken apologized for his remarks stating legitimate rape rarely results in pregnancies. republican leaders are calling on him to step aside including the rnc chairman. with less than a week to go until the republican convention in tampa, mitt romney is joining in the chorus asking aiken to leave the race and this is with good reason. there's a new nbc/wall street journal poll that shows that the negative feelings towards republicans have reached 45%. but despite the short fallout over aiken's remark he's received some support from conservative groups and even some constituents back home. we're live in washington, john back to you. >> thank you very much for the report. this morning ecuador is ready to negotiate over the fate of julian assange if britain withdraws a threat to raid its embassy in london. the president said he wants to guarantee in writing julian assange will not be extradited to the u.s. julian assange is facing allegations of rape and sexual assault in sweden but fears he could be extradited to the u.s. to face charges here. julian assange has been holed

nene case of rape called aiken today trying to deliver the same message. later in a coordinated republican effort to force akin out romney increased the pressure on wmur. >> the thing he should consider is what is in the best interests of the things he believes most deeply, what will help the country at this critical time. >> reporter: republican senate campaign chairman senator john cornyn told akin he'll pull the plug on millions of dollars of campaign funds if he stays in. but akin later told sean hannity's radio show he won't quit all though he did back track on rape. >> i had heard from medical reports that rape is such a traumatic type of thing that it -- that there is a reaction. you know, though, that's wrong. >> reporter: democrats led by the president sought to take advantage. >> rape is rape. and the idea that we should be parcing and qualifying and slicing what types of rape we're talking about doesn't make sense to the american people. and it certainly doesn't make sense to me. >> reporter: the biggest beneficiary akin's opponent democratic se

. >>> women angry over aiken's comments rallied today.part of women's equality day. one marcher said aiken's remarks are part of a trend that has degraded women's rights over the past few years. >> there's been many many laws passed in different states to restrict women's rights to have safe legal abortions and to get contraception. >> reporter: similar rights happened in los angeles, new york and chicago. >>> despite apple's silence on rumors about a september 12 product announcement rivals are already lining up to steal the limelight. samsung and amazon have all set dates to introduce new products over the next few dates just before the apple unveiling. >> there's this sort of calm before the storm where everyone is just kind of looking at apple but they're still paying attention to what everybody is doing. after apple announcing everything all anyone can talk about for the next two months at least is apple, apple, apple. >> even if these products attract attention shoppers will wait to see what apple is offering. >>> it was more than j

. >>> meantime, todd aiken is vowing to continue his bid for the u.s. senate. but support continues to fade among his own party. we will go back live to the washington dv bureau and how the information is causing them republicans. how are we doing right now? >> as you mentioned, we have seen a lot more as schools get back in and we are generally easing into it and you can certainly tell, there has been an affect on traffic and let's go and take a look. now the back to school code, most of them are not on the road this early and 6:30 is when you start seeing a spike in the commute. highway 4 looks good as you come to the pittsburgh area and it is slow in antioch. also this morning's commute looks good and there is a crowd in some of the cash lanes. if you are driving on 580 livermore, that traffic is already, -- all right my map failed so let's go to mark. >>> we have a little bit of a cooling trend as we head to tomorrow afternoon and that has been the headlines for today. clouds cover for the shoreline tomorrow, just a little bit cooler and we are warming up i

todd aiken, the primary winning gop senate candidate in missouri told an interview sunday he opposes abortion even in the case of rape because, quote, if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. aiken added if the rape does result in a pregnancy, quote, the punishment ought to be on the rapist and not attacking the child. democrats and others responded angrily, including aiken's opponent, senator claire mccass kill who called the remarks ignorant. he said he misspoke. he said his remarks don't talk about his guilt nor the victim. >>> the incident was first reported by politico which had them reprimand the 30 lawmakers on the privately funded trip. republican congressman kevin yoder of kansas was naked during the swim. a spokesman for house majority leader eric cantor confirmed the report's okay our ra si. >>> here's a look at some other stories making news early in america. in boston, old iron side, the naegs's oldest warship was back, if only for a day. for the first time in 15 years the "u.s.s. constitution" set sail to celebrate the 20

. >>> in the mail bag tonight, a little more on congress member, todd aiken. last night, i rejected the idea that vice president biden's recent statements regarding big banks putting people in chains were equally offensive. pete from maryland says show you're right. the vice president's remark was no way offensive. pandering at worst. representative aiken's comment on the other hand, i did find disgusting and ignorant. that's why aiken should drop out of the race, making policy and laws for the whole nation. i thank you for support. and we add this on the case of brandon, that's the former military man arrested for threatening to put on facebook. he is being evaluated for mental issues. is it fair to keep him locked up since he has not been charged with a crime? our good friend, deb, says we don't have a choice. i would say the authorities did the absolute correct thing in taking him. what if we had this information before mcveigh and the fort hood masker or the recent shooter. not to mention the shooting in aurora. if there is a danger of a threat, why let it

we have more on the fallout from aiken's comments on rape. >> todd aiken is refusing to step down even though mitt romney is basically telling him to do it. instead he's hitting the a airwaves in talking about the mistake he made in the words he said. >> the mistake i made was in the words i said, not in the heart i hold. i ask for your forgiveness. >> this is a distraction that mitt romney could do without. he and his running mate are trailing in the moels among women voters. critics are pointing out that akin worked together with ryan to try to reduce the incidence of abortion by narrowing the definition of rape. not what the gop wants to hear right before their national convention. >> a week before the national convention this is not what the gop wants to talk about. they want to talk about the moms out there still trying to balance the budget. >> that not only has paul ryan co-sponsoring these bills but 232 other republicans share this point of view. >> now, it seems pretty clear at this point akin will not withdraw from the race as he let pass a critical deadline. missouri law req

missouri congressman todd aiken tonight is vowing not to quit his campaign for the u.s.enate despite calls from members of his own party to do so. >> this all comes in the wake of his controversial comments about rape. those same comments steered today's presidential campaign with both the president and mitt romney condemning his remarks. aiken was being enter veed on local television when he made the station voicing his opposition to abortion rights, even the case of sexual assault victims. here's what he said. >> from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> aiken says he misspoke and apologized for his remarks today on mike huckabee's radio show. >>> even though they completely disagree with the congressman's comments, some say they may have had the unexpected benefit to galvanize people to fight harder for women's rights. >> reporter: i can tell you that community leaders i spoke with today say the congressman's comments have outraged so many people they think it m

-- todd aiken said he will not drop out for his bid. he believes voters in his state will be standing behind him. live in our washington d.c. newsroom, he said prominent republicans feel differently. >> tops among them mitt romney who knows this aiken mess is a huge distraction just days before the republican convention. >> his comments about rape are outrageous, inappropriate and wrong. >> he says rape rarely leads to pregnancy but it put a new spotlight on party divisions when republicans want to focus on party unity at the convention. republicans will vote on their platform what it says about abortion during my next update in about an hour, allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a fresno county school district is being sued over its sexual education program. the a.c.l.u. shows they are failing to provides students about -- provide students about accurate information about condemns. they claim people remain abstinence until marriage. the lawsuit contains inaccurate information. >>> an attorney for lynch says race may have been

but here's something to remember about aiken. of republicans in the primary in missouri voted against this guy. everybody in the party except eisenhower is calling them to get out. there's not much more we can do. the question is with time, will it become what it ought to be? a local deal. romney came out strong gengs it. it will be a flag the democrat's wave around. i think it will memt away. >> what they're going to look at is what states they can flip. >> it does. look. here are our 9 battleground states. obl two of the nine are both that barack obama won. let me show you why there are so many people who sit there and say you look nationally. and you think, boy, this is a dead even race. i eegs very difficult. you can follow up top there. let me go in order of where the romney folks think are their best opportunities. and look how long it takes them to get to 270. that's where they get in the battleground. and then you've got florida, iowa and then colorado. those first four are the ones you'll feel best about. the next five a

. >> missouri congressman todd aiken under growing pressure to end the senate campaign following his controversial statement yesterday about rape and abortion. listen. >> if it's a legitimate rape the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> he apologized but the national republican senate committee and the republican super pack cross roads today dropped the support. mitt romney is asking aiken to consider dropping out to give the republicans a better chance of win ago senate seat. they desperately desire. >> his comments about rape were deeply offensive. and i can't defend what he said. i can't defend him. >> his view were his offensive. rape is rape. >>reporter: president obama says aiken rae mark highlight the sharp divide between republican and democrat on reproduction rights. >> 7 news learned oakland has now pinpointed the cause of its chronic police radio problem. one of the worst outage happened during president obama recent visit. according to city investigation verified by the fcc, at&t cell towers are interfering with police radio signal. report calls

. >> missouri congressman todd aiken under growing pressure to end the senate campaign following his controversial statement yesterday about rape and abortion. listen. >> if it's a legitimate rape the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> he apologized but the national republican senate committee and the republican super pack cross roads today dropped the support. mitt romney is asking aiken to consider dropping out to give the republicans a better chance of win ago senate seat. they desperately desire. >> his comments about rape were deeply offensive. and i can't defend what he said. i can't defend him. >> his view were his offensive. rape is rape. >>reporter: president obama says aiken rae mark highlight the sharp divide between republican and democrat on reproduction rights. >> 7 news learned oakland has now pinpointed the cause of its chronic police radio problem. one of the worst outage happened during president obama recent visit. according to city investigation verified by the fcc, at&t cell towers are interfering with police radio signal. report calls

aiken. watch nor democrats to make as much hay as they can. >> shep: i guess he had 24 hours if he were to make a decision to drop out and there were three people in a three way race in the primary. interestingly, not surprisingly. clare mccaskill's campaign is pushing for him as one that comes from the right? >> back in the primary process, that is right. there is not a lot of attention in the missouri race. they are all up in new hampshire. first time they took questions from an audience. first time they were back after an initial debut. some is kind of symbolic. this is where romney had his first win and he brought paul ryan here and there was one thing i knew you would love this. here is red sox nation, politics is really big and today it was a yankees fan, yankee's t-shirt on. people criticized him for being cautious, he didn't estate. he called on the red sox fan and watch what happens. >> i will not raise taxes on the american people, i will not raise taxes on middle income americans.