pennsylvania senator bob casey. i think the american people are very skeptical of big pieces of legislation. he wants to break it up. west virginia senator joe manchin. we've got to have legislation supported by democrats and republicans. i'm going to have to look at it. by the way, both of those guys are up for re-election. and the president's trip to promote the bill yesterday in north carolina didn't sell that state's democratic senator. kay hagen was swept into office on obama's coattails in 2008 sort of took a pass from "the new york times" asked her about it. she said, quote, we've got to have legislation that is supported by democrats and republicans. i'm going to have to take a look tat as well. so here you go. democratic senators starting to hand wring a little bit. it's one thing to have joe manchion not on board. he's always sort of on the fence. he and a ben nelson. bob casey, kay hagen. they are from swing states. that does say a lot. can the president keep going out there, keep going on the road, sell

this was bob casey yesterday. >> the approach that he's taking to have one big bill i think unfortunately collides with the skepticism that a lot of americans have about big bills. in the last couple of years they've seen a lot of big bills in their lives haven't improved very much. >> that was your interview yesterday with bob casey. he and joe manchin and others are raising questions. >> the president is missing an opportunity to pin republicans down by being narrower in the issues. a smaller set of policy issues makes it harder for someone to vote against given whatever the topic is. by chunking it up that might be more successful. the president wanted a big sweeping plan. you might get more traction from republicans by doing it in pieces and one of the things that's interesting about hearing democrats say that, the president is trying to bring about unity. he had top advisers over at the hill yesterday trying to twist some arms and listen to some concerns but to have them profess they're behind the president and we're seeing people like bob casey and others who are saying i like some

pennsylvania democratic senator bob casey chairman of the joint economic committee joins us us rightpat toomey is in the supercommittee. how hopeful are you that we're going to have a real statement of action by congress on this supercommittee on cutting debt over time? >> i'm reasonably confident. maybe if only because we have to do it. we've got to continue to have a plan to cut spendsing and reduce deficit and debt. at the same time almost on a parallel track we've got to be focused on job creation. that's essential. we've got to have a bipartisan agreement on both. but i think we can get there. >> let's talk about what everybody's talking about the 9.1% unemployment rate. the drop in the stock market again today because of that and the president's speech on thursday. what would be to you a concrete proposal by the president? >> well i know he's got a couple that he'll likely propose. he's talked about them politicsly and maybe there's some -- publicly and maybe there's others as well. certainly a payroll tax cut. i would favor that. i would hope that he'd adopt some of my ideas t

today bob casey of pen told "the new york times" in an interview that he is opposed to the president's jobs legislation too. why is he opposed to it? because the bill is long. seriously. it's too long as a piece of legislation. there are too many pieces of paper. quoting senator casey, "i think the american people are very skeptical of big pieces of legislation. for that reason alone i think we should break it up." for that reason alone? really? the objection to the bill is how long it is? what if we changed the font, sir? would that be better for you? widen the margins maybe? how about if we put the whole thing in comic sans? that's kind of a compact font. would that help? the problem is too long? are you serious? but through this bid competition for the most inane response to the president's jobs proposal, the president's proposal to do something about the economy, there is actually a little bit of hope today. part of that hope was spotted and diagnosed today by former president jimmy carter, who i spoke with in an exclusive interview here this morning in atlanta at the carter center

the president's senior advisers dropped in to rally wavering democrats like pennsylvania senator bob casey who says the president's plan is just too big. what do you say to the president? >> i'd say, you've got some good ideas, some i agree with, some i don't agree with, but we need to break this up. >> reporter: turning it into smaller bills that might get passed more easily. from all the bickering on capitol hill, a rare moment of unity. 36 senators of both parties stood together today saying that they would promise to do more to work to cut the deficit, to help fix jobs knowing the public is so fed up with them. it really was unusual. brian? >> kelly o'donnell on capitol hill. let's go to our political director, chief white house correspondent chuck todd. when 36 out of 100 senators agree, it's headline news these days. we have just lived this with the debt ceiling fight. toxic politics, huge divisions. now they are arguing about how to put americans to work and americans in the meantime want to go to work. >> let's look at big picture what speaker boehner laid out today. he was essenti

have questions about the level of spending that president obama has proposed, pennsylvania senator bob casey, i think the american people are very skeptical of big pieces of legislation. bill, with friends like these, where does the president go from here? >> well, democrats it's like hurting cats, right? different members of congress can go different ways. the president is fighting for jobs. i think win or lose in the congress, he'll be able to go to the american people and say i fought for jobs and they turned me down. that's a win for him in november 2012. >> ron, i want to talk specifically about two groups the president appears to be having trouble with, two very important constituencies. union voters and jewish voters. jewish voters specifically. there was a poll that came out earlier this week, 22% of jewish voters approved of his handling of israel. ed koch, the former mayor of new york endorsing the republican in that race. how worried does the president need to be about jewish voters, not just in new york but in other states like pennsylvania and florida where you have large swaths

today senator bob casey democrat of pennsylvania says i can't vote for a bunch of the stuff. >> bill: mansion in west virginia won't either. >> the president is not serious about passing this bill. third paragraph from the end he says now i know there is a different point of view. people who quote want to shut down the government, hand back the money end all the regulations and tell everybody they are on their own, that's not the american way. he just called every republican in that congress first of all distorted their views and called them unamerican one of the famous straw arguments. what basis you can get bipartisanship if you have the president signaling in his speech to the congress that i'm going to go in and excoriate you as being unamerican. >> bill: everybody knows put the republican party in a corner. if you don't pass it blame me if you don't pass it blame you for the jobs. >> biggest chunk of this is continuation of the payroll tax cut which weaken social security and been in force for a year. not creating jobs. our economy isn't any better. most of the bill taken up with

how about ben nelson or bob casey out of pennsylvania? bill nelson out of florida. no senate democrat can hand the republicans a victory on ending the bush tax cuts for the rich and ending the wars. president obama today threw a brick through the window and woke a sleeping giant. his own base, that's who he's waking up today. this is so black and white, it is all about the math. >> either we ask the wealthiest americans to pay their fair share in texas or we'll have to ask seniors to pay more for medicare. we can't afford to do both. either we gut education and medical research or we've got to reform the tax codes so that the most profitable corporations have to give up tax loopholes that other companies don't get. we can't afford to do both. this is not class warfare. it's math. >> the numbers clearly show president obama's plan. it's not a liberal idea. not at all. it's what america wants, no question about it. just look at the numbers. over two dozen polls taken this year, 64% of americans want tax increases to be part of any deficit reduction package. democrats

jobs act, white house aides including david pluf and james speak sperling are briefing democrats, bob casey, expressing skepticism about trying to tackle the whole thing at once. i want to bring in jean cummings from bloomberg news. watching and listening to speaker boehner, he's in a non -- i would say confrontational way, is essentially calling the president's plan doa. >> absolutely chuck. he's soft spoken but laying down pretty hard lines here in this speech. taking taxes off the table all together including taxes that republicans have supported in the past is really pulling the rug out from under the president. $240 billion of this package is tax cuts. some of them existing cuts that just need extensions so that republicans have voted for them before and certainly didn't call them gimmicks. so he really is changing the battleground here. >> i was going to say, i heard from democrats already saying thgs the ultimate moving the goalpost and of course they are being very cynical about this. they see this as only some sort of november 2012 ploi, can you imagine tax reform being able to be

. >> if you're a bob casey, obviously if you're a manchin, if you're a kay hagan -- >> senators starting to handwritten. >> and the republican seal of approval now comes from dick cheney and donald trump. >> with rick perry in new york last night -- >> i've got to think donald's got some advice for me. >> where did the donald take him? >> i think he's a very impressive guy. >> the fancy, expensive jean george. >> texas is a big spotlight also. >> costing the average guest $127. >> i saw vice president dick cheney. this is a man of wisdom and judgment. >> constitution. >> ron paul 2012. >> ron paul 2012! >>> a week ago tonight president obama went before a joint session of congress and called on lawmakers to pass the american jobs act right away, right now. today in a speech to the economic club of washington, house speaker john boehner finally gave his fullest response to date. >> some of the president's proposals i think offer an opportunity for common ground. but let's be honest with ourselves. the president's proposals are a poor substitute for the pro-growth policies that are needed

speaking to us, democratic senator, bob casey of pennsylvania.e is chairman of the joint economic committee which includes both the house and the senate. he has good insight maybe what could actually succeed here. and, senator, not just about the ideas. let's not get into the specifics necessarily of the ideas at this time but what do you think would actually pass if the president presented it to congress and how soon would it get going? >> well, i think it is important that we do focus, as you said, on strategies that will need a meet a two move part, test, create jobs especially in the near term and at the same time will be able to pass and that's a tough test but i think we can get there. we can have a big debate about what the best ideas are but right now one idea i favor and i know a lot of people do, the president will apparently present this as part of his package, is a payroll tax cut. we did that in december of 2012 as part of a broader tax agreement. and that had a positive impact in january, february, and march. we had a lot of private

a delegation with bob casey went to discuss this with the pakistani, the state department has reached out. they are trying to stop the flow of basically the fertilizer is being smuggled across borders such as the torkan border crossing that you're seeing in these pictures at th kyber pass. he wrote in the wake of the killing of osama bin laden we believe that pakistan must implement concrete measures to counterterrorism removing a moment yum nitrate from the terrorist arsenal is one good nature measure that is pakistani's interest. twice the number of people were killed this year. jenna: one of the biggest athletes out there facing a serious medical condition that affects millions of women. venus williams sidelined by an autoimmune disease. what it is, its symptoms and who is at risk. plus a family vacation turning into a nightmare. right now a desperate search for a missing young man. where he was last seen and the latest on this case next. hey, the new guy is loaded with protein! really? 25 grams of protein. what do we have? all four of us, together? 24. he's low fat, too, and has 5

i did a walking tour with senator bob casey hear back on that saturday when the floodwaters were receding, and he was very receptive. very receptive of the concerns of the people he spoke to. he knows the situation and knows these people need to get back to their homes. guest: of washington were having a serious conversation about disaster help, what could they do to get things faster and easier to you as a mayor who needs money quickly? >> again, no the concerns of the residence and get the funding in a timely manner. again, they need to come and see the faces of the people. i walked the streets of the flood damaged areas and will vary and i have had senior citizens crying because they did not have $1,000 to repair the hot water heater, they did not have the $15,000 to repair the electrical services. these senior citizens of the water heater would cost $200 or $300 and the workshop to get a bill for $800 to $1,200. these people do not have the money and they need to have the money in a timely manner so they can get back to normal way of living. especially senior citizens. when you see th

they need to -- they need to realize that these are voters and i did a walking tour with senator bob casey here on saturday and he was very receptive to concerns that he spoke to in the damaged areas. he knows the situation. he knows people need to get back homes.r >> host: give us a sense, washie mayor of washington or have a serious conversation about disaster aid, what could it do to make the process faster and here for you and the mayor who has to get money quickly? >> guest: again, note the concern $1,000 to repair the hot water heater, they did not 000 to they do not hit a $1500 electrical service that was damage. the individual cc are $300 they $3 were shocked when i got a bill for $800 to $1200 depending on the teasing you put in.have t these people don't have the money and they need to get money in a timely manners that they can get back to normal way of living. when you see senior citizens and the ports just crying as their personal property is being taken out of their homes, it's a very touching experience. >> host: tomas leighton is the mayor of wilkes-barre, pennsylvania. time

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a murder trial going on right now in the same courthouse where the casey anthony case just unfolded, millionaire bobd isuse -- accused of killing his wife diane, she was shot five times in the face in the bedroom of their orlando mansion two years ago, 63-year-old ward told police he was trying to wrestle the gun away from his wife as she tried to commit suicide, but police didn't buy it. take a look at some of the bizarre twists in this case. >> on september 21st, 2009, diane ward was found shot to death in the master bedroom of the mansion she shared with her millionaire husband, bob ward, her death rocks the exclusive orlando neighborhood which golf grates tiger woods and arnold palmer once called home, police say diane suffered a gunshot wound to the face and died at the scene, in a 911 call bob made moments after the shooting police say statements like these incriminate bob ward, quote, she's dead, she's done, i'm sorry, and it was an accident, the gun just went off. ward was arrested that night and taken to the police station where he called family and friends and told them about diane's death

i'm thinking of mary landrow, bob casy and manchin himself. >> that's true. caseyrace against a guy named tim burns who is a strong candidate in 2010. the thing here is that the defeat of the democrat, of weprin, the election of turner in that new york congresonal district is huge. it means that no democrat, no democratic incumbent is safe. it also, by the way, meanshat the jewish vote is now leaving obama. the -- even though the reform and conservative jews voted republican in that race. but you have a whole series of senate races, gretchen, like eight or 10 of them where you have very strong republican challengers against incumbent democrats, in missouri, mandel in ohio. hasner in florida. allen in virginia. rayburg in montana. and in all of those races, the democrat is going to get killed if he's married to obama. >> very interesting, dick. >> actually, you know, there is an outside, outside, outside chance of 60 republicans in the senate. outside chance. >> all right. >> you heard it here first. dick morris is also going to stick around for this. president obam

trial set to begin in the same orlando courtroom where casey anthony was acquitted earlier this summer. in this case, wealthy orlando businessman bobng his wife by shooting her in the face. his defense? she killed herself. and andrea canning is here with the jury selection and more. good morning, andrdrea. >> reporter: good morning. bob ward's wife was depressed and had high levels of anti-depresants in her system when she died. ward said he was trying to save her from killing herself when the gun went off. but prosecutors say this is a case of money, motive and murder. it was the death that shook this exclusive orlando neighborhood. once home to celebrities like tiger woods and around palmer. in september 2009, prosecutors say wealthy developer bob ward made a call to 911. admitting five times, he accidentally shot his wife, diane, in the bedroom of their posh mansion. saying, she's dead. she's done. i'm sorry. >> i'm really concerned about my wife, my children right now. >> okay. >> i have two kids in college. it's a nightmare. but we probably need to go ahead and get the lawyer in here. >> reporter: prosecutors say later, at the

bob was trying to stop diane from killing herself. after the verdict they seemed to blame backlash from the casey anthony acquittal. >> we, the jury, finduilty. >> certainly what happened to casey anthony makes it more difficult for any defendant in this -- probably anywhere in the state of florida to get a fair trial and that's a concern. >> reporter: prosecutors pointed to the timing of the shooting. just days before diane was to give a deposition alleging her husband blew millions of dollars on big houses and expensive cars while his home development business spiraled into bankruptcy. it was ward's bizarre behavior while in jail, dancing and mugging for the camera during a family visit. then there was that infamous 911 call ward made the night of the shooting in september 2009. >> i just shot my wife. she's dead. she's done. >> reporter: prosecutors played it again in closing arguments. the jurors hearing bob ward say five times -- >> i just shot my wife. >> reporter: before the verdict ward embraced his two daughters as they openly wept. they have supported their father throughout. >> who would want to believe their father killed th