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and charlie chris will join me. >>> meanwhile, fact checkers are busy today after mitt romney tries tohis tax plan, the president calling it mr. romney's "oh nevermind strategy." and specifically, which debate matters most, the first or the last? ron reagan and megan mccain join me with their takes on that. much more coming up after this. i'm barack oba ma, and i approve i'm barack this message. oba these appliances could have been made here in america. but a company called global tech maximized profits by paying its workers next to nothing... under sweatshop conditions in china. when mitt romney led bain, they saw global tech as a good investment... even knowing that the firm promoted its practice of exploiting... low-wage labor to its investors. mitt romney - tough on china? since when? >>> good morning, everybody. i'm thomas roberts. the president looks unprepared and his team tries to regroup while romney and fair-weather republicans bask in the after glow. mitt romney trying to keep the momentum alive. president obama trying to recover from headlines like this. the wall street jou

he was run out of part by charlie chris. kept polls open. >> if you were in line at 7:00, you were allowed to go in and vote. this caused almost hysteria among his own party. republicans blamed him for barack obama winning florida and according to jim greer, consultants who consult on legislation were in charlie krist's office demanding from a bill be crafted and put through the legislature that would get rid of early voting or limit it. those people in line were mostly democrats and largely african-american voting for barack obama. that law eventually did get passed but charlie crist reject itted it. >> this early voting thing is not a joke. we saw a new poll that the president is leading mitt romney 59% to 31% among early voters. bill? >> someone called this a voter uprising. that's exactly what it is. it was an uprising in 2008. this is the old america, clint eastwood, versus the new america, scarlett johansson. it's an uprising because the democratic coalition, the obama voters are disproportionately young and newer immi

. >> hey charlie chris nelson, nelson report. >> chris is a good friend. >> good to see you. speaking as an aarp member -- [laughter] a long-standing actually chris. [laughter] way past the minimum. "the wall street journal" had an interesting maybe where'd pulled i think it was just monday of people indicating that they were so tired of all this partisanship stuff and maybe unified government was a way to make things work together. and that kind if it's a little bit about what we have been talking about, making yourself more appealing to independents and all that. is there any sense in thinking about how one candidate or the other could preach the patriotism of bipartisanship, the patriotism of cannot we all just -- or is that absolutely naÏve and are we kidding ourselves? it was an interesting poll and i am interested in your reaction to it. >> well i think you saw some of that from governor romney last night when he talked about his experience in massachusetts where the legislature was 87% democratic and yet you know he worked with them every week and all the time and mana

we begin this evening with analysis of chris matthews of msnbc, welcome. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: as you watched the debate last night, what was your reaction to what you were seeing, b, why do you think it was that way, and, c, where are we going from here? >> well, i think governor romney knew it would be a wide open format and he came in to take charge. he was a commanding presence and i feel for the president because i don't think anyone has ever had to go up against a person who just sort of took the stage as if it didn't need anyone on the stage, including the monitor and once that began, i don't know whether he could change that environment what i was frustrated is failure to use the synapse to pop out and sitting here talking you and ji jim lehr about the pbs funding which is okay and cute and fun to talk about, how about the auto industry, i rescued it and you would let it go bankrupt. >> i am if for equal pay of women, he didn't bring up things and let romney get by with some really distracting and really unclear, in fact, untrue statements about healthcare where he sai

. >> for a long time, the family had wanted to take the charlie cook approach. chris wallace alluded to the fact that their big bet from the beginning was that all you had to be was not obama. that turned out to be wrong. we can see in the different channels that they are doing now. you have to be yourself in addition to not being obama. >> let me explain. a lot of you do not know who stuart stevens is. he is a republican strategist from mississippi. he was a hollywood writer. he used to write "northern exposure." he has written a couple of books on eating in restaurants in europe. he took steroids at one point tuesday the affect it would have on his ability to do extreme sports. he has done in turn cycling. he is an interesting guy. he was first among equals in the romney campaign for a long time. espouse his theory that this is anna election on the economy. all we have to do is be the other guy. there was frustration in the campaign post-nomination as a seemed not to work as well. romney fell further behind. with all due respect for mike, the family into riches stor

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>>chris: defense secretary panetta and charlie woods, father of the former navy seal killed in the benghazi attack, disagreeing over the decision not to provide military backup while the assault was going on. we are back, now, with the panel. and now the issues that may swing voters in the final week of the campaign. we will start with libya. there were several developments this past week. we learned, as you heard debated there, the fact that c.i.a. operators on the ground in benghazi asked for military backup and were turned down several times while the attack was going on. we found out that the c.i.a. people on the ground reported that during the attack that a jihad group was taking responsibility, claiming responsibility not attack. what do you make of all of in, especially in the contempt of the campaign? >> what i make of it, it looks terrible although i don't fully endorsed remarks of the grieving father. i understand his grief, i lost a son myself, who not in military combat. i don't think you can accuse the officials in washington who made the decisions of murder. however, we don't

>>chris: defense secretary panetta and charlie woods, father of the former navy seal killed in the benghaziattack, disagreeing over the decision not to provide military backup while the assault was going on. we are back, now, with the panel. and now the issues that may swing voters in the final week of the campaign. we will start with libya. there were several developments this past week. we learned, as you heard debated there, the fact that c.i.a. operators on the ground in benghazi asked for military backup and were turned down several times while the attack was going on. we found out that the c.i.a. people on the ground reported that during the attack that a jihad group was taking responsibility, claiming responsibility not attack. what do you make of all of in, especially in the contempt of the campaign? >> what i make of it, it looks terrible although i don't fully endorsed remarks of the grieving father. i understand his grief, i lost a son myself, who not in military combat. i don't think you can accuse the officials in washington who made the decisions of murder. however, we don't k

saying about the same thing this morning so this was a real i told you so moment for chris christie. norah and charlie. >> we go to political director john dickerson. he's also in denver. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. >> exactly how does this change the dynamics of the race? >> reporter: well, conservatives who were worried about romney, not sure if he was on kind of a long term slide are now very excited. it means mitt romney doesn't have to deal with those money folks who he's been having to settle down. that takes care of. they are very excited. it gives rommie a second look from folks who are just tuning in. it corrects the public narrative for him. those are both good thing. the real question is can this stick trom any. can he take advantage of this successful performance going forward. >> and, john, what about president obama's performance? you know, there was no mention of the 47%, no mention of bain, no mention of women's health care and obama care. did obama leave his greatest hits on the cutting room floor? >> reporter: i think he did. what mitt romney did successfully he wa

this was kind of a real i told you so moment for chris christie. norah and charlie? >> jan, thank you. >>> john dickerson is also in denver. john, good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> exactly how does this change the dynamics of the race? >> well, conservatives who were worried about romney, not sure if he was on kind of a long-term slide, are now very excited. it means that mitt romney doesn't have to deal with those money folks. they're excited. it gives romney a second look from the independent voters or folks who were just still tuning in. he has corrected the public narrative for him. those are good things. the real question is, can this stick to romney? can he take advantage of this successful performance going forward? >> john, what about president obama's performance? there was no mention of the 47%, no mention of bain, no mention of women's health care and obamacare. did obama leave his greatest hits on the cutting room floor? >> i think he did. what mitt romney did successfully, he was able to press the case against the president while also remaining

. >> for a long time the family had wanted to take the charlie cook approach and chris wallace alluded to the fact that the stuart stevens theory, the street -- chief strategist. the campaign was all you all you have been was not obama in that turned out to the wrong. we can see in all the different channels that no, you have to be yourself in addition to being not obama. >> let me explain who stuart stevens is because you lead real lives and you shouldn't have to know. stuart stevens is a republican strategist from mississippi, very interesting guy who one time was a hollywood writer and use to write for northern exposure and has written a number of books on the three-star restaurants through europe so immediately hear all them like them. he also took steroids at one point to see the effect it would have on his abilities to do extreme sports and the last 100 miles to the north pole during cycling and it was a very interesting guy. but clearly was first among equals in the romney campaign for a long time, very much espouse the theory of this is an election on the economy and all we hav

. >> chris: dehe fence secretary panetta and char le charlie wos father of the former navy seal killed in the benghazi attack disagreeing over the decision not to provide military backup while the assault was is going on. and we are back with the panel. let's talk about the issues that may sway voters and start with libya. seveseveral developments this t week. we learned as you heard debated there that cia operatives on the ground asked for military backup and turned down several times while the attack was going on. we also found out that cia people on the ground reported that during the attack that a jihaddist group was taking responsibility, claiming responsibility for the attack. brit, what do you make of all this? especially in the context of the campaign? >> well, what i make of it is that is looks terrible even though i don't fully endorse the remarks of the grieving father there. i understand his grief. i lost a son my is self-but not in military combat. i don't think you can rightly accuse the officials in washington who made the decisions of murder. however, we don't know he e

chris? >> well just so you understand charlie cook has forgot more about the senate races than i ever knew. he is the bible and one of the reasons people beforehand, a year ago, six months ago thought that the republicans weren't so sure as he pointed out 2006 was the way the election and democrats won in a lot of places like montana that you would expect them to win so as they went in and correct me if i'm wrong, visit democrats were defending 23 seats in the republicans only 10. just by the nature of the mathematics it seems likely the republicans would pick up seats in the democrats would look 23-10 but right now the conventional wisdom in the charlie cook wisdom is probably less than 50/50 that the republicans will take the senate. >> talking about the house for a moment. the houses controlled by the republicans and democrats have picked up a lot of seats. can the democrats regain control of the house? >> it's a longshot and democrats needed 25 seat net gain. at the end of world war ii only one party, the party of the white house picked up 15 seats in a presidential election year and th

chris matthews makes fun of o'reilly. little kids make sense of the candidates and fox news makes a charlie sheen joke a year and a half too late. when it doesn't fit anywhere else we put it in the viewfinder. >> third and final presidential debate between former governor mitt romney and future former president barack obama -- [ laughter ] i'm tivoing it so nobody tell me whether the moderate or conservative romney kicked the lethargic or energetic obama's ass. >> what did you think about mitt romney this evening? go. >> i think he understands the importance of friendship with israel. >> i think he was assertive confident and hungry for the job. >> actually found him to be more human and relatable tonight. >> winning. >> can you describe president obama? what is he like? >> he seems very faithful. like the loyal type of person. >> he's black. like me. >> a new poll shows that mitt romney has amassed a 22-point lead among president obama among rural voters in battleground voters. rural voters say they can't put their finger on it but there's something about romney that just seems right, probably just a feeling. [ laughter ]

charlie brown, snoopy and the "peanuts" gang are coming back to the big screen. and abc's chrisonnelly has the scoop. >> reporter: cue the music. ♪ >> reporter: the memorable characters. >> 5 cents, please. >> good grief. >> reporter: and "peanuts" fans, get ready to laugh. well -- in the wake of tuesday's news that a deal has been made. >> attention, everyone. here's our director. >> reporter: to update charlie brown and the gang for the 21st century for a new may noted feature. >> lucy, get the costumes and scripts and pass them out. >> we know how dedicated, how fanatical these "peanuts" fans are. if you put in the wrong image and wrong voice, you're going to hear about it. >> reporter: it would be the first "peanuts" feature film without the input of creator charles schulz, who died in 2000, after bringing his blend of wit and woe to 50 years of "peanuts" strips, film and tv specials. >> at least they care a little bit about me. >> reporter: this new film, it's said, will be co-written by one of schulz's sons, craig, who knows he has big shoes to fill. >> all i can do is mak

charlie. >> as we saw in tuesday's debate the killing of chris stevens has become part of the presidential race. his father said he hates the idea his son's death has become a political football. stevens mother talks to ben tracey about her son's legacy and what the government is telling her about his death. >> my name is chris stevens and i'm the new ambassador to libya. >> reporter: the world knows chris stevens as a fearless ambassador. >> i was thrilled to watch the libyan people to stand up and demand their reits. >> reporter: mary commanday knew chris stevens as her son. >> and he was cheerful, positive thinking person. and he was intelligent enough to know how to balance that with doing good work. >> how much did you worry about his safety? >> i asked him about it. i said it seems pretty dangerous over there, chris. he said -- well, he said he had body guards and trusted his body guards. >> did he ever express any concerns about his own personal safety? >> no. >> never. >> they go running with me. they are always around. >> reporter: but that security she felt was enough is now in questi

charlie pierce to talk about the political ramifications. >> he's wicked snap. >> he is wicked snap. we'll also be talking about what chrisistie thinks of president obama's and his reaction to hurricane sandy. >> but we want to say good morning to jacki schechner who is sitting in steph's seat. >> a good day to get rid of her. [ laughter ] >> president obama is declaring major disasters today in new jersey and new york, he has also declared emergency conditions in both virginia and west virginia. sandy is now called a post tropical cyclone. firefighters are also having to go in and use a boat to rescue dozens of people. about 6 million people are without power including a large section of manhattan. we don't think about these little things -- >> elevateorelevators. >> exactly. west virginia pummelled by snow which we'll talk more about. also seeing snowfall in pennsylvania, virginia and north carolina. now mitt romney is back pedalling saying he could not get rid of fema which is a direct contradiction to what he said during the primary debates. more than 15 hurricane sandy staff for fema are positioned along the east coa

charlie? >>> visited what's left of the american consulate in benghazi three weeks after the attacks that killed ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. there were repeated requests for additional security before the attacks. cnn correspondent john miller and former fbi director joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> what are we finding out about that security and are we getting the answers that we need? >> well we're going to be learning more. what we're learning now is that there were a drumbeat of incidents, about 13 security threats either directly to the embassy, to the consulate, a handful of those. but incidents in the surrounding area against british red cross and so on. and this was building up. >> why did ambassador stevens go to benghazi? and did they appreciate the danger and did they in fact, have enough security for him? >> this is a fascinating question. this is where our story forks off in two directions. i've been at embassies all over the world and seen how security works. when it comes to the ambassador whether he is going to make a trip, make that call,

chris stirewalt is our digital politics editor. before we get to the independence, i know you were listening to the interview with mr. charlie woods. everyone is flabbergasted at what is happening on this program. what are your thoughts on our? >> well, the only thought you can have is that as a father, you hear that and it is heartbreaking. i think it is a heartbreaking story. the reason that is significant is because there are a lot of parents who have suffered losses of their children in iraq and afghanistan and other american heroes. in this case, it is a story that encapsulates what happened in benghazi and encapsulates everything about the people, especially the establishment that has been struggling to get a grasp on what happened. here you have in real-time, not just what the white house knew. not just that they were watching. but the calls for help to have three calls for help reviews -- it is going to lead to a lot of lead to a lot of consternation and a lot of frustration. then you think about how a father has to go forward and carry that message. what a difficult job for him. he is certainly changing the directio

as governor chris christie last week, they'll be talking about his candidate mitt romney. all the losers, all the trirve balance stuff -- trivial stuff. >> charlie rose joins us live. can't wait to see who's going to be on this morning. >> good morning. i hope you watched that debate. also this morning we'll talk about the hits and the misses and the facts from the debate. a cbs news poll of uncommitted voters shows romney won by a 2- 1 margin. we'll look at whether the faceoff was a game changing moment. plus this. how big bird and body language and the moderator set the tone. we'll show you how focused groups of undecided voters reacted as the debate unfolded. that and more when we see you at 7:00. >> it will be an interesting look. poor elmo and big bird. >> we know where your sentiments are. >>> let's go now to kristin fisher in our satellite center. she has more on what the candidates said during last night's debate. >> reporter: if you wanted a real nitty gritty substantive debate, this was it. the candidates used lots of numbers. they were deep in the weeds and all the issues. and they really at times their message was almost tough to fol

. >> and charlie and my wusband so i have a lot of things going on with cons annapoliss and -- >> jimmy: your wusband. >> my work husband. i have literally chris're married on "suburgatory." we have been playing, we were on "saturday night" together so far we have been the same uptight couple in our 40s that we were in our 20s. just years after years. we'll be like in the catskills together. >> jimmy: it's a good show, funny and your character seemed like just an uptight like kind of mom but then you started to become a weirdo. >> she's insane, yeah. she started pretty weird. it was just all veneer. like the first -- at the pilot, on the pilot emily, the creator, we discuss the fact that i may have buried my ovaries under the roses which why they were so large. anyway, that's the detail but, yeah, there's some -- it's about -- it's that behind the picket fence stuff. there's some -- there's some sorrow. >> jimmy: when you did the imitations -- i remember you did martha stewart. you did celine dion. do people get upset for you for imitating them on the show? >> you know, they're predominantly very sweet bit. i think they all think imitation is