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the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. well, it all seems simple enough, a presidential candidate makes a quick trip abroad and gets his picture taken by a few leaders and brandishes his credentials. but no it took a passing criticism of london's readiness for the olympic games to spark this line in an opinion column in "the telegraph" newspaper. and mitt romney is the only politician could start a trip being utterly void of charm and offensive. the britts are harsh. if you're mitt romney, you're happy to get on to the next stop. what happened there, dan? >> a very rough start on this trip. as he was flying over there was a story in one of the british papers quoting an unnamed advisor saying president obama didn't understand the anglo-saxon heritage and the relationship between u.s. and the britains. which they deny there is any advisor who did it but it started to set a ton

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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the "great recession" officially ended three years ago, but the latest look at the u.s. economy today suggests a full recovery is still a long way off. the struggle was highlighted in a report from the commerce department. consumer spending powers the u.s. economy, but americans weren't hitting the stores this spring, and when they did, they weren't spending nearly as much. as a result, economic output, measured as the gross domestic product, rose at an annual rate of just 1.5% from april through june. the commerce department did raise its estimate of first quarter growth to 2%. still, that's not considered sufficient to encourage hiring and bring down unemployment. at the white house, spokesman jay carney pointed to 12 straight quarters of growth, but acknowledged it's not enough. >> we obviously, despite this, sustained growth, despite the private sector job creation, are still in a position wher