how presidential candidate michele bachmann and her husband make their money. hidden cameras go inside their clinic. >> the truth is, god has designed our eyes to be attracted to the woman's body. >> tonight, brian ross investigates. >>> and cinderella story. an electronic world cup moment. how the u.s. women's soccer team has put a new face on women. >>> good evening, i'm cynthia mcfadden. in a remarkable abc news exclusive last night, jaycee dugard told diane sawyer the wrenching story of how she was kidnapped at age 11 by a convicted sex offender and held for 18 years. her self-possession and strength in telling her story in that interview and in the new book she's written made us all wonder how, how did she endure, display extraordinary courage? jaycee allowed us to interview not just her but also her therapist to begin to answer that estion. here's abc's diane sawyer. >> reporter: if there is a way to endure and triumph over hell, who would have thought an 11-year-old girl, jaycee dugard, would be the one to find it? her story is the story of hope. >> some

bachmann.his one, since you also pay attention to the culture wars, this has been swirling around lately because of this particular letter that came down from the american college of pediatricians cautioning schools to stop promoting homosexual identity to children. and yesterday the "wall street journal" came out with an article. what do you say when your teenager says she's gay? what do you say to christian parents who come up with this? >> well, i think you clearly say what is the understanding of god's word on homosexuality. and i think that this is no mystery that a child or preadolescent, particularly adolescent, will question and wonder about sexuality. that's nothing new under the sun since the beginning of time. >> yeah. >> but i don't think we should take that -- because we wonder or we think or we question, does that take us down the road of homosexuality? >> could you add the word experiment to that? >> well, certainly. there's that curiosity. but again, we -- it is as if we have to

. >> democrats are saying yes to michele bachmann. >> i'm not surprised by how well michele bachmann has done. she comes across as a real person. >> real human moments. very compelling to voters. >> obama's got some magic. >> with the wink and a hug, she's made the minoriajority of gop field disappear. >> king james called napoleon and together decided to kill america. they sent the nina, pina, and santa maria to fight. >>> and yes to stephen colbert. >> i'm sorry to say, ladies and gentlemen, we won! [ applause ] >> it's so cool to be at super pack that even steven colbert is doing it. >> it's something from a channel called comedy central. >> and, yes, this comedy is really over. >>> good evening from new york. republican senate leader mitch mcconnell had a message for the president today. >> i'd like to invite the president to come to the capitol today, to meet with senate republicans. anytime this afternoon, he's available, to come on up to the capitol and meet with senate republicans. that way he can hear directly from senate republicans directly from senate republicans why what

. >> some republicans have decided that it's time to stop michele bachmann. >> i feel great. >> she's not going to vote at all to lift the debt ceiling. >> michele bachmann is being rightfully called out. >> michele bachmann feels great, but her tea party is washington's biggest headache. >> and they are sort of of cult fringe as i refer to them out there. >> really about these house republicans. >> tea party, house republicans still won't follow their leader. >> it's always been weather john boehner can wrangle his caucus. >> still a long way to go before the house goes along to get anything passed. >> if it's not accepted in the house, we can't extend the debt ceiling. >> even if we default on august 2, they will be not worse off than africa. >> michele bachmann surges in the polls, so republicans attack her. >> michele bachmann is doing well, in fact, surging. >> michele bachmann is rising. >> in our latest nbc news "the wall street journal" poll. >> i prescribe medication. >> the story claims bachmann suffers from incapacitating migraines. >> will not affect my ability to serve. >

michele bachmann's husband marcus is defending his business. in an interview just published in the "minneapolis tribune" the counselling is not on trying to convert homosexuals. the word barbarian in the piece might have been doctored. he says he was referring to children, not gays. let's talk a little more about the republican race for the white house. our chief political analyst gloria borger is here. she's doing well in almost all of these polls. in iowa -- even in new hampshire she's doing remarkably well. michele bachmann is getting some life of her own on the campaign trail. >> she. she's getting some traxz. obviously, she's a cultural conservative, fiscal conservative, wouldn't vote to raise the debt ceiling undery circumstance. she's good on the stump. people like her. i think her big problem, the big question is, whether rick appearry geappear appear -- rick perry gets in, the governor from texas, because he would take some oxygen away from her. what's interesting, when michele bachmann came on the national scene a lot of people -- one

he has a funny name. >> jon: marcus bachmann y is that funny? >> bachmann?l music superhero, bachmann? you see, you see? this is say target-rich environment. i can't believe you get emmys for this crap. [laughter] >> jon: have you heard his voice. did you hear anything about his voice. it's like hitting off a tee. listen. >> there's that curiosity but again we like -- you know, it's as if we have to understand barbarians need to be educated. >> okay, so it's a funny tone. he has a funny tone. you go deeper than that. the tone is cheap. you see me getting laughs? this is the way that i talk. >> jon: yes, i see you getting laughs. >> no, they are not laughing. this is my natural tone. >> jon: just now your tone it's a funny tone. >> no, no, this is not a tone. >> jon: that's a tone. >> no tone! >> jon: aren't you ever tempted by this stuff? >> of course. i'd love to sayç dr. marcus bachmann buys braying paper towels for the packaging. i have that in me. >> jon: i know. >> or he's so gay richard simmons tells him tone it down. >> jon: or that he (bleep)s pinkb

now congresswoman bachmann is refusing to answer questions about it.t's surprising about that is for years congresswoman bachmann and her husband have spoken extensively publicly about their views on sexual orientation which they clearly believe is not something that people are born with, and which they believe can be treated. here's some of michele bachmann's comments in the past. >> this is an earthquake issue. this will change our state forever. because the immediate consequence if gay marriage goes through is that k-12 little children will be forced to learn that homosexuality is normal and natural and that perhaps they should try it. >> if you're involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it's bondage. it is personal bondage. personal despair and personal enslavement. this is not funny. it's a very sad life. it's part of satan, i think, to say that this i gay. it's anything but gay. it's profoundly sad to recognize that almost all, if not all, individuals who have gone into the lifestyle have been abused at one time in their life, either by a male

. >>> tonight on "world news" -- investigating michele bachmann. is the republican superstar making money trying to turn gay people straight? an outside group takes undercover video in the christian counseling business run by her husband. >> the truth is god has designed our eyes to be attracted to a woman's body. >> tonight brian ross investigates. >>> melting down. your job, your credit cards about to be walloped because politicians in washington still won't make a deal on the debt. >>> under attack. angry mobs storm the u.s. embassy in syria, including the ambassador's home. >>> "made in america" summer. a whole neighborhood looks to see what is american made in their homes and lines up behind our team with new ideas for creating jobs. >>> and jaycee dugard. your overwhelming message to the little girl who gave us all a lesson in life and hope. >>> good evening. we begin tonight with an abc news investigation. tea party powerhouse michele bachmann has rocketed to the top of the republican pack. tonight, a closer look at the business she and her

there are certain of them to find anti-bachmann stories. she was not trying not to blow it up into anything more because she's trying to do a dance and keep this story about spilling into other stories. >> she's gone through a lot of staff on capitol hill. >> she's got the reputation. not a lot of trust with staff. >> exactly. >> more about presidential leadership than anything having to do with migraines. i want to move to rick perry. the other surprise on our poll is that rick perry is also in double digits and he's not even announced. we're learning more yesterday. here's what he said the latest what i'm calling rick perry watch day 300. we don't have it. here's what he said. i've been getting calls across the country, iowa, florida, new hampshire, the calling aspect of this is the stand point of people letting me know they're going to be there has been overwhelming. rick perry, is that somebody you think is going to be a player in this race. instincti cynthia? >> i think he could rise near the top of the polls very quickly. it says much

marcus bachmann. attacking his christian psycho-therapy business in an attempt to ruin his good name. >> dr. bachmann's brand of counseling is highly controversial and could become a campaign issue. dr. bachmann runs a christian counseling firm. that at times, according to former patients, has tried to convert gay men into heterosexuals through christian prayer. >> stephen: christianity is the only way to cure gayness. just get on your knees, take a swig of wine, and accept the body of a man into your mouth. [laughter] now in the past, dr. bachmann has denied that his counseling center engages in gay therapy. but the gay rights organization "truth wins out" sent an undercover homosexual, posing as an over-cover homosexual, to record his counselors with secret homosexual cameras. jim? >> he could cure your homosexuality? >> yes. >> is that what he said? >> yes. >> the truth is god has designed our eyes to be attracted to the women's body, to be attracted to everything, to be attracted to her breasts. >

and the lead counselor is bachmann's husband. jim acosta has been looking into this clinic and joins us live from washington this morning. hi, jim. >> good morning, kiran and ali. michele bachmann and her husband run a christian counseling service that's come under scrutiny in recent years. the questions are now resurfacing again as she runs for president with a record of controversial viewses on homosexuality. the clinic outside minneapolis has faced accusations it encourages gay and lesbian to change their sexual orientation. we sat down with one who said he went to bachmann and associates when he was 17 to talk about his own homosexuality and told us he was skeptical of what one of the counselors said to him. >> it was therapy that would help me change from being homosexual to straight. >> that's how he described it? >> yes. >> he basically said, if you do this, what? you wouldn't be gay any more. >> if i do this and worked his therapy program, that could perform a miracle and i could no longer be gay. >> reporter: now this we

presidential hopeful michele bachmann could very well snag her party's nomination once voters get a glimpse of her radical beliefs and form a religious associations with her campaign for the white house get you rail and someone needs to pay their bills ideally take tonight how republicans are trying to default their dad at the expense of the rest of us. is the united states headed down. same road as iran a group of law professors fear so and they penned a letter to congress to raise their concerns over a piece of legislation and gives the government power to take websites offline to censor search engines and essentially break down the internet the legislation known as the protect ip act is the creature of the entertainment lobby and is meant to curb online privacy suiting piracy by forcing an internet service providers to take certain websites offline if they're suspected of copyright infringement and giving away free music or movies and here's the kicker whether or not those sites are actually engaged in copyright infringement doesn't apparently need to be proven by a third party or a cour

is michelle bachmann too right or just right? with the republican party, which moved right with goldwater, right again with reagan in 1980, and with newt in 1994, be right there for the lady from minnesota? has the hatred of obama made her the perfect champion for a year of attack? i'm chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, "the washington post," bob woodward, the national journalist, jamie tarabay, abc's andrea mitchell and "the chicago tribune"'s clarence page. the nasty unemployment numbers are a psychological problem for the country and a huge political burden for this president. has the tea party's flirtation with default on the national debt handed barack obama a huge win, while the vast middle of the country, the middle that decides elections, see the president as the grownup? take a look at poll numbers. in his 2008 win, president obama was the choice of 60% of self-described moderates in the exit polls. today he still has 55% of those moderates. what do moderates favor? when it comes to the national debt cei

well it certainly is part of michele bachmann. you know michele bachmann has built her career on anti-gay activism and she you know that was her signature issue when she was in the minnesota state house she has a record of actually fairly shocking statements on i'm gay people i mean anyone who's interested should go look up a speech that she gave in two thousand and four to a group called ad watch stands for education watch in which she talks about you know kind of a homosexual conspiracy to infiltrate our culture or to teach homosexuality to small children in schools to recruit. at one point she mentions you know she goes on this litany of all these kind of gay people and in entertainment and what and why this is such a problem and she mentions melissa etheridge and then she mentions that melissa etheridge has breast cancer and that maybe this will be an opportunity to her for her to finally be open to spirituality i guess the implication being that this is like her great chance to give up on the sexuality be a this was central t

is today the whole credibility issue for michele bachmann kind of goes right out the window in this michelle obama became purse lady it hasn't stopped the congresswoman has still been attacking her bachmann isn't happy that earlier this year the first lady advocated for more new mothers to breastfeed their newborns moments ago republican congresswoman michele bachmann possibly a twenty presidential candidate challenging that idea on the laura ingram radio show saying these efforts give new meaning to the term any state. bachmann was it that the classified breast pumps as deductible medical care purchases she claimed the government was using the tax code as social engineering and part of a nanny state mentality while that may be her opinion it's also attacking the ballast of a candidate or a fellow politician she can't say scrutiny of her husband is out of bounds but she's free to attack michelle obama any time she feels like it campaign presidency doesn't matter she's fair game so for being a blatant hypocrite we're getting our friday chill time award to michele bachmann and i have

marcus bachmann.is christian psycho-therapy business in an attempt to ruin his good name. >> dr. bachmann's brand of counseling is highly controversial and could become a campaign issue. dr. bachmann runs a christian counseling firm. that at times, according to former patients, has tried to convert gay men into heterosexuals through christian prayer. >> stephen: christianity is the only way to cure gayness. just get on your knees, take a swig of wine, and accept the body of a man into your mouth. [laughter] now in the past, dr. bachmann has denied that his counseling center engages in gay therapy. but the gay rights organization "truth wins out" sent an undercover homosexual, posing as an over-cover homosexual, to record his counselors with secret homosexual cameras. jim? >> he could cure your homosexuality? >> yes. >> is that what he said? >> yes. >> the truth is god has designed our eyes to be attracted to the women's body, to be attracted to everything, to be attracted to her breasts. >> stephen: y

bachmann was upset the i.r.s. to classify breast pump as deductible medical care purchased as she claimed the government was using the tax code as social engineering and part of a nanny state mentality while that may be her opinion it's also attacking the spouse of a candidate or fellow politician she can't say through any of her husband is out of bounds but she's free to attack michelle obama any time she feels like it campaign presidency doesn't matter she's fair game so for being a blatant hypocrite we're giving our friday tool time award to michele bachmann and i have a feeling she's going to win a few more before the two thousand and twelve presidential race is over. all right it's friday happy friday and joining me for happy hour is archy producer jenny churchill and alex bites well he's a reporter and blogger for think progress got oregon and a progress report thanks guys for being here it's happy friday last friday before a possible default and the first story as financial armageddon was approaching last n

and certainly, if bachmann gets further down the road, there will be more questions. i can tell you, i've been out there on the campaign trail with her, and few candidates campaign as vigorously as she does. doesn't seem to be slowing her down right now. >> and few covering the campaign as closely as you. jon karl tonight, thank you. >>> meantime, to the political fire storm playing out overseas tonight. britain's prime minister today, the latest to take a very public lashing as the scandal that's rocked billionaire rupert murdoch widens. prime minister cameron had hired one of murdoch's top editors and made him a close aide. well, today, lawmakers sounded off about it and loudly. abc's jeffrey kofman is in london. >> reporter: the british, they are so polite. except when it comes to politics. >> the reply that he sent -- >> reporter: that's david cameron, the british prime minister. >> you know -- >> reporter: today, facing 138 withering questions from the opposition. >> he just doesn't get it. >> reporter: no american president gets subjected to a verbal pounding li

but that's michele bachmann, are you crazy. she's not blaming democrats, she's just finding coincidences. like how pandemic is an anagram for don't panic. chris: when we come back we'll look at michele bachmann, the presidential candidate. will the new bachmann actually vote to let the country default as she's threatening to do? a tough choice for the tea party favorite wa member of congress. we'll have schools and -- scoops and predictions. chris: welcome back. michele bachmann, unlike chief rival mitt romney is a current u.s. congresswoman. this is an advantage in some ways, but it also has possible down sides. as a u.s. congresswoman she will have to cast a vote on this debt ceiling fight, not just talk about it. she says she's going to vote dead no. are the republican voters with her on this? here she is telling sean hannity she's where the voters are, no matter what the party leaders say. >> so you have been finding yourself at odds with the republican leadership. this is not making you popular with some members of congres

michele bachmann. >> michele bachmann's migraines and whether this should be considered a campaign issue. >> got to say, of all my issues with bachmann's brain. >> $18 million raised. mitt romney is the king of the jungle, the thick maned, super predator of the race, the republican's aslund. >>> time for your political ticker with tim farley live from washington. 11 days and counting until the debt ceiling deadline. what's your feeling? do you think we're getting closer? >> i think you got it in the beginning when you said the democrats are netting nervous. harry reid and nancy pelosi asking why they're not a part of the conversation. there was a confrontation between pelosi and senator lu. he evidently said something to the effect there is no deal and you would be informed if there was one. that's where the president is getting push from. the point is we're counting down and we need to get something quickly. the senate is working on it today. the house will probably be working and voting on something monday relative to cut, cap and balance and maybe we'll see balance after that. >> talk

michele bachmann is at 30%. sorry, 16%. romney is at 30%.you go into iowa, she is more than doubled his numbers in terms of what is coming up and what will be a definitive race for tim pawlenty, because he has got to defeat michele bachmann. he has to have a good showing in iowa to put himself to be a challenger for mitt romney, as he go into new hampshire. so i think that, you know, charles says he thought it was a little bit of a low blow. i agree. one last thing on this. talking about where the story comes from, an indication, she has had a lot of high staff turnover. some of the staff obviously. >> bret: former aides. >> former aides grudge and a lot of that stuff, she is under scrutiny. it's starting to show how many enemies she has. >> bret: steve, turn topics to the texas governor rick perry who has been flirting flig with a run and many people say it's almost sure to happen. today he is speaking out. that his wife is on board. >> as my wife was talking to me saying get out of your comfort zone. being governor of texas, a great job. b

my name is michele bachmann. i stand here in the midst of many friends and many family members to announce formally my candidacy for president of the united states. >> stephen: she announced her candidacy from waterloo, a name synonymous with victory. [laughter] [cheers and applause] somebody won that battle, right? this fine lady wasted no time buttering up the people of iowa, not easy because i believe iowans come pre-buttered. jim? >> i often say everything i need to know i learned in iowa. >> stephen: republican, she left iowa at age 12 and has had the courage not to learn anything since. [laughter] of course, some people -- good-looking lady. some people don't know michele bachmann so she told fox news everything she wants us to know. >> what i want them to know is just like johnway was from waterlao, iowa, that's the spirit i have too. >> stephen: she has the spirit of john wayne but the critics couldn't wait to it in pick on a detail. >> johnway is from iowa but three hours away. there's a john wayne from

they're facing with twice michele bachmann and mitt romney. he's got the bank roll but she's the true believer. who wins? and a fight over abortion ritsz. kansas approved new regulations for abortion clinics regulating everything from the drugs they stock to the size and temperature of procedures in recovery rooms. supporters say the new rules will protect patients but critic sas they're a thinly veiled attempt to shut down abortion clinics. and actor gary sennese, known for lieutenant dan in "forrest gump" he's made a movie. here tonight to talk about the film and a new way you could help wounded service people. finally, imagine -- john lennon, a reagan democrat? that's what his one-time personal assistant recalls. check out the "sideshow" tonight. we start with the economy. senator richard durbin, democrat from illinois and senate majority whip. thank you for coming on "hardball" tonight. new york senator chuck schumer on the republican's motivation. listen to him first. >> we need to start asking ourselves an uncomfortable question. are rep

but that could not explain or predict a michele bachmann nomination, because michele bachmann is a lot of things but she is not unknown. she is famous. for years now, unlike a christine o'donnell or joe miller, michele bachmann has been all over national tv. and not just on fox. she has been all over msnbc, all over cnn, even made it as far as "meet the press "on nbc on sunday morning. her record is totally in line with the off the charts craziness of a sharron angle or a christine o'donnell. but michele bachmann's craziness has been in public. it has been on tv. >> i may not always get my words right. but i know that my heart is right. >> michele bachmann is amazing as a political figure. but it is not likely that michele bachmann actually will be the republican nominee for president. who might it be? she's pulling second right now. but if it cannot be her, and i do not think it can be her, if it's not going to be mitt romney or her, who else actually has a shot? the only person polling regularly now in double digits who is not michele bachmann or mitt romney is this man, rick perry.

bachmann is a distant third. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back to "hardball." whether the boehner bill passes tomorrow or fails in the house, the action next moves to the senate. what's the frame of mind among u.s. senators? joining me is democratic senator jean shahin of new hampshire. i watched your career, watched you work in politics and now in government. you worked at harvard for a while. you know the business of politics. i wonder, what is it like to stand there as a senator from new hampshire waiting for the president and boehner and the crazy tea party people to cook up a deal, and then you've got to decide on what to do with it. what is the mood now among the grownup senators? >> i think people are very frustrated. it is time now for us to act. we have the whole world watching. we have an economy in this country that will have devastating consequences if we fail to raise the debt ceiling. middle-class families across this country who will be affected with their credit cards, car payments and mortgage payments. this is a manufactured crisis, it doesn't

bachmann's social views help make her a front-runner in iowa. aides tell me she'll release her latest figures tomorrow and claim they're pleased with the numbers. kelly o'donnell, nbc news, washington. >>> and when we come back here tonight, another sign of our economic times, as thousands of people anxiously wait to hear if they have won a shot at a job interview. >>> and later, wit and humor and speaking the truth, it's not always easy, but betty ford always seemed to find a way. >>> we mentioned this next story briefly at the top of the broadcast tonight as well. this will be a nervous night in and around louisville, kentucky for tens of thousands of people who filled out applications for a job interview. ford motor is retooling, reopening a production plant. that means 1,800 new jobs there. demand for the jobs is so high, they're holding a lottery tomorrow to decide who they can talk to about filling them. our report from nbc's mark potter. >> reporter: in the early morning heat, the line is already long at the state employment office in lou

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