i'm anna wintour.m so lucky in my work that i'm able to meet some of the most incredible women in the world. women like sarah jessica parker and michelle obama. these two wonderful women and i are hosting a dinner along with the president in new york city to benefit the obama campaign. >> ok. so let's talk about this. cnn contributors roland martin and john avalon on here. >> what up, carol? >> well, here's my first question. can president obama really make the point that mitt romney is out of touch? roland? >> who cares? are we somehow shocked that there are fundraisers with people who are either celebrities or folks with lots of money? no. not shocked at all. plus, you know what, i am so sick of this regular guy narrative. i don't want a regular guy president. i don't want a regular woman president. i want somebody extraordinary. we need to stop thinking that these folks are just like us. they are not. and they'll never be just like the average american out here. >> ok. john, why do they keep saying

anna wintour? the devil in prada? [ kate ] most women may not be properly absorbing the calcium they take because they don't take it with food. switch to citracal maximum plus d. it's the only calcium supplement that can be taken with or without food. that's why my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it's all about absorption. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8. >> in europe's economy, it's cast ago shadow on our own. and all of this makes it even more challenging to fully recover and lay the foundation for an economy that's built to last. megyn: that was president obama from his weekly radio and internet address over the weekend, responding to last week's dismal jobs report and defending his economic polices. well, france is pushing back today on those remarks. the country's foreign minister saying, quote, the crisis didn't start in europe. lehman brothers was not a european bank. end quote. he went on to say, quote, we should not shift responsibility.

evening and you can join us. >> reporter: who you might ask is anna wintour and what is she doing in of "vogue" magazine and a model for meryl streep's character in "the devil wears prada." >> i don't understand why it's so difficult. >> reporter: and while all candidates suck up the celebrities to raise campaign cash as romney has with this guy there just seems to be something tone deaf about the obama campaign's decision at the very moment unemployment is again on the rise to enlist madam wintour as one of the hostesses of his fund raiser. >> so please join us. just don't be late. >> reporter: the president will no doubt raise a ton of money at that soiree but what will he do wit, convince voters he can fix the economy. >>> thank you for watching abc news, check in for "good morning america." they'll bring us more behind-the-scenes action from the jubilee concert for the

i was thinking that anna wintour is hurting him. he had a fundraiser here in new york.er too well. but no, i think it's a big boon. because in fact hollywood don't like him these days. if he wasn't getting money from hollywood he would be in big trouble. >> greg: he has to get it somewhere. >> kimberly: he is losing his mojo and moula. it's obvious to me. you know who is making the money? romney. he is on record it look like for $100 million for the month of june by the time reporting closes. >> greg: very little from celebrities. >> dana: but hollywood as a whole they are fair weather friends. thereon profile from an insider who wouldn't give his name. we don't like what he is doing but we understand it. he has to raise money. it's a bad situation. so now all of a sudden they're upset. maybe they are upset the campaign is running through money so fast. what drives me crazy about the actors in the robin hood story they steal from the government to give to the poor. >> greg: right. they are stealing from the rich to give to the government. >> dana: much more direct to ta

i don't think you can necessarily say the same about anna wintour though obviously republican wos likeaffiliation with the obama campaign to suggest that he somehow is out of touch with the common worker. >> i think anna's wintour's hair is better. let's talk about mitt romney. we're learning more about mr. romney's substantial fortune. it is held in a blind trust. he says he has no control over those investments. here's what he had to say about blind trust. when running against senator kennedy. >> the blind trust is an age old ruse which is to say you can always tell the blind trust what it can and cannot do. you give a blind trust rules. >> an age old ruse. which romney do we believe? from today or 1994? >> there is no question that this guy acts in what he believes mitt romney's interests and desires. i was on this call where they first unveil the trust. the guy who administers the trust admitted he speaks with romney about once a year about the invest many strategy for the trust. there are assets in that trust that there is no way the independent wealth management adviser would sel

that's the day the anna wintour ad comes out the same day we get these disappointing job numbers on fridaytions about just how tough this election is going to be. >> going into the next 24, we've got the fund-raisers in new york and for the three of houston covered the '92 campaign and of course, the most recent campaign, bill clinton, there he will be in all his glory, fundraising glory for the president. will he be on message? >> in all of his unrestrained glory? will he be on message? that is really up to him, isn't it? he will be on message as he usually is which is to say in his own way. and so he had a message last week which was governor romney had a stellar business record. not at all helpful. nothing is an accident. but his bottom line message was elected obama. so when you get the former president, you get the bit we are the sweet. >> president clinton can do an awful lot to help president obama, especially in places where president obama has some troubles. ohio, michigan, pennsylvania, those kinds of states. watch the new jersey primary results. we have two incumbents running ag

anna wintour's charter loosely based on an aside. is it a danger spending time with these hollywood elite. i don't think the average american can relate to them and sending they are the ultimate arbiter for the election? >> this goes back to the 2008, that is is the celebrity president. he is not a man of the people but instead operates in a bubble and certainly the president does spend a lot of time in places like beverly hills and manhattan and certainly with these kinds of folks. as the president continues to keep up this blistering fund-raising pace, in order to finance this campaign he opens the door for mitt romney and republicans to make the celebrity argument against him he is in a bubble and is out of touch. megyn: does it matter? last time around john mccain tried to paint barack obama as the biggest celebrity in the world. remember that campaign ad? look how that worked out? >> that was effective. if you look at trajectory of the race that was starting to stick to then senator obama but when the bottom fell out of the econ

. >>> obama supporter and "vogue" editor, anna wintour could be named as u.s.mbassador to london this year. >>> country star carrie underwood says she supports same-sex marriage, saying people should have a right to publicly love the people they love. >>> betty white who endorsed president obama a few weeks ago met with him on monday. >>> and joan rivers tells politico, she hates politics and explains why she's in favor of a monarchy. they're there, they look good and they always have good gift shops when you leave the palace. that's this morning's dish of scrambled politics. >>> here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,411, after plunging 142 points yesterday. the s&p sank 16 and the nasdaq ding, in 8. tokyo, the nikkei skidded 88 points, while in hong kong, the hang seng fell 41. >>> stocks surged early on news spain had agreed to the $125 billion bank rescue fund. within hours, worries resurfaced about italy, greece and whether the loan terms would cripple spain's struggling economy. asian markets followed suit, re

. >> reporter: and "vogue" editor anna wintour as they're mocking as tone deaf.esident obama is hitting the fund-raising circuit this opening, in fact, this opening at an event in manhattan former president bill clinton told assembled guests it would be "calamitous" for the nation and the world if mitt romney were elected. diane? >> jake tapper reporting from the white house tonight. >>> and now we turn to healthy living and news that has a potential to touch virtually every american family. more than 1.2 million americans will suffer a heart attack this year and today, a new report declared one state, north carolina, is showing the rest of us how to save lives. a pioneering idea that could reach your neighborhood too. here's abc's medical editor dr. richard besser. >> reporter: heart doctors have named the enemy -- it's time. 90 minutes. for some heart attacks, if you can get to surgery within 90 minutes, you've cut down your chance of dying in half. but thousands don't make it in time. now one state is showing the nation how it can be changed. >> when you have

i have been calling her anna wintour. >> you are confusing her with edgar winter. >> who would also be an albino guest. i think -- i am not sure about this, but much like obama i don't think she is an american citizen. she is from the britains. >> she has a madonna british accents. i went to school there and now i talk to that. >> is ersha kit still alive? >> no, you can choose who ever you want, living or dead. >> that's the contest. >> i want mark twain, garfield, odie and howard the duck. that's the perfect dinner. >> and jesus christ. >> everybody puts jesus christ at the end. >> i want mohamed to be there, but as a cartoon. >>> from contests to calories. should we -- scroll the tele prompter 1234 should we scorn the corn that is popped? michael bloomburg considers the large soda ban and eyes other targets as well. on tuesday, a natural day of the week, they showed support for the mayor as you proposal -- mayor's proposal saying it does president go far enough. quote, the popcorn isn't better than the soda. >> there are certainly milk shakes and milk coffee beverages that have mons

shadow which businessmen who are giving money -- when you heard they auctioned off dinner with anna wintourd you do a little fist pump? >> no, because i saw "devil wears prada," i admit it. >> the numbers on romney. hollywood to the president is actually more important, jamal, numberswise, than wall street is to mitt romney. that's actually not -- we'll look at the other screen, the financial industry one. mitt romney, $29.8 million. 3.4 for barack obama. the number from hollywood for obama was 51. kind of interesting, john. >> hollywood is an important export industry for the united states. >> yes, it is. >> we should respect it. >> could be our greatest export. >> absolutely. i don't think there's anything intrinsically wrong. but certainly the optics are problematic. seems as though the president enjoys spending time with his celebrity fans. and also -- when you're looking at the small dollar donors -- >> who doesn't? i mean, mitt romney -- if you got to hang out with angelina jolie -- >> when you look at the small dollar donors dropping off, part of it, those are the ones who still have

he is supposed to be a man of the people and he is hanging out with anna wintour.he trying to turn the election to a celebrity reality show?" others say president must target the ubeer rich to compete with the republican don't pocket superpacs. this week, obama campaign filed a complaint with the federal election commission demanding super pac crossroads gps disclose the donors. the campaign says crossroads is a political group. therefore, should report its donor list. crossroads fired back calling on the president to demand the same openness from liberal groups. conservatives also jumped on the timing of a call for more transparency, the same week the president invokeed executive privilege for the first time over the fast and furious documents. national review channeled its inner charles dickens joking it was the most transparent of times, it was the least transparent of times. >>> finally a new political action committee aiming to boost republicans in the bay state got a lesson in spell check. the group massachusetts forward was forced to refile with the s.e.c. b

last week, we had the checks in the city with sarah jessica parker and anna wintour.ally? >> greg: the new contest, telling people, the young people coming do not abuse the mini bar. that is my favorite story of all. he is saying, guys are going to come, do not go in the mini bar. >> dana: you love a mini bar. >> greg: i could sleep in a mini bar. >> andrea: how do you get through the obama economy without a mini bar? >> greg: it's a metaphor for healthcare. it's like when you are in this room, that's all you have. so you pay $30. >> bob: if barack obama releases the name of the bundlers, mitt romney refuses to do it. utah and nevada and places like that -- >> eric: or a lot of them are wall street. >> bob: wall street, yeah, i'm sure it's wall street. all the guys that got away. >> andrea: soros, moveon.org, they don't have money? >> bob: compared to what they are spending? romney himself is refusing to release bundlers. bush did. everybody else did. but this guy won't. i'm telling you, i think the reason for it is, you will find similarities between -- >> dana: last

the first family, we're getting new details about the celebrity new york fund-raiser hosted by anna wintourah jessica parker, but it was andy cohen who stole the show. he got the president to play a version of the bit he does on his show. it's called plead the fifth. he asks his guest, three questions, only one of which they're able to plead the fifth. the question the president refused to answer, which outfit does -- wanted the answers straight and that was the first lady, herself. i want to know what it is, she said. well, the president's answer, no way. lastly, how's this for an artistic homage? when alan bald wanted some inspiration for the powerful leader of the vampires, where did he turn? apparently to rick santorum. the legendary tv producer told the rap coat for me, the jumping off point was watching the republican primaries. watching michele bachmann, watching rick santorum, what would it be like to have a -- take a look at the rick santorum inspired villain. >> i am the authority. >> can we look beyond ourselves in the bloodless that has historically defined us as something bigge

the president with sarah jessica parker, anna wintour, r pretty glamorous. but it is not just the president who speaks pandering. his republican challenger is an expert in the language, proving that while we may not agree on much that up and dopandering is bipartisan fluency. mitt romney today continuing to gender himself to the obama is killing business crowd. >> i am running for president because i have the experience and the vision to get us out of this mess. >> we' we're going to replace the obama job killing policies with sweeping tax reform to jump-start job creation. and by the way, the government regulators who are strangling small business are finally going to learn that their job is to help job creators and recognize them as our friend, not enemies. >> proving his fluency is broad-based, romney also spent time in almost every speech pandering to the deficit hawks. >> say you had a real spending cuts deal, 10-1, spending cuts to tax increases. you're shaking your head. but who on this stage would walk away from that deal? can you raise your hand if

also at the $40,000 a plate dinner, vogue editor anna wintour.will raise more than he did on the west coast with george clooney but you weren't at either one. >> no, i wasn't. that vamping wintour woman, i'm glad i'm not there. i like sarah jessica parker. nicely dressed, good actress, nicely turned out. i'm so disappointed she has bad judgment over president obama. i'm crushed. i'd like to talk to her about supply side economics because i believe she would get it. so well turned out. she's got supply side potential. >> maybe they're having a cocktail now, sitting on the couch and president obama is saying, that larry kudlow, great ties, but i'm not going to his fundraisers. >> these people drive me crazy. you're not one of them. up next, why is mitt romney getting unsolicited advice from other big name republicans? hey, folks, stop picking on romney. my view, he's doing just fine, thank you very much. [ creaking ] [ male announcer ] trophies and awards lift you up. but they can also hold you back. unless you ask, what's next? [ zapping ] [ clang

. >>> there is no separation between politics and fashion last night when "vogue" editor anna wintoura fund-raiser for president obama's re-election. among the designer duds up for sale a t-shirt designed by marc jacobs and tote bag by derek lam, 75 bucks and for $95 you could have been in obama fashionista in an alexander wang hoodie with "let it be clear" on the front. complete with three d glasses and no word on whether the president donned the cool three d shades for "men in black." do you remember this picture the first couple catching a 3-d film at the white house in 2009. >>> michael bloomberg may not want to stop at banning oversized sodas. this ethey're looking at a similar proposal for big buckets of popcorn at the movies. visit our face book page and let me know what you think. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ are so amazingly good, you'll get lost in an all-beef hot dog world. what was i supposed to wish for? why am i wearing a bow-tie? where did i leave my bicycle? after all, when you're enjoying the beefiest, juciest bite of pure kosher beef, nothing else matters. goodness gracious, that's koshe

yes. >> last night. >> runway -- >> last night. >> anna wintour, possible u.n. ambassador to the uk in a possible second obama term. >> coming up exclusive first look at the politico playbook. >> that will help. >> that was a natural -- seamless, seamless -- just -- >> seriously was. >> i had no idea. >> did you guys practice that to pivot off greece to run way to win. >> the moderator of "meet the press" david gregory, "financial times" gillen tett and andy serwer with fortune magazine's list of the best places to retire. >> i need one of those right now. don't miss willie's week in review. first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. bill? >> all right. everyone can't wait for the weekend. it's slowly, slowly arriving. this morning, the worst travel out there this morning, dallas/ft. worth, showers and thunderstorms rolling through, wet on the roads for at least the next hour and then will begin to move out. the dallas/ft. worth, anywhere in the greater metroplex area you'll be dealing with those storms. also, in oklahoma, tulsa, heading out to interstate

anna wintour will co-host that event. >> if there's two things that the american people relate to, it's the devil and prada. [ laughter ] >>> one of the largest fires in colorado is now burning out of control. >> they might not have all the flames out until sometime this fall. >>> one and done for john edwards. federal prosecutors announcing the former presidential candidate will not face a new trial. >>> severe weather pounded the dallas ft. worth area. >> this is the biggest hailstorm i have ever witnessed. >>> a 2-year-old chimpanzee is bff with 6-month-old baby priston. >> there were a lot of pretty girls there in my entourage. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> casey anthony was not a party girl and has not gained weight. >> i am going to hurt you, dough boy. >> you won't know. >> you were married to cher, correct? >> she was married to me. [ laughter ] >>> and all that mattered -- >> tremendous catch. >> and that's a perfect game! the giants manning matt cain on the pitcher's mound. "cbs this morning." >> a new item. >> bacon sundae. >> like the muslim world needs another reason to

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ad touting a fund-raiser next week in new york hosted by sarah jessica parker and "vogue" chief anna wintour. >> just don't be late. >> reporter: the republican national committee responded with its own ad, criticizing the president for using wintour, a wealthy fashion icon, at a time when unemployment ticked up to 8.2%. white house press secretary jay carney fired back, pointing out that romney has his own celebrity surrogates. >> two words. donald trump. >> reporter: wednesday night, both candidates appeared in comedy sketches at the "cmt music awards" about who should host the show. toby keith or kristen bell. >> i want them both. >> i propose toby and kristen cohost the show. see? i just put two people back to work. you're welcome, americans. >> reporter: now, just before the president's first fund-raiser here in los angeles, an f-16 fighter jet intercepted a single-engine cessna which are flown into restricted airspace. norad says it landed out incident. today it is back to politics. mitt romney will be stumping in st. louis, missouri. president obama attends one more fund-raiser here i

meryl streep who played a version of anna wintour is expected to attend tonight too. >> beam advisoris the first time the president's been outraised by an opponent since 2007. speaking of big money billionaire casino developer sheldon adelson has just given $10 million to the pro-romney super pac restore our future. adelson and his wife have donated some $25 million to conservative candidates and committees through april. the bulk of that went to backing newt gingrich for president. "boston globe" pointing out two fascinating contradiction inherent in this donation. first romney's church condemns gambling and he doesn't believe in the wealthy influencing our election but then goes on to say as long as it is do-able he's going to do it. figures. we're back with more after the break. stay with us. current tv for one week only until the fall. tone down her opinions? >>sorry, i can't hear you. what? [[vo]]or tell her she has to stick to a script? >>forget it. [[vo]]that will never happen on current. >>try to be a little more conservative tonight. desk top, lab top, ipad. iphone. >> pleas

jobs report was released this weekend, and there was a web ad featuring longtime "vogue" editor anna wintour urging people to support obama. >> i had, i'm anna wintourre, and i'm so lucky in my work that i get to meet some of the most incredible women in the world, including michelle obama and sarah jessica parker. we are hosting a dinner to benefit president obama. it will be a fantastic evening and you can join us. we're saving the two best seats in the house for you, but you have to enter to win. >> not sure how that would go in kansas. >> i think it's big. >> listen, i'd like to go to the event. i admire her. she's great at what she does. the timing, willie, though, maybe a little off. >> a little off. >> just a smidge. >> come hang out with high society, the 1%, on the upper east side. >> just a scosche off. the timing. >> she's great. i'd love to go to dinner. >> actually, i think it's downtown, but we won't quibble over that. >> forgive me. >> was that in your packet? [ laughter ] >> so -- >> there's another one. >> ok. i was wondering -- it was curious that you would put that one as