. >> speaking of the president's practicallity he referred to having the apc-- damaged and credibility questioned. >> i'm not sure i understand the context of the statement, so, i do not know that i could tell you what he was thinking or why he said that. but i think that, what happens of course is the constitution in politics converge all the time and in a circumstance like this, where the president makes a judgment, it's not just going to have constitutional ramifications, it will have political ramifications. >> you keep using the word judgment but i'm getting to what the law says. i'm not as interested in what someone's judgment is as the law is going forward. for the next president, is there any time limit associated with recess? >> i think the answer would be probably yes. because i think you have to put all this into context. >> it's less than three days though. >> i don't know if it less than three days or not, but i do think it's a matter of context. it's a matter of what are the practicalities at the moment the president is making the judgment. keep in mind, the president is

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showing, when people are asked who do they trust to protect the middle class, "the washington post," apcsident obama. only 37% trust willard mitt romney. then the poll on who you trust to handle terrorism. 56% trust president obama. only 36% trust romney. and it is rare that we've seen republicans poll so low in the trust factor on terrorism. >> no, and there you have sean hannity trying to deny that president obama cared about or had anything to do with getting osama bin laden. we remember what george bush said about him. he's just one person and i don't think about him that much anymore. i'm going to echo what perry said. mitt romney, john boehner lose credibility in my opinion when it's all dump, dump, dump on obama, attack, attack, attack obama. they've got to recognize that some things that have happened are good. it's good osama bin laden is gone and good that moammar gadhafi is gone. and the other things i mentioned are good. and it's good that detroit is back for america. not just for obama. >> and i think that in many ways, the extreme, when you take the extreme, perry, then i t

the apc is definitely an outperformer, so that's a little confusing. >> that one if he bought it cheapo, just in the last couple weeks, he was buying in perhaps the mid to high 70s, and the stock popped into the high 80s this week. >> on the weatherforward slumbergie you're better off buying than following him. >> ben bernanke is making some comments and diana olick has it. diana, bad thing to break an embargo so go ahead. i was going to come to you a little earlier. >> reporter: no, never want to do that especially with the fed but the fed chairman is about to take the podium at the national association of home builders annual convention, speaking to a much smaller crowd than have been here in years past and he'll start off hitting his mantra hard which is that housing continues to be a huge impediment to a greater economic recovery. he says that 1.75 million homes are vacant and for sale, far higher than the past and the high rate of foreclosures is likely to continue for a while putting additional homes on the market which puts more added downward pressure on home prices. he'll talk

[shouting] [gunfire] this is the russian apc that was either captured or a syrian soldier brought overthe rebels when he defected. for a long time we're talking about how the rebels are using ak-47s to take on tanks. that is not the case anymore. they have got something to help them. a little bit of momentum. they got beaten pretty badly in the damascus suburbs by assad he is troops. they have pretty much control over the city of homs which could give them a little bit of momentum going forward. that may put time on the rebels side. it means time is working against president assad. still russia and iran are squarely in assad's corner here supporting him. but remember, assad is needed not by russia and iran. they simply need syria. so the question becomes at some point are these countries going to decide assad is a losing battle and support the rebels before any western governments can get there and try to make a king-maker here and figure out who will run syria which is clearly a lynchpin in the middle east. jenna, back to you. >> very interesting point you make, leland. we'll talk abo

[gunfire] [shouting] this is a russian-made apc, armored personnel carrier. the syrian army or someone from government forces brought over as they defected. all they have had is ak-47s to take on president assad's tanks. now they have something to fight with. that didn't help them in the damascus suburbs where as saud forces were able to crush the rebels. now with this new armor they may be able to hold the city of homs. as in the past year in libya, if opposition is ready to control one big one likes city of homs all of sudden the momentum can go in their direction. the momentum is now on the side of the rebels and time is not on assad's side. bill: that is some extraordinary videotape. thank you, leland vittert with a rare look inside the battle back and forth on the ground in syria. all right, 27 minutes past the hour. martha: a stunning development to tell you about in this bizarre murder investigation we've been following of a marketing executive. she was found strangled. now police say there shows signs of a big struggle before her murder. a man has not