and from all people, ann romney. .look. >> i accept your challenge to help raise awareness about this devastating disease. my good friends diane sawyer, neil cavuto and ooezling, you have 24 hours to complete this challenge or donate $100 to the cause. whoa! whoo! >> ann, i am sorry i missed your challenge when i was away last week. i know i have exceeded the 24-hour deadline to respond. but i figure better late than. never. i know this is going to disappoint some of you, including you, ann, but i'm making a donation and i'm not doing the ice bucket thing. for one thing, i think it looks ridiculous and didn't want to mess up my perfect hair. i also didn't want to mess up my expensive suit. and that might suit your hubby just fine, but let's say mitt apt me. >> tonight i have help from one of my friends. hey, buddy. that's cold. >> i like how he did that with a full suit. really, governor? that's not me, governor. you're not going to see me destroy this polyester masterpiece. after all, i'm a highly respected anchor. le

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what is deal with ann romney dragging me into this ice bucket challenge, i was away, out of nowhere she drags me into this i drag myself back, i am on to you romney! neil: what's at deal neil. >> what is the deal with ann romney dragging me into an ice bucket challenge,. >> my good friends diane sawyer, and neil cavuto. you have two hour 24 hours to complete this challenge. with multiple sclerosis to fine cures. -- find cures. neil: better you know that me, i was away last week when she first challengeed me, in case you thought that i would take the bucket, sorry, i cut her a check. i did not want to mess up my perfect hair. and i didn't' to get wet my genuine polly esther suit, but mitt. >> i have help from my friend. buddy how are you. >> good. that is cold. >> i love that, tie remained perfect. dave in philadelphia disappointed. >> neil, you look like a big wuss. your viewers would love to see your cheap suit get wet, i would love to see you stop writing, i suspect your helmet hair would not budge. >> seems to suspect cold water might do me some good. you stamer quite a bit, when you

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is one of mitt romney's ashes good advisors, ellie rosen who is the woman who famously said that ann romney has never worked a day in her life, and van jones was a self-appointed communist. so before, i was hoping appears morgan would bring up ted kennedy because it would be my moment. and thankfully that moment came. in the stated that they play during back to the gate is jen, they should mitt romney debating ted kennedy with mitt romney challenging and received back in the '90s that ann romney said in this debate, that was featured in a video that he was pro-choice. obviously, he has since changed his position. that didn't stop piers morgan from asking me, does it make you uncomfortable hearing mitt romney is passing the joys of being pro-choice? >> and i just responded and said no, you, you know what many uncomfortable, piers? that have a confession becomes be fighting the war on women that they would play a lengthy seven minute video, attribute to a man who let a woman to drown in his car. [applause] so after that the panel exploded to it was like we can't bring up the chappaquiddick, n

mcdonnell's wife who is also facing charges attempted to push a supplement on ann romney.usinessman who prosecutors say brought influence with the mcdonnell's and one of the latest strange and stunning developments to emerge. nbc's peter alexander is wearing a hazmat outfit and he is live in richmond with more. peter, this goes from bad to worse, from strange to bizarre. what is the latest? >> reporter: joe, i think that is exactly right. when we first came down here, we thought this would be not an exciting trial. it has been anything but that. there has been a lot of stunning allegations already. one virginia political analyst describes the mcdonnell's as a beaver cleaver family but these new allegations in many this trial in the second week, including that pitch that you referred to from maureen mcdonnell to ann romney how this wonder drug of sorts could potentially cure her multiple sclerosis has left a lot of people here in disbelief. a sorted tale involving a former governor behind the wheel of a fa ferrari and luxury vacations and secret cash loans. the governor's k

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and next thing they know she was pitching it to ann romney.ne of mcdonnell's aids described what happened. mcdonnell simply said yesterday he found it embarrassing. >> let's dig a little bit deeper on the relationship that maureen mcdonnell may have had with johnny williams. you note that mcdonnell's lawyer asked him if he thought his wife had a physical affair with williams. he said no. but then he said believes she had a strong emotional relationship with him. how far might it go, you think? >> what his lawyers describe as a crush that maurn reen had on johnny williams. if you look the trial there are points where johnny williams is communicating with marine mcdonnells four or five times a day. and bob sent the e-mail. she never responded but the same day she was exchanging text messages back and forth with johnny williams. there seems to be a situation where mcdonnell, you know, was focussed on a career he was someone who in another world would have been a presidential contender in 2016. and she didn't know what to do. at this businessman c

challenge, i believe from ann romney. now she's passed that on. >>> now a check from jason.ave a check on the weather? wh is going on for us? >> it was impressive how she was able to dangle the check out there and not it. pretty good stuff there. we've seen those videos all across the country. let's start right now city of brotherly love. philadelphia. undoubtedly go f i bucket challenges ther live look, wpvi. beautiful stt.e th is afternoo a at's jusing.t great weatheacss northe cst take a loo portland to d., temper0s portions of pennsylvania and weern neyork. e other side of the country, not good. showers and thunderstorms could bring rain. eatherle.grt fall 5 and 60s. in fact, middle of august yesterday, a couple of inches on of snow in the higher elevations of montana. winter weather advisories. the snow will move out. issue here across the southwest from l.a. to san diego, watch out for rough surf because of tropical systems across the pacific. that's a check at weather across >> reporter: good morning, everyone, i'm meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather upda

after he stepped down, a former aide testified maureen mcdonnell tried to pitch the supplement to ann romney during his bid for campai campaign. >>> 6:04 is the time. a verdict is expected in a stabbing and road rage case at the montgomery county mall. prosecutors say david goldberg stabbed a couple after a fight at a stop sign. goldberg is accused of following them into the mall parking lot and stabbing the man three times and stabbing the woman in the stomach. we are learning more now about a pedestrian hit near ridge road high school. the teen was up and walking around when the police arrived. >>> if you are looking for something to do tonight, meet up with your neighbors. neighborhoods in d.c., maryland and virginia are organizing block parties, cookouts and candlelight vigils to take a stand against crime. for a full list of what's happening in your neighborhood tonight, log on to nbcwashington.com and just search national night out. >>> we are following a developing story. new this morning, the drastic move israel made to try to keep the peace. >>> and all about perception. why women a

she suggested it may be a cure for ann romney's ms and that struck political operatives on the campaign bus as a strange thing to do and demonstrated how invested the mcdonnells were in trying to promote these products. >> also insinuation about possible romance or flirtation between williams and maureen mcdonnell? >> that's something defense attorneys have suggested saying that marriage she had with her husband was falling apart and felt neglected. williams flattered her. they said because the marriage was so damaged between the mcdonnells, they couldn't have been conspireing to commit crimes because they were barely on speaking terms. >> we'll continue to follow that. julie carey is watching that trial. you can follow it through her on twitter @julie carey nbc. for more, check out "first read" on nbcwashington.com. >>> tom kierein joins us with his midday forecast. >> by this time of the summer, most of us are used to the heat and humidity. kind of like it. if you don't have to overexert, it's okay. great beach and pool weather. here we go. again, another classic summer august day. th

. >> she was accepting the challenge, i believe from ann romney. now she's passed that on.diane. >>> now a check from jason. do you have a check on the weather? what is going on for us? >> it was impressive how she was able to dangle the check out there and not get it wet. pretty good stuff there. we've seen those videos all across the country. let's start right now city of brotherly love. philadelphia. undoubtedly a good day for ice bucket challenges there. a live look, wpvi. our friends in philly. beautiful start. temperature this is afternoon near 80 degrees, philadelphia. that's just the beginning. great weather across the northeastern coast. take a look. portland to d.c., temperatures in the 70s and 80s. a little warmer in the western portions of pennsylvania and western new york. the other side of the country, not as good. showers and thunderstorms could bring rain. from portland to seattle back through spokane. look at the cooler weather here. helena. great falls, 50s and 60s. in fact, middle of august yesterday, a couple of inches on of snow in the higher elevations

yesterday mcdonald's former campaign manager testified in 2012 he heard maureen mcdonald tell ann romney that a dietary supplement like the -- anatabloc -- don't put words like that in the teleprompter anymore. the product made by johnny williams' company would help cure mrs. romney's multiple sclerosis. the campaign manager said he was horrified by the exchange and thought it was a train wreck. joining me now is washington post columnist and msnbc political analyst dana millbank and matt, who has been in the trial and is joining us from richmond. maybe you can pronounce that dietary supplement. but dana, this defense is the one no one saw coming. we always try to guess how it's working in the courtroom. what is the guess at this point? >> my guess is that governor mcdonald was taking some peculiar nutritional supplements, however you pronounce them, to decide this was a good idea. he was offered a plea teal in december, one count, his wife gets completely off the hook. we would have forgotten all about bob mcdonald right now. but instead, out of hubris, out of wanting to cheer his recor

we learned that the former virginia first lady, dogged bird dog and ann romney to pitch the vitamin supplement made by the businessman, johnny williams, who had been shower them with gifts. >>> the prosecution presents e-mailed that says that shows that william offered up his his private jet if governor mcdonnell could set up a dinner with him with john mccain and staffers in a health department that met with johnny williams at mcdonnell's behest derisively called him the tick tack man, because his vitamin supplements resembled tick tacks. >> i've said before, you've heard of the twinkie defense, mcdonnell appears to be using the crush defense. basically throwing his wife under the bus to save both their hides by portraying her, his wife, as having a crush on a slick businessman. and she seems the to be going along with it. melinda hendenberger's been covering it from "the washington post" and reporting from inside the courtroom. and her latest column writes, how does a crush preclude a conspiracy. i never know what you're going to say. we'll start with melinda. i know what you'd say. make you

the former virginia first lady, bird dogged ann romney to pitch the vitamin supplement made by the businessmanny williams who had been showering the mcdonnell's with gifts. there was an awkward encounter as a train wreck. williams offering up his private jet if governor mcdonnell could set up a dinner with him with john mccain. and the virginia health department met with jonnie well yams, the business guy, and called him the tick tack man because his vitamin supplements resembled tick tacks. i've said before be with you heard of the twinkie defense. mcdonnell appears to use the crush defense, basically throwing his wife under the bus to save both their hides by portraying her, his wife, as having a crush on a slick businessman. and she seems to be going along with it. covering it from "the washington post" and reporting from inside the courtroom. and her latest column writes, how does a crush preclude a conspiracy. i never know what you're going to say. we'll start with melinda. i know what you'd say. make your case. just because this woman has some sort of romantic affinity for this squat bus

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learned in testimony by a former aide to the governor that maureen mcdonald allegedly tried to pitch ann romneyn pills from the pharmaceutical company that the former governor is accused of doing illegal favors for. she allegedly said those pills could possibly cure her ms. the defense lawyers say they did nothing illegal. >>> and it's primary day in kansas, missouri, michigan, and washington state. one big race we're keeping an eye sont senate primary in kansas where the republican establishment candidate, senator pat roberts, faces off against a tea party challenger. if i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing i've learned is my philosophy is real simple american express open forum is an on-line community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make smart business decisions. if you mess up, fess up. be your partners best partner. we built it for our members, but it's open for everyone. there's not one way to do something. no details too small. american express open forum. this is what membership is. this is what membership does. ugh. heartburn. did som

mcdon knell wanted to pitch mitt romney and talked to ann romney and said they might cure her ms.ible. the guy that testified about it talked about how horrified he was to watch it going on. the spectacle of the marriage on display. i guess we have a summer soap opera and this is the mcdon knell trial. >> it's hard to take it seriously but his future is at stake. his legal future. the defense basically my wife did it or made me do it? >> yeah. and andrea, like you said, it is hard because some of the stuff going back and forth here is brutal. they didn't go out on dates. maureen mcdonnell's defense, saying she had a crush on johnny williams and the charges are serio serious. look, talking about 11 i believe charges of corruption, 14 total allegations here. and you have the fascinating dichoto dichotomy. not just johnny williams versus the mcdonnell but maureen and bob and you have this sort of three-part legal back and forth with everybody with their own motives and trying to sell their own story line. it is absolutely remarkable. i cannot believe a guy that got elected and talked

ann romney had that, she could cut through the clutter. when we open the phone call -- it was the last thing we did but it changed the entire conversation. social media has leveled the playing field and allows people to have follow-up commerce nations. >> what zach said about investing early is really important. institutionalizing the value of engagement in relationship building is an essential part of the campaign, so that digital becomes a force multiplier for the things you're trying to do, relative to billing community and empowering people to participate in a process. that means that digital is going to drive whatever values are present in the campaign. we are using the same tools. it's not like we invented fusion and didn't share. all the tools we are discussing, we are both using. we are just using them differently and applying them different league. how we staff, budgeted, use them, the time had to plan versus them was a wild advantage for us. in terms of coming to us -- you have to start with a premise that you are willing and int

ann romney had that, she could cut through the clutter. call --open the phone it was the last thing we did better change the entire conversation. social media has leveled the playing field and allows people to have follow-up commerce nations. >> what zach said about investing early is really important. institutionalizing the value of engagement in relationship building is an essential part of the campaign, so that digital force multiplier for the things you're trying to do, relative to billing community and empowering people to participate in a process. is goings that digital to drive whatever values are present in the campaign. we are using the same tools. it's not like we invented fusion and didn't share. all the tools we are discussing, we are both using. we are just using them differently and applying them different league. staff, budgeted, use them, the time had to plan versus them was a wild advantage for us. -- yous of coming to us have to start with a premise that you are willing and interested in engaging in sort of a humble way a

>> on the same day mcdonnell endorsed mitt romney for opresident, maureen mcdonnell pitched romney's wife annclaiming her product could potentially cure her multiple sclerosis. [audience reacts] >> jon: that... that's [bleeped] up. how do those two live with themselves? i guess it's easy thanks to forgetulex, from the makers of antabloc, the herbal supplement guaranteed to wipe out the memory of a time you trivialized a woman's incurable disease so a huxster would buy you a watch. forgetulex, made of crushed up heroin needles and bedbugs. so this seems like an open-and-shut awful thing. what do the mcdonnells have to say in their defense? >> attorneys for the mcdonnells say the couple is innocent. they couldn't have been dowcspand they were barely on speaking terms. >> jon: you don't have to be happily married to be corrupt, although it helps, like italian prime minister silvio berlusconi and his wife of 20 years, lady-shaped pile of gold. oh, oh, that's some good bunga bunga. what evidence is there that mcdonnell's marriage was even sour? >> defense attorneys say the state's first lady had a

parents dying, when obama won the second time beating romney, my mother happened to a then the largest north american collection of clippings about anncoulter. so i'm going through them and i came across "time" magazine that came out immediately after george bush won the media election in 2004, which should be of tremendous interest in this idea is you are all in kittner garden men. you probably don't have that issue. it was the exact opposite of what everyone was saying after this last election, which is to say democrats are going to have to fold up shop, come back under a new name. they've lost five of the last presidential elections. the reason my mother had it was a huge smiling picture of me, winner, bad picture of michael moore, loser. [laughter] search or read that magazine it really lifted my spirits to remember the pendulum does change, but it takes activists like you and people talking and writing and art doing to make things change. remember obama, he did win twice, but he is two characteristics that no other democrat has. number one, no record. and likability. i'm no record the history democrat says they're always going d

rather, obama won the second time, beating romney, i was going through my -- my mother happened to have had the largest north american collection of clippings about ann coulter so i was going through them and came across the "time magazine" that came out after george bush won re-election in 2004 which should be of tremendous interest to this audience because you were all in kindergarten then. and it was the exact mirror opposite of what everyone was saying after this last election. which is to say, democrats are going to have to fold up shop, come back under a new name. lost five of the last seven presidential elections. there's a huge smiling picture of me in my mom's sudden, winner, sad picture of michael moore, loser. so, you know to raved that magazine, it lifted my spirits to remember that the pendulum does change but it takes activists, like you, and people talking and writing and arguing to make things change. remember, obama -- well, he did win twice, but he has two characteristics that no other democrat has. number one, no record. that's big. and likability. on no record, the hoyt of democrats is they're always going down based on what they

speech after speech about mitt romney's war on women, conservatives hate women and not only did bill clinton speak on the same night that sandra spoke, but the dnc on demand ann coulter described as having the only confirmed kill on the war on women. the tv cameras didn't catch this because it was during a break but because i was there i did. in between speakers the dnc plated seven minute long glorious tribute video to none other than ted kennedy. they're complaining about the war on women. as if that wasn't bad enough, as they plastered the words women's right champion in all capital letters across the screen of the video they were playing. it was pretty amazing actually. for some reason they skipped over one of the most important and iconic moments of his life, the time when he drove drunk off a bridge, wandered away and left the 20-year-old will campaign staffer who happened to be a woman to die in the car. no one dared to the the words chappaquiddick that night. they were not going to talk about is in the arena and certainly not in the media but i had plans to talk about it later that night. [applause] >> luckily, peers morgan still had a show. i was boo