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mayor antonio villaraigosa is campaigning in iowa.e'll deliver the keynote speech at the jefferson jackson dinner. meanwhile a nbc news "wall street journal" post in iowa shows president obama maintaining an 8 point advantage. joining us now the democratic mayor of los angeles and the chair of charlotte's democratic convention, antonio villaraigosa. welcome, mr. mayor. >> lakes, great to be with you again. >> so glad to have you here. you're my hometown marry even though i live in new york. let's talk about a busy day for you. you have an early vote block party this afternoon as well as the keynote address to the jefferson jackson day dinner tonight. what is your main message? >> well, the main message is that there's a big difference between president obama who wants to take the country forward and mr. romney who wants to repeal the 20th century when you hear him speak on issues whether it's the voting rights act and all these voter suppression bills that they're doing, whether it's a women's right to choose and contraception, this i

antonio villaraigosa, and how about we talk to thehat whae leaders, movers, and you guys shakers? a best. gerri: hello, everybody, i am gerri willis for the candidates are prepping for the first debate jt over 24 hours from now. if you look at te headlines, it looks like media is already calling president obama the winner. even before he and mitt romney were on stage. joining me now is the democratic strategist, editor for the national review. i can't think of two people better to talk about this issue. i going to start with you. the first debate ialready over his style, president obama, in his gop challenger needs to shine in the debate. what do you say? >> well, so much for the expectations game. the media doesn't pick winners, voters pick winners. that is why we have elections. they are smart enough to understand opinions and facts and all of that. they are really good at filtering it out. after all the early voting that is done, 9:00 o'clock on the west coast, it is the voters that have the last say and that is the way it should be. gerri: okay, rich, the public says that 61%

a e regresar a denver colorado y nos acompaña en la transmisión el alcalde de los angeles, antonio villaraigosaar este nivel de impuestos, la verdad, es que no dijo la verdad, cuando dijo que no estaba en favor de recortar 700 millones de dólares de medicare. r y otra vez, ha cambiado su posición y como ha cambiado toda la semana y toda la campaña. >>> parece que hay un consenso que romney hizo un papel de lo que esperaban y como lo hizo el gobernador romney. se que va a decir coque lo hizo muy bien el presidente obama. pero como lo hizo romney. >>> es muy buen para el debate lo hizo muy bien, en términos de la forma de su presentación. no hay desacuerdo en ese sentido. pero cuando tus palabras no reflejan los hechos y los datos. cuando cambias tu posición, cuando no detallas tu programa. la verdad no lo hizo bien. si estas hablando de la manera y la forma que habló si es cierto que habló bien. dijo muchas cosas, aunque no eran una reflexión de la realidad y de los hechos y datos. >>> muchas gracias el alcalde de los angeles antonio villaraigosa nos acompaña de denver colorado y seguimos con el

the former deck commission cochair, we also have senator john thune and los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. meanwhile, while the candidates debate over the direction of the country, companies are being scared right out of the country. then, the guy who stuffed himself in an overhead bin. a 100-dollar be. he is here to make his case. washington is jumping in. the health care takeover could be making people sick. neil: companies are packing up so they don't have to pay up. there is a new cato study showing high corporate taxes are driving businesses out of here. the u.s. rate is nearly twice the international average. david asman says that is a job killer. >> that is a job killer. they have a corporate rate of 18%, ours is 35%. this is sending businesses out of the country. what is really ridiculous is these high rates. just hang with me for a second. if you look at the chart, you can see that the most income from our taxes come from individual taxes. the third bar is corporate taxes and you can see the 7.9%. now, we have about $200 billion from corporate taxes. that is how much our governme

the former deck commission cochair, we also have senator john thune and los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. meanwhile, while the candidates debate over the direction of the country, companies are being scared right out of the country. then, the guy who stuffed himself in an overhead bin. a 100-dollar be. he is here to make his case. washington is jumping in. the health care takeover could nearly 1 billion people around the world don't have enough food to survive. we can't let this happen. there is something we can do about it. please join christina aguilera and yum! brands in the movement to fight world hunger by supporting the united nations world food programme. for more information, go to fromhungertohope.com. your contribution will feed children and save lives. together, we can stop the dying and start the living. and together, we can move people from hunger to hope. neil: companies are packing up so they don't have to pay up. there is a new cato study showing high corporate taxes are driving businesses out of here. the u.s. rate is nearly twice the international average. david asman s

los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa is one of president obama's key campaigners for the late teennevada is is going to pick the next president? >> 24 out of the last 25 elections they have picked the president. as nevada goes, so goes the nation. but i see a very close election. >> reporter: today there are 51 million latinos in the country, roughly half eligible to vote and their votes are critical to wing the election, but what about their voices? when will their numbers translate into political power? >> i have said this to democrats and republicans alike. we know when latinos see more candidates coming from their community august way of energizing the latino vote. >> reporter: ruben kihuen hopes to be one of those candidates in the future. will you run for office again? >> absolutely. >> reporter: will you be a congressman? >> absolutely. >> reporter: one day? >> one day. yes. >> when? >> i still aspire to be that first congressman from the state of nevada and just going to have

a e regresar a denver colorado y nos acompaña en la transmisión el alcalde de los angeles, antonio villaraigosal presidente obama. pero como lo hizo romney. >>> es muy buen para el debate lo hizo muy bien, en términos de la forma de su presentación. no hay desacuerdo en ese sentido. pero cuando tus palabras no reflejan los hechos y los datos. cuando cambias tu posición, cuando no detallas tu programa. la verdad no lo hizo bien. si estas hablando de la manera y la forma que habló si es cierto que habló bien. dijo muchas cosas, aunque no eran una reflexión de la realidad y de los hechos y datos. >>> muchas gracias el alcalde de los angeles antonio villaraigosa nos acompaña de denver colorado y seguimos con el aro litnálisi es un experto analista en comunicación política. como comunicadores lograron oye hacer llegar su mensaje avo tantos indecisos que estaban viendo el debate. >>> maría elena, seremos los más concreto posibles tuvimos 2 políticos diferentes en aspecto formal vimos a un romney más contundente, seguro y más relajado y más cómodo con mejor manejo del timing. a 0 bam le faltaba el tie

antonio villaraigosa the mayor of los angeles and obama co-chair. sir, it's good to see you.d: we will get to the other side coming up in just a moment. a romney campaign advisor weighs in on the governor's chances on a very key swing state and what governor romney needs to accomplish tonight to gain the momentum. that's next as fox reports live tonight from denver. the us bank wealth management advisor can help you. every step of the way. from big steps, to little steps. since 1863 we've helped guide our clients, so they can take the steps to help grow, preserve, and pass along their wealth. so their footsteps can help the next generation find their own path. all of us serving you. us bank has become boring and steless... only one man can save the day. kellogg's crunchy nut! ♪ sweet and nutty crunchy nut! [ male announcer ] honey sweet flakes with nuts in every bite. it's super delicious. >> shepard: governor romney got some good news as he heads into tonight's debate in denver. a new poll by the "wall street journal" and nbc news shows he is gaining on president obama, both

antonio villaraigosa, mayor of los angeles. let me just start with you, mayor.night's debate, when probably between 50 million people watching and going back and forth to the baseball games, how does he reach them tonight? what does he do tonight to get them rock 'n' rolling, going to do absentee ballot, we're going to vote? how does he do it? >> the format, the questions from the audience, obviously, and he has to answer and then pivot. he has to hit mr. romney's record. just because mr. romney says it, doesn't mean it's so. we saw it in the last debate he says a lot of things, none of which are based on fact or are true. particularly his misrepresentation of our record on medicare, which, as you know the president extends medicare and reinforces it. his own record on medicare, where he wants to turn it into voucher care. and a coupon program. so, he has to be very aggressive about defending his record and putting mr. romney on his heels to explain why he says one thing and then another and then another every single day, it seems. >> gene, i'm worried people my

mayor antonio villaraigosa wants to give immigrants access to banking services by issuing them officialo i.d.s. supporters say helping immigrants get bank accounts could reduce crime because fewer people would have to carry cash. critics say the plan accommodates immigrants who are in the country illegally. the city council will take up that proposal tomorrow. >>> friday we saw the biggest tech ipo since facebook. >> scott mcgrew, it just rocketed up 70%? >> yeah, 70% on friday and still doing pretty well this morning, up 2%. that is not shabby for any stock on any given day. the dow industrials up about 21 points this morning. it will be a busy week on wall street, lots of silicon valley companies reporting their financials. >>> san francisco tech reporters were spoofed on "saturday night live" over the weekend. pretend reporters from wired magazine and c-net who complained about apple maps were presented with pretend chinese factory workers who mocked the reporters for their first world problems. the factory workers said they didn't need to use apple apps because they live and work in

mayor antonio villaraigosa has called the mother of all parades. >> i'm speechless. >> just an icon of america. >> really a phenomenal experience. >> reporter: there have been complaints about the 400 trees cut down along the route. though they'll be replaced two for one. and some shop keepers are lamenting lost business and some residents the fact that they can't get close to the spectacle in their own neighborhoods. >> they want to close off the streets so that we can't even be on the sidewalk. >> reporter: but "endeavour's" logbook is about to record its final entry. it's the real thing. >> every mark you see, every dent you see, everything that is there is revealing what the orbiter did and why it did it. >> reporter: it's the real thing. it's work done now, heading for home. for "today," mike taibbi, nbc news, los angeles. >> once again, here's lester. >>> tamron, thanks. if you're a parent you try hard to capture every moment of your children's lives with your camera. but because she was always taking the pictures, one mom blogger says she realized she wasn't in most of her kids'

. >> i'm here with antonio villaraigosa. i want to ask you -- mayor, thank you for being with us. what are president obama's weak spots tonight? >> i think everybody has pointed them out. he has to be more succeinct, no so professorial. i don't believe that faux pas here and there will do much to change people's positions about a candidate. but i think debates are important. that's why we're here. >> does he have to make a case to undecided voters that he is worth re-hiring? >> yes, i do. i think he'll make that case. he'll lay out we've had 30 straight months of growth in our economy. manufacturing jobs are back, and he'll say what we're going to do going into the future. >> but the point he has to make is he didn't understand what a hole we were in when he got into the job. does he understand what he has to do to get out of it? >> i don't any anybody understood we would have an economy going into the free fall that it did. the worst economy since the depression. i think he will lay out that we made strides, we can do more. if you follow his path, that focus is on the economy fro

pushing for obama is the man who chaired the democratic national convention, los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> uncertain whether you could hear me. let me ask you first, you're in iowa today for the jackson day dinner. the president spent a lot of time there. the latest polls show the president is still leading in iowa, but ever so slightly. so what more can the president do in these closing days to outpace mitt romney? >> well, what we're doing today is encouraging people to early vote. we're making sure the people get to the polls. we have a very extensive ground operation. i think there are like 67 offices or so in the state of iowa. field offices talking to voters, getting them to vote early, and getting them to go to the polls. this is going to be a very close election. i have said that for a long time. i never thought that this was going to be a landslide for us. it's going to be very close, but in the end, i think iowa and ohio and wisconsin are going to be our line, if you will. in the sand, and they're going to help the preside

martin o'malley and los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa will be among those working the spin room for president obama. the president will be the one to get the first question tonight. both candidates will get rehearsal time. there will be no press coverage of that. >> i will be right here, and you know what -- >> we remind you again that coverage of tonight's debate will start at 7:00, with a preview program. the 90-minute debate will start at 9:00 with the several reairs afterwards. we will be looking for your reaction, your phone calls, and females, andt -- emails, and tweets. you can listen on c-span radio and follow online at c-span.org. and as we leave at the ritchie center in denver, we are live at the wilson center in the nation's capital. former secretary of state henry kissinger will be discussing u.s.-china relations. he will also previewed the agenda of the 18th national congress of china. november 8, china will have new communist political party leadership did what will that mean for the u.s.? we will find out this afternoon during this discussion. we understand that t

mayor antonio villaraigosa, high school an interesting program he wants to provide i.d.'immigration status which could open the door to illegals being in a sense-- >> he says no way, nothing to do with illegals. but of course, if you don't have to answer what your immigration status is that could open the door for that. he says it's to help the poor and elderly in the communities who don't drive, don't have access to i.d. cards and therefore can't open accounts, have to carry cash and can't borrow library books and integrate them into the community. >> alisyn: it helps the police, if they're carrying a photo i.d. with their address and if somebody reports a crime, you know the address they've reportedly given and have a way of what the actual identification is and identity is, i should say, if they're truthful. and so, immigrants, new immigrants, illegal or otherwise, to the country and don't have those things and don't have a permanent address. >> and shouldn't have valid i.d.'s. >> alisyn: if you live in l.a., you already are not going to be arrested for being an illega