ben cohen from ben and jerry's talks politics and money coming up after the break., you're wrong. mitt romney, you're wrong. we need more teachers, not fewer teachers and more cops and more firefighters that support our polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space. which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd and you still need to retire. td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. we'll even throw in up to $600 when you open a new account or roll over an old 401(k). so who's in control now, mayans? >> eliot: freedom of speech means protecting speech we don't even like. but first let's check in with jennifer grandholm. >> thanks, elliot a new week and mitt romney is attempting to get his campaign back on track. we'll take a closer look at one of his investments in china. and talk campaign crisis communications with chris lahain, and michael is back in "the war room." and he is feeling a little sorry for mitt romney. we'll tell you why. >>

corporations are considered people ben cohen of stampstampede.org have announced a new campaign theysimply stamp their money to let officials know how they feel. joining us now is ben cohen from ben and jerry's, and head tamper of the stampstampede.org campaign. thank you for joining us tonight with our stamps. and you also brought ice cream. >> of course. >> eliot: you know what people want -- >> that's right. >> eliot: explan to me what you are trying to target and how you are doing it? >> i think over two-thirds of all americans, republicans, democrats, independents all agree that money in politic is destroying our democracy, and neither party has done anything about it and clearly what is needed is a constitutional amendment to overturn the rulings that money is free speech and corporations are people. >> eliot: and you want people to literally take out their dollar bills or for mitt romney his hundred dollar bills, and stamp them. >> exactly. not only did i bring a whole bunch of stamps but i brought a whole bunch of dollars. >> eliot: singles are the best ones? >> singles circu

tiki barber, former player for the new york giants, rudy giuliani, former new york city mayor, ben cohen, co-founder of ben & jerry's ice cream and singer cyndi lauper. >> it is wednesday, september 26th. "starting point" beginning right now. first we have some news just in to cnn. two american soldiers in afghanistan were killed today in an attack by a suicide bomber. the attack happened in logar province just south of kabul, afghanistan's capital. a spokesman for the governor of logar said the suicide bomber detonated himself during a military operation. he also said one american soldier was injured. we will have more on this developing story as details come in. >>> a big day here in new york. iran's controversial leader will deliver his final address to the u.n. general assembly as president of that country. that address is today. mahmoud ahmadinejad is stirring up controversy before he even begins. he told reporters that israel will be eliminated from the middle east, and that there will be a new world record free of what he calls american bullying. >>> the threats come after this wa

cohen: thank you. i wanted to take the opportunity to thank you. i had the pleasure to meet ben first and work with him firsthand during hurricane katrina. many of you remember hurricane katrina many years ago. i was working in the mayor's office at that time and san francisco received several survivors and ben was right there on the front line, as well as other department heads but ben was the one that -- he and i worked hand in hand, elbow to elbow, in setting up cots, making sure that kids got enrolled in school, and that they got their vaccinations. as a supervisor now enjoy the pleasure of working with you and consider you most certainly a partner. it is a pleasure to stand here to say thank you to one of our city's leaders and our first responder. thank you so much for what you do. thank you very much. >> president chiu: supervisor campos. >> supervisor campos: thank you very much, mr. president. i'll be very brief. i think it's a testament to you, ben, that you get to work so closely with each member of the board of supervisors, and you still are able to keep your sanity,

cohen: thank you. i wanted to take the opportunity to thank you. i had the pleasure to meet ben first and work with him firsthand during hurricane katrina. many of you remember hurricane katrina many years ago. i was working in the mayor's office at that time and san francisco received several survivors and ben was right there on the front line, as well as other department heads but ben was the one that -- he and i worked hand in hand, elbow to elbow, in setting up cots, making sure that kids