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i'm chris jansing. hard to believe we're just two months away until iowa and we have a brand-new national poll now. it shows a big turnaround for president obama. his popularity is up significantly in head-to-head match-ups as well. he beats all the republicans. the president's approval rating climbing to 47%, up six points from just a month ago. herman cain has widened his lead over mitt romney. but most of the polling was done before news broke of that sexual harassment claims. i'm joined by gene cummings and by jonathan kaypark. good morning to both of you. what do you think is going on with the president's better poll numbers? is it gadhafi, these executive orders he's been signing or is he just looking better compared to some of the disarray in the republican field? >> chris, i think you might have hit on numerous things. i think a lot contributes to this. in addition to libya and just a quieter time in washington where we don't have fighting, the message that the president has struck upon, i think

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i'm richard liu in today for chris jansing. >>> after three mongs of wrangelling and arm twisting, the deficit reduction super committee is about to throw in the towel. kelly o'donnell is watching what's happening or i guess what isn't happening, kelly. is there any chance of a deal here? what are you hearing? >> reporter: i wouldn't want to pre assume it 100% dead because there can be conversations going on behind the scenes, but everything we've been told is the committee will wait until after the markets closed and will announce it failed to reach an agreement. its mission was pretty big, find $1.2 trillion worth of savings over ten years and couldn't agree. the divide really fell along taxes, and to give you an idea of how that kind of fell apart, here are two voices that were on this committee, key players, jon kyl republican of arizona and john kerry, democrat of massachusetts. >> whether our democratic friends are unable it to cut even a dollar in spending without saying it has to be accompanied by tax increases, that tells you all you need to know. >> what john just said is pat

i'm chris jansing and, boy, oh boy, things are only getting worse for herman cain and the republicanandidates in general. the associated press reports that a third woman considered filing a sexual harassment complaint against cain. well, fed up with reporters, the gop front runner lost his cool at a campaign event in virginia. and the blame game has escalated. now the perry campaign is saying that romney's people are behind the story, after the cain camp blamed rick perry for a smear campaign. >> apologize to herman cain and his family and america for this despicable actions. and quite frankly, political too. political won't release any documentation or will they even admit they spoke to these two women. why? because they have nothing and cited unnamed sources. >> joining me now, "new york times" columnist charles. >> i hardly know where to begin, charles. when did this get out of control? >> the day it broke it got out of control. the cain campaign has not responded to this crisis in the way that you would like him to and that is with some sense of control, some sense of command of

. >>> good morning, i'm chris jansing. and herman cain is doubling down. defiantly denying all claims of sexual harassment by four women. but he also predicts this may not be the end. >> there will probably be others, not because i'm aware of any, but because the machine to keep a businessman out of the white house is going to be relentless. >> cain also says he believes being so defiant is what's helped his supporters standby him so far. msnbc's richard lui is here with the latest. >> it has been a week and a half of haze for the cain campaign. four women accusing the gop presidential candidate during that time. the first accuser is now revealing her identity. she came forward yesterday resisting public exposure initially. she worked with cain at the national restaurant association in the 1990s. she accused cain of "inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances." a settlement with the restaurant association was made in 1999 and she reportedly received $45,000. she also made claims at her next job of unfair treatment and accused a manager of circulating a

i'm chris jansing. it's a good morning on wall street. take a look.ing long, almost 400 points. the central banks all around the world, we're talking about europe, the u.s., britain, canada, japan, switzerland, all lowering borrowing rates. here's why that's important. there's been a lot of concern we

i'm chris jansing. herman cain's campaign is in full damage control mode right now.tions against him in the '90s. now first he was insisting he didn't know. as nbc news confirmed, that one woman got a financial settlement. >> as far a

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>>> good morning to you, i'm richard lui in for chris jans g jansing. we start with a revealing discussion with accused penn state child predator jerry sandusky, speaking for the first time since being released on bail, this as close to ten more alleged victims are coming forward. the "new york times" saying police are now working to confirm the new allegations leveled against the former assistant coach n an exclusive no-holds-barred questioning with nbc's bob costas on "rock center" sandusky denies attacking eight boys. a note for you, this is not for children. >> i'm innocent of those charges. >> inspect? completely innocent and falsely accused in every aspect? >> well, i could say that, you know, i have done some of those things. i have horsed around with kids. i have showered after workouts. i have hugged them and i have touched their leg, without intent of sexual contact but -- so if you look at it that way, there are things that -- that wouldn't -- would be accurate. >> nbc's michelle franzen joins us live from state college, pennsylvania. michell

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i'm chris jansing and welcome to our first msnbc super tuesday. it is one year to election day, and in the past several months if they're an indication, we're in for quite a ride. >> live or die, bring it, the 9-9-9 plan. >> 9-9-9. >> make in mistake about it, barack obama will be a one-term president. >> president barack obama officially kicks off his re-election campaign. >> pass this bill. >> pass this bill. >> pass this bill. >> corporations are people, my friend. >> i'm speaking. >> the newspaper -- >> i'm speaking. >> excuse me. excuse me! >> we can't wait for congress to do its job if they won't act i will. ♪ i can't wait >> we can no longer wait. >> we're not waiting for congress. ♪ i am america one voice united we stand ♪ >> so that's where we are. a year away from the presidential election, and one democratic pollster says, voter hope has been replaced by anger and fear. now, while that's not good news for president obama, he is still beating republicans. look at our new poll. mitt romney comes the closest to him, but still trailing the

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i'm richard lui in today for chris jansing. good day to you. president obama is where we start. he is engaging his 2012 rivals me says herman cain and michele bachmann are just plain wrong for saying they would be willing to use the controversial interrogation technique used as waterboarding. joining us live from honolulu, hawaii, where the president spent the weekend. first off, aloha to you. now, the president has said in the past -- >> aloha. >> aloha. -- said in the past that he wasn't going to make a comment on the gop field until everyone is voted off the island. seems as though he is engaging. why not? >> reporter: rich chart, it's impossible to know exactly what the president was think when he decided to engage his republican rivals last night. remember, this is a policy that he banned in 2009. it's possible that for the president, this issue is a case closed and he wanted to put the fine point on it. it certainly remains a political lightning rod though. that's for sure. let's just listen to what the president had to say. >> waterboarding is torture. it's contrary to am

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