arizona congressman ben quayle was among those on the trip, denies he acted inappropriately. fox's merriam garcia reports. >> it's unfortunate some people are trying to make it into what it's not and trying to use it for their political advantage. >> reporter: congressman ben quayle defending a fact finding trip he took to israel last year. he says he never acted inappropriately and he says he never saw any inappropriate behavior. >> we weren't around it. we didn't see it. so that happened after we were already gone. >> reporter: quayle was there with his wife tiffany who was 8 1/2 months pregnant. the quayles say after dinner at a restaurant on the sea of galilee went swimming for 30 seconds in shorts. quayle wanted to grab some water to baptize their daughter after she was born. >> it was something i wanted to experience and it's because that's where jesus walked on water and take that and then we went home. >> reporter: tiffany quayle says the trip was very spiritual for her because her father had just died of cancer. >> it feels like people are playing politics with some

ben quayle goes both ways. did we say both ways? that's not what we went.ou stay classy, republican party. you say classy with a "k." "first look" is up next. >>> august heat. more attacks and name calling on the campaign trail. as a former president weighs in. >>> special delivery. nasa receives amazing new images from mars, beamed from more than 154 million miles away. >>> and dance diplomacy. secretary of state hillary clinton shows off her moves in south africa. good morning, everyone. i'm lynn berry, those stories and more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we're going to begin this morning with a war of words. as the battle between president obama and republican challenger mitt romney intensifies, former president bill clinton is now jumping into the fray. clinton is criticizing romney over an ad that accuses obama of trying to undo welfare reform. nbc's claire leka is live for us in washington. she has more on this. claire, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, lynn. that's right. it's getting nasty on the campaign trail. now b

if you flip the flyer other, you find, oh, ben quayle goes both ways on issues.ery subtle, dave schweikert, very subtle.

you're looking at the front of it, ben quayle, he goes both ways, dot, dot, dot.e a bit. if you friendship -- flip it over, you find oh, ben quayle goes both ways on issues. very subtle, dan schweikert. and when called on the insinuations in the flyer, a schweikert campaign spokesman got to repeat the key phrase, saying, "the mail piece was clearly intended to say "both ways," taking the liberal and conservative side on the issues, and did we mention he goes both ways? bep quayle goes both ways. did we say both ways? that's not what we went. you stay classy, republican party. you stay classy with a "k." now it's time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." have a great night. >>> mitt romney's newest attack on president obama is over a republican idea that was supported by, wait for it, governor mitt romney. >> president obama launched a new line of attack on romney's tax plans. >> they have tried to sell us this trickle-down tax cut fairy dust before. >> don't be fooled by the fairy dust. mr. romney launched an offensive against president obama on the issue

you're looking at the front of it, ben quayle, he goes both ways, dot, dot, dot.quite a bit. if you friendship -- flip it over, you find oh, ben quayle goes both ways on issues. very subtle, dan schweikert. and when called on the insinuations in the flyer, a

bill: ben quayle we'll see how this turns out in a week.ou for your time today, in arizona, with your side of the story. >> thanks, bill. martha: all right. let's go to arizona now where there is a bit of a legal battle brewing. a man is fighting for the right to keep his late wife buried in their front yard. he is 73-year-old jim davis, and he's asking alabama civil court to block a city court order demanding that her remains be moved. david says whether they agree or not he is not giving up. >> this is a woman who raised her family and she wanted to be buried here. it's like being hungry, if people has ever been hungry you get sick inside when you set and think about it and you draw up, and it's a terrible feeling. >> i've went my whole life, i've never been arrested, never had a ticket, never been in no trouble, but that is subject to change if somebody thinks they are going to come in my yard and start digging up my wife, it ain't happening, not in this century. martha: wow, interesting conflict there. it's alabama by the way, we said a

any surprises in that race, any political future for ben quayle, son of dan quayle?, any time you have member against member, primaries, intraparty primaries, it's never a nice outcome for one. ben quayle is a terrific guy. he'll have a great future in this party. he's young, has a great wife and family. he'll definitely go places. >> thank you very much, majority leader eric cantor. thanks for being with us. >>> what does paul ryan need to get done tonight? our daily fix coming up next. chris matthews, chris cillizza and maggie haberman. >>> don't miss msnbc's prime-time coverage of the republican national convention tonight. it kicks off at 7:00 eastern with chris matthews and rachel maddow. on every one of our cards there's a date. a reminder... that before this date, we have to exceed expectations. we have to find new ways to help make life easier, more convenient and more rewarding. it's the reason why we don't have costumers. we have members. american express. welcome in. o mancelar aarmeanla u obo oume tu. sueaine p psof d and -o mio wiy psof d i whi and [ ]wi

you're looking at the front of it, ben quayle, he goes both ways, dot, dot, dot.te a bit. it's repeated on the back, dan quayle, he goes both ways. both ways. very subtle, dan schweikert.

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arizona congressman ben quayle is defending the fact fining trip and denies he acted inappropriately. he and his wife say they left dinner in the sea of galilee and he went swimming for 30 second and grabbed some water to baptize his daughter. >> it was something i wanted to experience because that is where jesus walked on water and then we went home. >> it feels like people are playing politics with some of my memories and that to me is just a very sad state of affairs. >> his opponent in the republican primary believes there is more to the story here. it is reported that caps cans congressman kevin yoder was the only congressman to swim nude during the incident. >>> we'll talk about this story, fascinating, when we come back. she thought she won a little bit on powerball but when she went to cash the ticket, she got a big surprise. >> this is emily gutierrez on her first day of school. what a smile. she is a cutie. emily, we hope it is a great year for you. and you can get your pictures in too. >> if you would like to make your child's photo a part of the first day gallery, e-mail p

ben quayle goes both ways. did we say both ways? that's not what we went. you stay classy, republican party. you say classy with a "k." "first look" is up next. >>> august heat. more attacks and name calling on the campaign trail. as a former president weighs in. >>> special delivery. nasa receives amazing new images from mars, beamed from more than 154 million miles away. >>> and dance diplomacy. secretary of state hillary clinton shows off her moves in south africa. good morning, everyone. i'm lynn berry, those stories and more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we're going to begin this morning with a war of words. as the battle between president obama and republican challenger mitt romney intensifies, former president bill clinton is now jumping into the fray. clinton is criticizing romney over an ad that accuses obama of trying to undo welfare reform. nbc's claire leka is live for us in washington. she has more on this. claire, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, lynn. that's right. it's getting nasty on the campaign trail. now

ben quayle.im. >> stephanie: susie you are on the "stephanie miller show" -- hi, susie. oh, dear she is on delay. jim in illinois hi jim. >> caller: hi. i just want to take a couple of quick comments on the diatribe that clint eastwood gave last night. number 1, we -- i'm -- i'm thinking myself personally that he may have a lot with romney because he is a 1 percenter, and people are talking more about him being an actor and director i think more attention should be spent on telling people that he is a 1 percenter. >> stephanie: i guess. although it was hard to tell what his point was exactly. what did he call it? diatribe. [♪ "jeopardy" theme music ♪] >> it was more of a uni-tribe. or possible mental break down. >> stephanie: that's what i was afraid of. >> maybe he actually thought he was talking to someone. >> or maybe someone should have said no, when he said i'm going to wing it. >> stephanie: i'm a prop man. i need a chair! john that might have set somebody off. you know, clint what do you n

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also involved congressman steve southerland and his daughter, congressman reid of new york, ben quayle of arizona, and welcome. >> thank you. >> first off, can you describe the night in question for us? >> reporter: there was an 8:45 p.m. dinner in a seaside town and after the dinner where sources told us there was drinking, members of congress and several aides jumped into the ocean and mr. yoder removed his clothes. later when they got back, the fbi began questioning folks and asking what happened, if anything inappropriate went on. and that's kind of where we left it. this was one year ago, actually almost one year ago to the day. but this is just coming to light right now. >> why is this just coming to light now? >> reporter: i'm not -- unclear to me. a lot of people we spoke to were surprised it lasted this long, that it didn't get out before this. this was known inside circles in washington but never really got out until recently. >> you mentioned the fbi was looking into this. why? >> reporter: it's still not completely clear to us, but they were asking folks whether anything in

arizona congressman ben quayle lost to fellow republican member of congress david swikart in a memberr primary. he defeated quayle by seven. also in arizona, representative jeff blake won to senator jon kyl's seat. he will face off against the democratic nominee. >>> federal court has flown out the texas redistricting maps. the court suggested the maps were a product of, quote, discriminatory intent, unquote, after the census texas gain for seats, northeastern 90% are hispanic, african-american or asian but none of the seats will allow minorities to elect their chosen candidate. it could take years to get the map right. and speaking of texas, could the lone start be home to another vice president? i spoke with the governor last night at the convention. listen to this, folks. >> would you ever do this again? >> absolutely. >> you would run again? >> there's a long time until 2016, and a lot of good things can happen. my plan is for mitt romney so win and for him to get this country back on track. and i'll keep running the best state in the nation. >> there it was, rick perry was carefu

ben quayle was involved in this incident. it's one of those, it's a messy thing. maybe all of them are thankful for todd akin this morning. together not a good day for the republican brand. today's new hampshire stop will be romney and ryan's first joint appearance in new england. they've released a new campaign ad, not talking about the economy but hitting the president again on the issue of welfare reform. take a listen. >> since 1996, welfare recipients were required to work. this bipartisan reform successfully reduced welfare rolls on july 12th, president obama quietly ended the work requirement, gutting welfare reform. >> that has been fact checked to death. and the work requirement is still there. joining me now nbc's peter alexander following the romney campaign in manchester. peter, i know 100th town hall appearance. we know that on the airwaves they're talking about welfare. town halls are talking about medicare. the issue missing is the economy. >> yeah, i think you're exactly right. that's what the people we talked to as they file in want to be talking

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it came out a year later may lessen the embarrassment for yoder, but maybe not for congressman ben quayle was a swimmer and in a gop faceoff with congressman schweikert. >> let's face it. when you tie alcohol and some of the personal history there, you start to get squeamish of whey may happen. >> we just got a response from congressman quayle's campaign that said at no time was he aware of or witnessed misconduct. he retired after he swam. he also went after the congressman in being opportunistic. congressman quayle said he swam for spiritual reasons. i heard that from several other republican sources. one held hands with his 21-year-old daughter and jumped in the water. another did so with the wife because of the fact that this is where christians believe he jumped on water. because this has become a political prb, a spiritual experience has changed dramatically. >> a bunch of them jumped in with the underpants on. whatever. yoder is the only one who went in totally naked, is that right? >> that's my understanding. most of them were in the water when congressman yoder jumped in naked. s

guess who else went swimming representative ben quayle. [ applause ] >> stephanie: several privatelythes on. [ applause ] >> i did what? wow, i must have been drunk. >> okay. no. that was a line from jesus christ superstuds. [ buzzer ] >> we will not go there. >> stephanie: i'm saying if you love israel enough, you have to physically [ censor bleep ] israel. >> hump the sea of galilee. >> stephanie: doug in north carolina welcome. >> caller: hello how are y'all doing. hey, do me a favor, ask shawn when is he going to get water boarded for charity? >> stephanie: that's right. >> caller: if he starts calling us gutless -- >> stephanie: yeah. >> she will never be invited back. >> stephanie: i'll probably be canceled before tonight anyway. >> caller: keep that in the back of your mind. i used to consider myself a moderate republican, but i am definitely voting for obama, because i can't believe all of those knuckle draggers coming out, like that guy that said i thought women liked to be probed. we have this guy that just graduated from college and obviously doesn't have enough life exper

ben quayle.ics as well. >> politics seem to be the worst job you could possibly -- and i realize you guys are all -- >> but once you got a taste for it. she got a taste of it in 2008. never thought she would do it. and then unexpectedly liked campaigning for her mom during 2008. >> and her reasoning also for getting into television is that when her grandmother passed away, she said to whom much is given, much is expected. and it really cultivated this desire she has for public service. so it does seem she aspires to something greater than television. >> and it's nice to see her saying i respect that my family thinks politics miakes such a difference, and it's worth going into it. a lot of young people don't think that way. >> if my kids wanted to go into politics, i would say, have you lost your mind? do you not watch the nastiness, the sense of government being stuck, the 17% approval rating for congress? >> but we need kids like yours to get into it and change that and make a difference. >> you

the opponent for ben quayle has made issue of this, and his campaign told me they were not surprisedwas involved, referring back to a time when he admitted he used a pseudonym to write stories i read adult- themed website. he says this is consistent with fresh-boy behavior. -- frat boy behavior. ,ost: ed o'keefe, 2chambers with" the washington post. thank you. coming up, anthony carnevale, then we continue our series looking at online media with guy benson of townhall.com, but first c-span radio. >> an update on syria, dominic evans writing for writers says russia is one in the west about universal -- unilateral action against syria, one day after president obama talk about serious consequences. the russian foreign minister speaking after meeting with china's top diplomat said moscow and beijing were committed to the need to hear to the norms of international law. russia and china have opposed intervention in syria and have the killed three united nations security council resolutions that would have put more -- vetoed three national security -- in that nation security council resolut

the opponent for ben quayle has made issue of this, and his campaign told me they were not surprised he was involved, referring back to a time when he admitted he used a pseudonym to write stories i read adult- themed website. he says this is consistent with frat boy behavior. host: ed o'keefe, 2chambers, with "the washington post." thank you. >> president obama continues his campaign trip in nevada tonight, expected to speak about education and the economy. comparing his education policies to what mitt romney would do. live on c-span at 8:00 eastern. >> there are those who criticize me for seeing complexities, and i do, because some issues are not that simple. saying there are weapons of mass destruction in iraq does not make it so. saying we can fight and or on the cheap does not make it so. and proclaiming a mission accomplished certainly does not make it so. >> three days after september 11, i stood where americans died, in the ruins of the tin -- twin towers. workers in hard hats were shouting to me, whatever it takes. a fellow grabbed me by the arm and said did not let me down.