purchase act that most got the ire of grover cleveland. >> yeah, cleveland was representative of the old democratic party, the democratic party of commercial interests from the east, especially new york where cleveland was from himself, he was from buffalo. people who believed thomas jefferson and andrew jackson that the government should not really do very much in the economy. in fact, during the depression of the 1890s, grover cleveland said that the people should support the government, but the government should not support the people. and this is very different from what bryan believed. bryan was in our parlance today was a liberal. he was a democratic liberal. he believed the government should be strong enough to help people who could not help themselves. and he wanted to redress the balance between corporate power and the power of workers and small farmers. and so -- and also, cleveland had broken this railroad strike with federal troops. and the attorney general at the time, cleveland's attorney general was actually a railroad attorney at the same time as he was breaking the s

act that got the ire of grover cleveland. >> cleveland was representative of the old democratic partythe democratic party of commercial interests from the east, especially new york, where cleveland was himself from buffalo. people believed thomas jefferson, andrew jackson, that the government shouldn't do very much in the economy. during the 1890s, grover cleveland says that the people should support the government, but the government should not support the people. and this is different from what bryant believed. bryant was what we call today a liberal. he believed the government should be strong enough to help people who couldn't help themselves and redress the balance between corporate power andñr the power workers and sma farmers. and so -- cleveland had broken this strike with several troops, and the attorney general at the time. cleveland's attorney general was a railroad attorney at the same time, breaking the strike by railroad workers. so for bryant, cleveland was -- in the 1890s, representative of all he din like about his party, didn't like mesh politics. >> in order to get

i went back to cleveland. my mom and dad were born in cleveland. all four of my grandparents were born in cleveland. seven out of my grandparents were born in cleveland. up in the cemetery, i went and visited my family and drove around cleveland. have you seen cleveland? have you seen what happened? 11 states in the last 50 years have introduced a progressive income tax. 11. maine, connecticut, new jersey, pennsylvania, ohio, wisconsin,

congratulatory call, even the mayor of cleveland, lebron james' hometown city he shunned to go to miami offered his congrats. the same probably can't be said for a lot of cleveland fans not ready to forgive and forget any time soon. >>> today the european debt crisis played out on the field as underdog greece took on germany in the euro 2012 match play. the greeks put up a good fight but, alas, no bailout this time. they lost to the germans, 4-2. toward the end the greek fans consoled themselves by yelling at the german fans. they said, we'll never pay you back. >>> you may have noticed at your place of business today it's take your dog to work day. today.com got a look at how it went from a couple tough looking partners just waiting to protect and serve to a reminder that on a day like this you might need a drool protector for your keyboard, to those who look at home sitting in the boss's chair everybody seemed to be enjoying the togetherness. when we come back here on this friday night they fought and won

on "hot in cleveland."g of cleveland. >> yeah, speaking of cleveland, cedric, do you know -- >> jimmy: cleveland starts with a "c," "c" also is your name, cedric. now tell me -- uh, no but, so now you have your spin off show. >> yeah, yeah. i went on "hot in cleveland" and you know -- >> jimmy: betty white? >> betty white was there. you know, she is -- she's like, you know, she's the don corleone of comedy now. >> jimmy: she really is. >> all things go through betty white. you know? it's all about betty white. and there's a casting couch, jimmy. >> jimmy: oh, i didn't know about that i did not know about that. really? hey, no, no. no, no, no. >> yeah, betty white. you gotta get it in before -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, no, no, no, no. part of that a meeting. you have to get a meeting. >> yeah, you have to get on the book. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. [ light laughter ] ridiculous. ridiculous. >> i was like, yeah. she's like, split a viagra. here you go. i was like, betty white, you know. i don't do -- i don't nee

. >> 1884 against cleveland. >> before that he had run for the republican nomination. ironically, in 1876, it was blaine who prevented us lessees s. grant -- or 1880 that prevented prevent ed everybody lysses grant from coming back. he was secretary of state under three presidents. >> what else did he do? >> he was in congress, speaker of the house. very effective iron willed speaker. >> he changed some of the rules in the house. i'm not sure exactly which rules they are. it seems to me speakers of the house are always changing rules somewhat to their advantage, but, you know, a smart, capable guy, but corrupt probably. >> and, remember, this was the period after the civil war when congress was much more central, much more potent than it had been. the reaction against the strong executive set in. so to be speaker of the house, to be a power in congress, in the 1870s, 1880s, meant a lot more perhaps than it would today. >> do you have anything to say mr. blaine. >> curious. what do you think would have happened had he won? >> i think he would turn out to be -- put it th

. >> now you got this out of your system, you're ready to go back to cleveland and play some ball? >> dave gives a good grilling to the new nba champion, that's later in the show. >>> first, let's get to the news, live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. you probably heard by now the sad news that author, screenwriter and director, nora ephron, died last night of pneumonia after a battle with leukemia. she leaves behind a resumÉ packed with hollywood hits. ephron last wrote and directed in 2009, "julie and julia" the story of a blogger who makes each one of the recipes from julia child's' cookbook. she captured the craze of email with tom hanks and meg ryan in the 1998 film, "you've got mail" and earlier "sleepless in seattle" where a widower finds love from across the country. and then the new york favorite, "when harry met sally" a love letter to new york city where ephron was bo. >> what can i get you? >> i'll have a number three. >> i'd like the chef's salad with the oil and vinegar on the side. >> but i'd like the pie heated and i don't want it on top i'd like it on

. >> 1884 against cleveland. >> yes. >> and before that he had run for the republican nomination, andnically, in 1876, it was blaine who prevented ulysses grant from coming back or rather 1880. it was blaine who prevented ulysses grant from winning a comeback and winning a second time. >> besides being secretary of state for james garfield. >> and benjamin harrison. >> he was secretary of state under three presidents. >> what else did he do? >> he was in congress, speaker of the house, a very effective iron-willed speaker. >> he changed some of the rules in the house. i'm not sure exactly which rules they are. seemed to me that speakers of the house are always changing rules to their advantage, a very capable guy but corrupt probably. >> this is the period after the civil war when congress was much more central, much more potent than it had been. the reaction against the strong executive set in, so to be speaker of the house, to be a power in congress in the 1870s, 1880s, meant a lot more than it would today. >> do you have anything to say mr. blaine? >> curious. what do you think wou

did the orioles do enough to beat cleveland? we have sports next. ,,,,,, you don't exactly have that green thumb. but your siding? that's pro. finish like a pro with cabot wood stains. cabot...that's pro. ♪ ♪ looking for someone you can trust? with ase certified technicians and the latest technology, this is the exception to the rule. >>> mark is here with our wjz the fan sports, and cleveland in town. >> oriole fans are bracing for what they think is a june swoon for the fans, as the orioles need to heat up. the braves come out hitting. johnny damon adds a 3-run home run to put his team up. and mark reynolds continues to strike out. just 2 runs for the os. chen was out in the game when the braves beat up the -- indians beat up the os's bull pen. the indians win 7-2. 3 more days against cleveland. the finale is sunday afternoon, on masn on wjz. >>> in basketball, draft night for the nba. will barrton goes to the -- barton goes to the trail blazers. barton played college ball at memphis. >>> no surprise about the number one overa

she is back where his home, at the white house, as he is in cleveland.ncy sake here, because isn't politics fun in an election year, i have been told that mitt romney said "thank you," and the moment he said, "thank you," someone is now introducing the president. >> reporter: oh, they couldn't be that closely coordinated. i'm sure no one is paying attention to mitt romney's speech, on the president's team. >> so jokes aside. on the left, romney speaking in cincinnati, and as fred mentioned, at cuyahoga community college, and the president on the right. and before we hear from the president, he has a ton riding on this speech. >> he does, brooke. his central case for re-election is he can turn this economy around. and that is a challenge he has to yet -- it's a case he has yet to make, because of repeatedly this administration has said that, you know, the economy is facing green shoots, that we are now sort of in the summer of recovery, they once said. this past january, they made the case that we were sort of looking again at a sort of -- starting to see

he's with ripple restaurant which is in the cleveland park area on connecticut avenue. let me tell you, there is nothing more exciting than to be nominated for a rammy award. the ceremony is going to be sunday and my special chef today has been nominated for a rising star award. that's really big. that's a new chef at a restaurant. everybody wants to get that award. congratulations. >> thank you very much, jc. i appreciate it. >> today you are fixing halibut. i'm getting all of the smoke. but tell me, what are you preparing? how are you preparing this halibut? >> this is some pan seared halibut from alaska. we only use sustainable species of fish at our restaurant at ripple. we're serving it with some local ingredients from our farmers. we have cauliflower, some dates, a bunch of wild greens and herbs that we actually pick ourselves. >> what are you going to do? you've been sauteeing this in special -- what kind of oil did you use? >> this is just an infused oil we infused with herbs and garlic and stuff. we add a little bit of butter. >> i like butter. >> get nice litt

louis to chicago and cleveland.et roads from central pennsylvania to the carolinas. >> if you are flying, airport delays can be expected in chicago, miami and dallas. a short list. >>> alec baldwin made an appearance on "the late show with david letterman," hoping to clear his name after a confrontation with a photographer. >> baldwin was in a playful mood. then, he dropped his drawers to show off his weight loss. baldwin told letterman, let's get to it, shall we? >> no one got punched. >> no one got punched? >> if i did, i would be in jail. >> the guy was too close. and he just shoved him. >> i pushed him out of the way because he almost hit me in the face with a camera. if i punched him, i'd be in jail. >> no charges have been filed. the photographer and his lawyer will explain they're side exclusively on "good morning america." check that out. >>> and sharks are lurking in the waters off of cape cod. scientists who tagged great whites last year have picked up signals from two of them. experts are trying to better

it's on the cleveland police department website. it's on the cleveland fbi website.l of our local tv stations covered this yesterday and continue to cover it today. we have various knock and talk operations that we do as a task force in cleveland that involve local, state and federal, going out to try to get information when people are reluctant to come to the police. we go out to them. when we do those operations we take the photograph with us and we ask people if they have any information to give us a call. >> sure. you know this is one guy because the dna links them all. let us know if you find him. best of luck. >>> the hunt here for a killer in alabama. police thought they had the suspect. a stand off ended with no one in handcuffs. there's a new twist today. >>> a decision involving the kkk's effort to adopt a highway. i needed a coach. our doctor was great, but with so many tough decisions i felt lost. unitedhealthcare offered us a specially trained rn who helped us weigh and understand all our options. for me cancer was as scary as a fastball is to some of th

that is what a cleveland perle is made of. >> let's give it up for the cleveland ladies. thank you so much. next up, we have two teams that work on similar projects. they wanted to help kids who were less fortunate and had cancer. a helping kids smile campaign. one of the things they did was wrote letters to students in the hospital. we have someone who will share one of those today. can you stand up? >> dear friend, i am sorry to hear that you are ill. when we heard about your illness, we got together in groups and emphasize -- empathized about what you were going through. we even had a visit from a doctor. he showed us what leukemia looked like. she told us that with chemotherapy, it can be cured. as a team, we made friendship bracelets. even though we do not know you, we want you to know that you will be in our minds. we asked our principal at school if we could start a new book drive. she said yes. the team held it -- had a lemonade stand on game day. the money we collected was donated for more research and even though it is not much, we hope it will help. with the me

cleveland actually had done the same thing. it was a very interesting situation that prior to the 1884 campaign, you always had someone in office in the presidency, grant, and hayes and garfield, who had been civil war officers but blaine and cleveland were not. >> so whichever one of them had won, it would have been the first generation. >> it would have been a break in that generation, yes. >> we had a viewer who asked about his death so will you now tell us the story of his death? >> yes. as has been mentioned, he was a man who was prone to illness all through his life. i think both real and imagined. there was always mentioned that he might have been more hypo kondracke than reality. by the same token by 1892, he was exhausted both physically and mentally and in fact the campaign of 1892 was looming and there was some talk of his being nominated for president. he really wasn't up to it. and he bowed out. he gave only one speech during the campaign on behalf of the re-election of harrison and then early in 1893, he died at h

my dad worked for 36 years for cleveland electric i lum nating. his job title was maintenance. i didn't know what that meant until after he died and i finally toured the vacant plant where he worked. maintenance meant he could do every job in that plant. and i remember a moment when i was a sophomore in high school and it was a summer day and we were playing catch and my little brother and i while my dad sat on the front stoop with whatever beer was on sale drinking a bottle of beer while mom made supper in the kitchen and he was critiquing our throws and i will never forget him shaking his head. i said what is it dad? he didn't even look at us. he said you could teach a monkey to do what i do. that's how my dad felt about his life. my parents thought they were too nobodies. but they were going to raise four somebodies. and all four of us went to college. i can tell you something, i will not live a day without remembering my roots. whatever your roots are, you need to embrace them and be proud of them because they have made you, perhaps they have given you all kinds of challeng

you talk about blaine and cleveland. each man with impressive blemishes to their personal or political character, and yet if you look at their record in office, not only cleveland's as president, he's generally regarded as the most impressive between lincoln and tiara, but blaine's, these are very, very impressive -- >> and off the list perhaps in a parentheses we should talk about some contenders that we should forget. parker. >> except that they're already forgotten. >> you wrote a book on the stephens stephensons. >> any meal with adlai stevenson. >> did you ever meet him? >> no. i did spend time with his son who was an illinois senator and then resigned in 1980, made a big tactical mistake, went back and ran for governor in the state of illinois and was beaten by big jim thompson. retired from politics. that's the interesting thing about most of these people i think are really committed to anything in public service. and they're all effective politicians. ed a today ladlai stevenson had side of i'm not sure i really

democrat elected after the civil after the civil war all the way up to woodrow wilson was grover cleveland was elected twice different times the republican between the two and in his state of the union address and keep in mind this is the president of the united states speaking to congress and the american people in his annual state of the union address of eight hundred eighty eight president grover cleveland so this. we discover that the fortunes realized by our manufacturers are no longer solely the reward of sturdy industry and light and foresight but that they are a largely built upon undue extractions of the masses of our people the gulf between employers and the employed is constantly widening and classes are rapidly forming one comprising the very rich and powerful on another are found the toiling poor as we view the achievements of aggregated capital we discover the existence of trusts combinations of monopolies while the citizen is struggling far in the rear or is trampled to death beneath an iron he'll corporations which should be the carefully restrained creatures of the law and

y el tema que mÁs preocup a los lectores, nuestra enviada especial a cleveland, nos dice que propusieronegido como presidente. 15 minutos antes en el mismo estado y en cincinnatti. el republicano mets romney tuvo un evento de campaÑa. criticar sus respectivas trÁmites econÓmicos. romney recordÓ que obama ha sido presidente por 3 aÑos y mediano ha resuelto lo problemas econÓmicos del paÍs. muchas soluciones sin aportar la realidad. y volver el paÍs al pasado. >>> si usted quiere darles a las polÍticas de los Últimos 10 aÑos tra oportunidad. debe votar por romney, sub rayÓ obama. trabajara para crear empleos para la clase media y frenara los recortes de impuestos para los mÁs rick. obama y romney han avanzado una agresivaampaÑa en ohio. indicio claro que comprenden que los Últimos aÑos ningun candidato ha fa nado la presidencia sin triunfar muy eseste estado. >>> saben que ohio es un estado clave, para ganar las elecciones de noviembre >>> uno de los estados que es importante, porque estÁn todos los independientes aquÍ. creen que la contienda en este estado serÁ exhaustiva la economÍa no f

. >> cleveland, ohio, good morning. kyle, democrats' line cleveland, good morning? try one more time for cleveland. >> caller: yo. >> go ahead. wayne, north carolina. independent line. >> caller: yes. hello? >> you're on. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i was born, congressman, in culquit, north carolina. i still have relative there's. i go back there. you still have dirt roads running all through the county, and i just want to knowful you're saying that the states handling the money, well, they've done a very piss-poor job in this county, and i'll await to hear your answer on that. >> well, thank you, and you've -- were you born and raised in a great state, and a great part of the state. what's so confusing about highways and how they're built and state highways and local roads is that when you go to the gas pump and you fill it up and you see that price at $3.50, $3.80 a gallon, whatever it is, embedded in that price are a lot of taxes. and state and local taxes, excise tax. a lot taxes emembedded. a lot sent to the federal government and then returned to

two more games against cleveland and see the series finale on wjz sunday o's and indians at 1:30 on wjz. a baseball bloodline makes way at the swimming trial. earns a spot in the final two medley. going to swim again with michael phelps and side by side in the heat of the 200i.m. and the match-up, fell second. the the third showdown between phelps moves down in the final. track and field olympic trials, matt central with a former cross country track at broadneck high school. the bronze med list in medalist would win his heat at the trials tonight with a close finish and earns him the finals to make the olympic team for the first time. his father was an olympician two years ago.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> issue. >>> the storm is moving quickly off to the east. it will be done around the city in the next 15 to 20 minutes and then continues to head off to the east affecting just about anybody in maryland and a particular eastern shore moving through cambridge and d.c. over 300,000 to 400,000 people in the d.c. area. i'm sure we'll see some of that right here. we'll be right back. [ female announ

that the president was in cleveland. about the other candidate. >> and if you want to see the results of his economic polici s policies, look around ohio, look around the country. you'll see that a lot of people are hurting. >> if you want to give the policies of the last decade oot try, then you should vote for more obama. >> tonight, the president is in new york city. he's there for a fundraiser at the home of actress sarah jessica parker. >> tonight, an openly gay prosecutor is about to become a judge in richmond. the richmond court on the general district court. critics say he wasn't fit to be a judge because when he was in the military, protested the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. it will be, again, up to lawmakers to approve the appointment of a new jublg. >> the pentagon is planning its first-ever event to celebrate contributions of gay and lesbian service members. this event comes nine months after the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy which banned gay military members from revealing their sexual orie

the indians bats too strong...asdrubal cabrera hammers it down the flag court...3-run bomb gives clevelandttey straight losss..7-2 finall.. 3 the o's most reliable starters put up back-to-back rough outtings...wei-yin chen surrenders 6 runs through 6 ice cold...they haven't scored 5 or more runs since jason hammel's onn-hit complete game against atlanta on june 16th... jake arrieta faces derek low in game 2 tomorrow... miihhel phelps in his 3rd olympic trral tonight...no ryan lochte to worry about.and it'sshis event...the butterfly. butterfly.200 butterfly final... top 2 are heading to london..phhlps in lane 3...off to a great start....turn one... phelps in 2nd after the first 50 meters...tyler clary in the lead....phelpsscloses in on clary as ttey reach the 100 meter markk..once they come overtakes clary for the lead... ..nd he takes control on the final turn...blows out thee competition taking first... qualifying for his 3rd olympic event in london...clary the other to qualifying in the 200 3 for the second straight year...and this is were quite in the first round of the n-b-a draft. dra

nice from cleveland to detroit. a lot of these conditions continue into the weekend. >> bill, thanks so much. >>> greek drama builds, a big bank chief apologizes and internet changes. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> the controversy continues with the second miss usa participant claiming it was rigged. >>> you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry, and here are some of your top headlines this morning. massive wildfires continue to rage in the west. a wildfire in new mexico has burn mder than 37,000 acres and destroyed at least 224 homes, and a fire in colorado has destroyed about a hundred buildings and burned 73 square miles. >>> john edwards will not face another trial on charges of using campaign donations to cover up his pregnant mistress. the justice department dropped all charges against edwards after his corruption trial last month ended in a deadlocked jury. >>> a texas man has been convicted of murder after a houston jury r

cleveland we are expecting high temperature of 93 degrees.ut west where we are having strong storms through north central we will be seeing more of that today across wisconsin and into parts of iowa. some of these storms are producing flash flooding. minneapolis under a flash flood watch. we also have a flash flood emergency going on with parts of the interstate 45 shutting down. be careful everyone. that is in duluth in northeastern parts of minnesota. >>> a lot going on out there. >>> alec baldwin is the focus on a criminal investigation after allegedly attacking this photographer from the new york daily use. marcos santos you see him on the right filed an assault complaint with police in new york city. he claims the actor's punch left him with pain in the chin a headache and dizziness. he went ballistic after leaving the marriage license bureau on wednesday. he was spotted using a white sheet to shield his face as he walked through the city. baldwin says his actions against the photographer were in self defense. this was not surprising. th

but why are the marining invading cleveland? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." we're watching strong severe thunderstorms especially around texarcana. so be careful traveling there early today. we're seeing a beautiful day, setting up chicago to minneapolis to kansas city. enjoy your break from the summer humidity. low humidity values and beautiful sunshine today and tomorrow. still a chance of thunderstorms though. dallas down through new orleans. that frontal boundary is kind of lidge gering down there through the next couple of days. if you're watching us on knst topi a ta, kansas, that's where i used to work, bring kids and blanket for story time in the park at frontier park and that's your "early today" event today. >> i'm sure they're sitting there missing bill karins. >> i'm sure there's a big huge post over me on the side of the road. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. lindy lohan is once again in very hot legal water. after a friday crash with a

why are the marines invading cleveland? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome black to "early today." the big early morning weather concern, if you're heading out into areas of arkansas, northern louisiana, near texarcana around the northeastern corner of texas, large thunderstorms, slow moving storms, too, with plenty of storms. the sieft will have a chance of showers and storms along with the east coast. and then your wednesday looks kind of cloudy and cool to start with rain early in the day from new york to boston, well if you're watching us on ksnt kansas, first news in topeka, kansas, that's where i started my first tv king, bring the kids and blaine it and enjoy stories and songs in the frontier park. that's your earth event of the day. i pulled up in a farmer's soy field. >> and you made it to the big time, bill. look at you. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. lindy lohan is once again in very hot legal water. after a friday crash with an 18-wheeler lohan told police

president obama in cleveland. again, 250 miles apart and both cities are seeing unemployment drop well below the national average. jobless rates in cincinnati and cleveland have fallen more than a full percentage point this year alone. we want to bring in our political power panel for this morning. the deputy communications director for the obama administration, richard wolffe and jp fayre. i want to start with you. the national messaging from the romney campaign as president obama is going to be plagued by his "doing fine" comment about the private sector most likely until there is a gaff from mitt romney. can he make a statement during today's economic speech that can wipe friday's message off the political board? >> you mean can the president? >> yeah. >> well, yeah. the president can because he is great at giving these kinds of speeches and framing the story line. the gaff is part of the critique against him. that doesn't rely on the gaff but on unemployment remaining stubbornly high and a global economy that

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but will cleveland ever forgive him? no.ck out the cleveland weather man in the middle of his cast and then thinking of lebron went off. >> it could be a little bit of thunder, but thunder is not the main thing here. it's just scattered rain briefly moderate -- yes, thunder is not the main thing. sorry. heat, thunder, what are you going to do. it's all weather. [ laughing ]. 72 degrees. cloudy skies. some light rain downtown. no thunder. son of a gun. you know, if we could have used some thunder, it was tonight tion huh. we could have used some thunder. nothing. nothing. just rain. and the heat, lots of heat. no thunder. >> we could have used some thunder. >> oh. the animosity runs deep. >> it never ends. it never ends >> >>> going back now to the breaking news from the top of our show. now that jerry sandusky has been found guilty on most of the

president obama taking the stage in cleveland, ohio. this is live coverage on c-span3. [ cheering ] >>> thank you. >> thank you very much. thank you so much. well, good afternoon, everybody. it is great to be back in cleveland. it is great to be back here at cuyahoga community college! i want to, first of all, thank angela for her introduction and sharing her story. i know her daughter's very proud of her. i know her daughter is here today so give her a big round of applause. i want to thank the president, dr. jerry sue thornton. and i want to thank members of congress who are here today representative marcia fudge, representative betty sutton, and representative marcy captor. those of you who have a seat, feel free to sit down. so ohio, over the next five months, this election will take many twists and many turns. polls will go up and polls will go down, there will be no shortage of gaps and controversies that give both busy and give something to write about. you may have heard i recently made my own unique contribution to that process

salaries, the whole cleveland thing. his hairline.e hateful than everything. >> real hateful. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: good luck. some good news for the octomom, nadya suleman for a change. the octomom reportedly has a boyfriend. why not, what's not to love about that mommy machine? the boyfriend's name is franky g. he's an amateur body builder. he looks like this. how he isn't on jersey shore, i don't know. apparently, a few days and two months, i hope they're able to settle down. why is this guy doing? she's 36. he's 23 years. there's got to be an easier way to get on tmz. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: getting run over by lindsay lohan. bad news for single ladies, the octomom now has a single boyfriend, now you officially have no excuse. have any of you been following the euro cup soccer tournament? a lot of people have been watching which differs from our usual american tradition of not watching soccer. italy played grand. the game went to a shoot-out. it was zero/zero. despite the lack of any goals. it was breathtaking and nice

president obama today in cleveland. >> it is great to be back in cleveland. >> reporter: mitt romney 250 miles to the south in cincinnati. >> what a great day to be in such a warm place, isn't it? >> reporter: the two candidates taking the stage within minutes of each other. for the president, a campaign rally and 52-minute speech designed to calm nervous supporters about his economic message. >> of course we have a lot more work to do. everybody knows that. the debate in this election is about how we grow faster and how we create more jobs. >> reporter: meanwhile, at a factory in cincinnati, romney continued to point to the president's record. >> don't forget, he's been president for three and a half years, and talk is cheap. action speaks very loud. if you want to see the results of his economic policies, look around ohio, look around the country. you'll see a lot of people are hurting. >> reporter: while the president tried to laugh off his comments about private sector doing fine and simply another one of the campaign season's silly gaffs -- >> you may have heard i recently made