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where the romney campaign collided with the bloviating ignoramus on tv today. you have one second to guess what he's going to talk about. time's up. >> nothing's changed my mind. his mother is definitely in the hospital, they don't even know which hospital it was. his grandmother said he was born in kenya. i've been known as being a very smart guy for a long time. i don't consider myself a birther or not birther. but there are some major questions here. a lot of people don't think it was an authentic certificate. many people put that announcement in because they wanted to get the benefit of being so-called in this country. >> some of the willing servants of his self-promotion have grown a bit frustrated with him. >> you're beginning to sound a little ridiculous. >> beginning to sound a little ridiculous. well, on cnn, maybe, but not if you listen a word donald trump has said for the last three years our so. the man has been ridiculous since america first learned his name. wolf blitzer took trump's argument about the president's birth certificate on its own term

i need 50.1% or more. >> i'm not fanning flames. >> the cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramusn insult to be called an ignoramus, i didn't know what it meant, i googled. >> somebody ought to whack him. >> donald trump has a great relationship with the blacks. until the blacks are a family of white people you're mistaken. >> donald wants to run for president. wouldn't be the first time he pushed the black family out of their home. >> mitt romney is a small business guy. he closed companies, he'd get rid of the jobs. >> we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience. >> i walk down the street, people are screaming, pleat don't give that up. >> you mr. trump recognized the problem lack of leadership. you fired gary busey. these are the decisions that would keep me up at night. >> well, in addition to all of that, let's catch up with the first lady's media world. she has a new book out this week called "american grown" and she's busy promoting it on the daly show like any other author. unlike other authors the first lady did not accept an advance for writing the book.

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>> the cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious it seems to me.onald trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your iq can be very low and you can still intrude into american politics. >> stephen: yes, george. [ applause ] i believe i've proven that. [ laughter ] and trump did not take it well. he tweet-hammered george with "george will may be the dumbest(and most overrated) political commentator of all time." of all time. that includes that numb-nuts. cato the elder. no, jimmy. not cato the younger. cato the elder. yeah, this douche nozzle. "carthago delenda est" my ass. [ laughter ] cato the elder fans out there tonight? all right, no, no, no, it's all right [speaking spanish b.c. b.c. besides, mitt can't repudiate the donald. he has to keep his eye on the prize. >> you know, i don't agree with all the people who support me, and i guess they don't all agree with everything i believe in. but i need to get 50.1% or more. >> steve: yes according to pot ticks polls obama leads mitt romney polls obama leads romney 45.6% to ro

. >> the cost of appearing with this book reading ignoramus -- bloviating ignoramus. >> he should get the 144 delegates needed. spurring speculation on who will appear with him on his ticket. >> are you being provided anything to the campaign? >> he insisted they have not broached the subject. he just wants from me to win. >> that is my goal and i will let mitt romney decide who wants to be. that is not my call. >> mitt romney will sit down withs sheldon adelson whowas was funding newt gingrich and finding a good portion of his campaign. >> we ask you whether we thought the association with donald trump would help or hurt his campaign? 19% said it would help. 81% said it will hurt the campaign. thanks for voting. >> a match for a worker is recovering after being hit by a train. this happened at the shady grove at 1:00 a.m. -- 1:00 p.m. rescuers got him out and he was flown out to a hospital for treatment. the injured worker is a veteran employee with more than 25 years of service. the federal government is asking transportation safety board to investigate yesterday's's made year -- mi

. >> the cost of dealing with bloviating ignoramus is obvious. >> reporter: ram knee made no effort toorrect his campaign -- romney made no effort to correct his campaign surrogate. the white house called the trump birther issue nonsense. asked by abc news if trump would want a speaking role at the gop convention a spokesman says if he does participate the event would be very exciting. tahman bradley, abc news, washington. >>> breaking news. oakland firefighters are battling a house fire in oakland. this is at 27th or 29th street and martin luther king way h this is also near 880 and 24. -- smoke can be seen from the freeways no reported injuries. katie marzullo is headed to the scene. we'll be bringing updates. >>> planned parenthood officials fire add employee caught on video helping a woman plan an abortion if her baby was a girl. a san jose woman released a youtube video yesterday of it happening. the woman was equipped with a hidden camera. she tells the staffer she wants to know her baby's gender and why. >> so then i would want to schedule an ultra sound with an ob around then a

. >> the cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious, it seems to me. >> reporter: evenfter some democrats voiced misgivings, president obama kept up his early offensive. >> the profits of some -- >> reporter: against romney's record at investment firm bain capital. >> he's saying, well, my 25 years in private sector gives me a special understanding of how our economy works. well, if that's true, why is he peddling the same bad ideas that brought our economy to the brink of collapse. >> reporter: and after rudy giuliani attacked romney's record on job creating when he was a candidate in 2008 -- >> i led, he lagged. >> reporter: -- saying it didn't measure up to his own record in new york, today, giuliani offered romney a backhanded endorsement. >> they had a growth of jobs of about 40,000, we had about 500,000. i was comparing what i thought was my far superior record to his otherwise decent record, but the numbers weren't as great. that's all part of campaigning. >> reporter: now, lester, both president obama and mitt romney will observe memorial day tomorrow. the presi

. >> the cost of appearing with this believe ing ignoramus is obvious, it seems -- bloviating ignoramusbvious it seems to me. >> reporter: romney only said in >> i don't agree with all the people who support me. >> reporter: the white house called the trump birther issue nonsense. asked by abc news if trump would want a speaking role at the gop convention a trump spokesman said if he does participate the event would be very exciting. tahman bradley, abc7 news. >>> planned parenthood officials say they fire add employee caught on video helping a woman plan an abortion if her baby was a girl. a san jose-based pro-life group called live action release -- released a video of it happening. a woman tells the staffer she wants to know her baby's sex and why. >> then which would want to schedule try to schedule an ultrasound with an ob around then and then i would be able to come back here for a termination if it is a girl >>> planned parenthood says besides firing the employee it is retraining its staff. the video was released to coincide with tomorrow's house vote on banning so-called sex sel

the cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious to me. this is redundant evidence that if your iq is very low you can still protrude into american politics. >> donald trump again wouldn't back off the birther issue the same day he plans on holding a fund-raiser today for mitt romney in vegas. let's listen. >> i walk down the street and people are screaming, please don't give that up. look. a publisher came out last week and had a statement about obama given to them by obama when he was doing a book as a young man a number of years ago in the 90s, born in kenya, and raised in indonesia. i mean, this was -- this is from obama. now amazingly the publisher oh, we made a mistake. i don't think life works that way now. is it the most important thing? in a way it is, because you're not allowed to be president if you're not born in the country. but let's see what happens. i'm not painting flames. this is something that came out last week. a lot of people are questioning his birth certificate. they are questioning the authenticity of his birth cer

this is the first president who has suffered a challenge to his legitimacy, from a bloviating ignoramush knows that he is right about him being an ignoramous. newt gingrich is afraid to say that. how do we know that newt gingrich is afraid to say that. >> no, i'm not afraid. i just know it's hopeless to suggest anything to him about what he should do. >> it couldn't be newt is afraid. it's just not newt is one for hopeless quests like trying to get donald trump to change his mind or, you know, running for president. he is a practical man who would never get caught trying to do something hopeless. we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. >> and newt thinks there isn't a whiff of racism in anything donald trump says about president obama. >> i know there's a desperate need to attach racism to everything. in fact, i think donald trump said what he said because he thinks it's the right thing for him to say. >> well, governor george wallace thought this was the right thing for him to say. >> and i say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever. >> and president richa

. >> the cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious it seems to me. donald trump is redundant evidence if your net worth is high enough, your iq can be very low and you can still intrude into american politics. >> alex, how much of a risk is this for mitt romney? >> look, i do think he's taking a rick. i think george will makes a pretty important political point. the obama campaign wants to paint mitt romney has part of this extremist republican wing. and you know when he appears side by side with trump who is the epitome of the birther movement, it raises some problems for him. >> is that the main concern you think here that the whole birther idea and even though, erin, it appeals to the base for that vast middle that mitt romney has to win to win the presidency, they just think it's plain crazy? >> yeah, he doesn't need to be talking to birther crowd right now. these people turn out for him in the fall no matter what because they want obama out of office. i think this is kind of the diminish diagnose returns as you go along with donald trump because

. >> the cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious to me. donald trump is proof if your net worth is very high, your iq can still be very low and you can intrude in politics. >> trump will have held three high-profile events for romney since his endorsement in early february. >>> don't forget the birthday event for ann romney, featuring this cake. exactly for a candidate trying to downplay his wealth. >>> and trump's birtherism isn't ancient history. this is what he said just last week, folks. >> i have something for you. my birth certificate. >> don't believe her. >> i'd like to see obama's. >> we have to be very strong. now that means bringing up reverend wright. and don't forget, reverend wright is not an old story. reverend wright calls obama essentially a liar. and i don't know why the republicans wouldn't be using that kind of stuff. >> the guy buys into every conspiracy theory out there. what if the president showed up at a fund-raiser with a surrogate who criticized the mormon faith. or what if a celebrity believed that 9/11 was an i

. >> the cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious it seems to me. donald trump is redundant evidence if your net worth is high enough, your iq can be very low and you can still intrude into american politics. >> alex, how much of a risk is this for mitt romney? >> look, i do think he's taking a rick. i think george will makes a pretty important political point. the obama campaign wants to paint mitt romney has part of this extremist republican wing. and you know when he appears side by side with trump who is the epitome of the birther movement, it raises some problems for him. >> is that the main concern you think here that the whole birther idea and even though, erin, it appeals to the base for that vast middle that mitt romney has to win to win the presidency, they just think it's plain crazy? >> yeah, he doesn't need to be talking to birther crowd right now. these people turn out for him in the fall no matter what because they want obama out of office. i think this is kind of the diminish diagnose returns as you go along with donald trump because

>> well, i think bloviating ignoramus is great. but i think that voters know that candidates appear with a whole slew of different people. nobody will vote for or against governor romney because he appears with donald trump. does it enhance the idea that governor romney is the rich man candidate? sure, because donald trump is not shy about talking about his wealth and the things he's done. but i don't think in the end it makes much of a difference. you know, is it important to raise money? obviously, yeah. too important in american politics. and thanks to citizens united, which i believe is the worst decision since dread scott, money, i think, has a possibility of dominating this fall election. but i think in the end, he's not going to lose votes or gain votes because he appeared with donald. >> sir, great to see you this morning. >> thanks, thomas. have a great day. >>> this morning, president obama will mark memorial day in virginia and washington, d.c. the commander in chief will thank those who sacrificed their lives for freedo

he called donald trump a bloviating ignoramus, who's right?ernor romney is itting his own course. it's a course very different than donald trump would set and very different than george will would set. whether you're a pundit or simply a self-promoter, you have an opportunity to input to governor romney. but what you see is, governor romney has run this primary his own game. he's talked about who he is and believing in america. and ultimately his -- changing america from what it was to something none of us would recognize. and that's really why this is the romney time and i think we all appreciate in campaigns, people supporting us. but donald trump and george will will be signing on to governor romney, not the other way around. >> that's all the time we have, chairman darrell issa, joining us in sunny southern california. >>> a number of cars hit by pieces of a plane, we're just getting into some of these details now in "the situation room." and we'll have more on that coming up next. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure,

trump's interview with wolf blitzer it's clear that trump is whatever george will called him a bloviating ignoramuswill cause him to lose the election and caused him to wish he never even ran for the office. trump is romney's reverent right. martha in pennsylvania, money, money, money, and crazy as it sounds, trump has his fands. cra lard to believe, i know. check the blog out. funny stuff there. and cnn.com/caffertyfile or on the facebook page. >> thank you. >>> does the obama have a last-ditch strategy for doling with the slauter in syria right now? i'll ask the ambassador to the united nations what could be done to stop all of the massacres? >>> and a runway emergency in chicago where a giant cargo jet collides with an airliner. new information coming in on what happened. >>> apple doubling down on secrecy over what it kull call incredible new products. the tech giant on what it's up to. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, ce

cnbc, i've been known as being a smart guy for a long time. [ ♪ circus ♪ ] >> stephanie: a bloviating ignoramus very long time. >> in who? the circle of yes men you have following you around that have agreed to that haircut for the last 25 years? >> stephanie: you know? ♪ you're a lying sack of crap ♪ >> you're a lying sack of crap ♪ >> without the bootyliciousness. >> stephanie: can i have some nostalgia music? i lived in new york when i was a baby deejay in new york. everybody, good morning. stephanie in the morning. so way back then, late '80s early '90s, he was always a liemplet i remember him on tv going marla maples is just a friend. these are totally untrue rumors. ivana and i are fine. you are a giant dirt bag liar! [ applause ] moments later, he dumps his hand. oh yes, i was [ bleep ] marla maples and now we're married and now they're not. he's always been a -- >> douche. >> stephanie: hi dale. >> caller: hi, stephanie. i am a long-time watcher first-time caller. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: you guys are great! >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: i think i figured out mitt romne

>> well, i think bloviating ignoramus is great.at candidates appear with a whole slew of different people. nobody will vote for or against governor romney because he appears with donald trump. does it enhance the idea that governor romney is the rich man candidate? sure, because donald trump is not shy about talking about his wealth and the things he's done. but i don't think in the end it makes much of a difference. you know, is it important to raise money? obviously, yeah. too important in american politics. and thanks to citizens united, which i believe is the worst decision since dread scott, money, i think, has a possibility of dominating this fall election. but i think in the end, he's not going to lose votes or gain votes because he appeared with donald. >> sir, great to see you this morning. >> thanks, thomas. have a great day. >>> this morning, president obama will mark memorial day in virginia and washington, d.c. the commander in chief will thank those who sacrificed their lives for freedom. nbc's kristin welker is at th