but i read something about dartmouth college that really caught my eye. therwas a famous president of dartmouth college that started in 1945 who had been working in fdr's cabinet an he was the head of public relations for the state department, in august of mean 45, when they dpped nuclear weapons on nagasaki and hiroshima i want you to know two hinges, the world's troubles are your troubles an second there is nothing wrong with the world that a human being can't fix. >> so he is in a sense a role model for you. >> he is. when internationalism was not very popular, but, you know, people like thurgood marshall wento dartmouth 15 times to talk to the student, martin luther king was there and really tried to bring this outward looking perspective, and so i didn't know this,but this has been a part of the dna of dartmouth college for a long time. >> you were the first asian american to be the head of an ivy league college. >> yes, sir, and, you know, i didn't think much of it when the news came out, but boy in korea and even in japan and chinahey kind of went

that dartmouth tradition began in 1984. you want to sound smart today, tell your friends in 2008, senator john mccain won the republican new hampshire primary. senator hillary clinton won over barack obama by a margin of 39% to 36.5%. >>> enough of the real news. lets huddle around the water cooler to catch up with a man whose name you probably erased from your memory sometime in late 2008. joe the plumber. remember him? the guy who became the mascot for john mccain's presidential campaign is now seeking office himself. yes, officially filing papers to run for united states congress in ohio's ninth congressional district. looking to unseat marcy captor who's held it since 1983. let's look back at some of our fondest memories. >> if you look at spreading the wealth, no one can debate that. that's fact. >> politicians are going to kill our country. >> social security is a joke. social security i've never believed in, don't likeforced o. >> thank you for coming out here. >> i think media should be abolished from reporting. >>

the debate will take place at dartmouth college if. seventh time they have tended -- a seventh time they have debated this year. >>> flames broke out last night at the bedford station apartments in langley park. the flames erupted between the third story flat roof and the slanted roof above. 50 people displaced. >> as far advanced, it burned through the roof. we had folks that had to be pulled off the roof. >>-- as the fire advance. >> one firefighter was injured and taken to the hospital. >>> scientists are questioning whether the fbi found a the right person behind the abstracts attacks from years ago. dr. bruce ivins was blamed for the attack which led to his suicide. there will be a report published let's as the man did not have the equipment to complete the attacks on his own. his former neighbors say that when in doubt, it is best to keep digging. >> i find it difficult to believe that he could have dunnigan. >> the justice department stands by its findings that he did make and send the letters that killed people and sickened and

republican presidential hopefuls head to new hampshire tonight to square off in a debate at dartmouthollege sponsored by bloomberg news and "the washington post." it is the fifth debate for the candidates but the first to put the sole focus on the economy. >> you spent sometime at dartmouth didn't you? >> hanover, new hampshire. it's beautiful. i love it there. it comes as "the washington post" this morning declares there is much at stake for perry in the debate. tonight's debate will be critical for the texas governor as his recent poll numbers continue to decline. the post attributes perry's drop to a series of unsteady debate performances last month. the latest disappointing numbers for perry come in the latest nbc news/maris poll where the governor has only 6% support among new hampshire primary voters. mitt romney leads the group in the granite state with 44% followed by herman cain and distant second with 13%. and in iowa -- >> that has to be different. romney can't win iowa. >> the same polls show romney leading with a 23% support among likely caucus goers. herman cain close se

eight republican presidential candidates got together at dartmouth college in new hampshire last night and sat around a table to talk about the any for a couple of hours. the format allowed for the candidates to ask questions of each other. many of them as you might imagine were directed at the frontrunner mitt romney. texas governor rick perry looking to gain back some of the ground he lost in the past several debates pressed romney again to defend his health care legislation the one passed while romney was governor of massachusetts. >> i'm proud of what we were able to accomplish. i'll tell you this, though, we have the lowest number of kids as a percentage uninsured of any state of america. you have the highest. i'm still speaking. i'm still speaking. we have less than 1% of our kids that are uninsured. you have a million kids uninsured in texas. a million kids. under president bush, the percentage of uninsured went down. under your leadership, it's gone up. >> immediately after, governor perry headed over to dartmouth fromaternity house. he said i get up and try to do my job and de

on tuesday following the republican bloomberg debate at dartmouth college in hanover, c- span will show live coverage of some of the candidates and their campaign staffs taking questions from reporters in the spin room live starting at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. more political coverage now with washington journal with roger simon from politico. host: we want to welcome back to c-span roger simon who's been covering campaigns for how many years? guest: oh, my god. my first campaign was in 1976 so i began in 1975. i followed jimmy carter around the country. then harold ford. host: we will talk about the 1976 race. i want to assure you two headlines. ridgely i want to show you two headlines. and this morning from the "washington post," this from scott wilson. he rarely spends more than a few minutes on a rope line -- guest: there are elements of truth in both articles. in fact, when president obama for started running in iowa, four years ago, he was criticized for not working the rope lines in doubt. after all, the last democrat who won was bill clinton, who was famous for never leaving

earlier this evening, i moderated the republican pridential debate at dartmouth college. my co-hosts were karen tumulty of the "shington post" and julina goldman of bloomberg news. the debate focused on the economy and jobs. the candidates also addressed issues including health care, tax reform, and regulation. here is a look at some of the highlights from tonight's debate. >> you can't get the country to go in the right direction and get washington to work if you don't have a president that's a leader. and three years ago we selected a person who'd never had any leadership experience, never worked in the private sector, never had the opportunity to actually bring people together. and he hasn't been able to do so. >> continuing to pivot off the current tax code is not going to boost this economy. this is why we develop 999. 9% corporate business fl tax, 9% personal income flat tax and 9% national sales tax and it will pass, senator, because the american people want it to pass. >> the last thing you would do is give congress another pipeline of a revenue stream and this gi

. >> dartmouth did not. >> we have enough good energy to compensate. >> we're paying it for you for youon your side. really. we have sunshine today. nothing for us to worry about here. relax. ravens are off. redskins are off. welcomed news. outside, though, on a sunday morning, everybody else getting ready top sit back, relax, enjoy the day. get outside and enjoy a little sunshine. temperatures warming up very, very quickly thanks to the sunshine streaming through a clear sky. 58 in national airport. 55 in fredericksburg. 50 in martinsburg, west virginia. 54 out there in winchester along the shenandoah valley. plenty of sunshine. delightfully mild. highs 7 to 8 degrees warmer than average. hardly a breeze blowing. the hint of a east to southeast wind tomorrow. a very nice day indeed. plenty of sunshine. mild indeed. highs tomorrow back into the upper 70s and low 80s through our stretch of beautifully and increasingly warm weather. tuesday is not going to be bad. but the clouds will start to lower and thicken just a bit. rain chances sneak back into the area late tuesday night, early wed

you explain the fact that rick perry by his own acknowledgeable with his fraternity brothers at dartmouth that debates are not his strong suit? doesn't the republican nominee have to go toe to toe against barack obama and against adversaries at home and abroad. >> debates are a key part of the whole campaign system. everybody remembers nixon and kennedy in 1960 and every debate cycle, a series of debates is important. i think that governor perry might be selling himself short. he has been successful mr. couple cli but perhaps the forum last night and some of the others have not been his strong suit. >> and briefly are we going to be up there in january or december? what is your guess as to when billy gardner is going to set the new hampshire primary? >> we hope will the be in january. we think it would be healthier for the process and for the voters to have it in january. we understand that the secretary of state's authority and we respect and trust his judgment. but we really think and really hope that the secretary gardner will schedule it in january. january 10th will be great. >> see

>>> this morning on "early today," showdown in dartmouth. republican presidential candidates prepare to face off. >>> millionaires march. wall street protesters plan to get up close and personal with some of new york city's wealthiest. >>> and picking up steam. the world's oldest known running auto fetches a record amnt at the world's oldest known running auto fetches a record amnt at auction. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pa sishl time zone. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with under pressure. republican presidential ran dates are in new hampshire gearing up for tone's economic-themed debate. the latest polls show mitt romney out in front while herman cain's recent surge in the polls will shine a brighter spotlight on him. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on this. >> reporter: good morning. a new poll this morning shows romney in new hampshire with a 30 point lead. cain has second and rick perry is a distant third meani

the debate is being held at dartmouth college in the key primary state of new hampshire.ill cover economic issues, including unemployment, the nation's debt, and taxes. >>> in just a few hours, president obama will leave for pittsburgh to try to build support for his jobs bill. the president will meet with union leaders there, but the american jobs act, which he says could immediately put workers back on the job. congress has yet to move on the legislation so far. >>> first lady michelle obama is aiming for a world record today. she wants to break the guinness world record for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. the first lady needs 20,000 people to participate to set that record. you can join by going to national geographic's kids.com and registering your group. then jump for one minute any time between 3:00 today and 3:00 tomorrow afternoon. jumping jacks for one minute. here's your challenge. >> you're doing it now. we can't see it because your feet are under the desk. you're jumping right now. >>> if you do like to move, today we're giving away an

[applause] >> the honorable member for dartmouth. >> this government has a track record as a bad negotiator. i am afraid they are at it again. with respect to the canada-year trade negotiations, people are saying canada will -- canada-eu trade negotiations, people are saying canada will come out badly. why does the government negotiate bad trade deals that put jobs at risk? >> mr. speaker, trade negotiations with european union is the most important trade initiative since the signing of the historic north american free trade agreement. the trade agreement with the eu will increase two way trade by 20%. this will create jobs and economic growth for canadians in all regions of the country. >> thank you, mr. speaker. unfortunately, that is a wish list. we have got to see this government stand up for ordinary canadians. by caving to thomas took a companies, the conservatives are driving up health care cost -- by caving to pharmaceutical companies, the conservatives are driving up health care costs by 20%. why is this out of touch government negotiating deals that would put the health care of ca

participants in tonight's republican debate at dartmouth will be seated according to their poll numbers based on his recent momentum, herman cain will be seated at the center of the table with mitt romney. second tier candidates like newt gingrich and ron paul will be placed to the side of the table. and rick santorum will debate from the parking lot. >> nice ad for fedex, too. reviews for perry haven't been that strong. question, where will perry be sitting at the cnn debate next tuesday? >> where he was last night. just off the center. i don't think last night was much of a game changer for him. he wasn't strong. that's for sure, but also didn't fall on his face. you know, in fact it looked like he didn't even care he was there. i saw somebody tweet last night that -- that perry was saying, who cares about this fancy pants debate. getting ready for negative ads, mitt. i think polls will reflect exactly where he started yesterday. he'll be there again tomorrow. >> maria? >> i think it was a bad night for rick perry. of anyone, he really needed a game changer. now, whether this does cha

the eight leading candidates squared off while sitting around a table at dartmouth university. former mass governor mitt romney defended the 2008 wall street bailout and says he would support another one. >> we want to make sure we don't lose the country and the financial system and american jobs and that all the banks don't go under. >> texas governor rick perry was not asked about the bailouts. afterwards his campaign says he is opposed to use tax money to bail out corporate america. her -- herman cain said if elected he would get the nation's credit rating back on track. >>> state gop officials and politicians were happy to answer questions at a town hall meeting for high school students held last night. the event attracted a standing room only crowd. the party is trying to win over the next generation of voters. >> we need to reach out and talk to a majority of voters. we have been doing it all over the state in places where we don't usually show up. >> now, one of the uc berkley republicans behind that controversial bake sale made his pitch. he says that although republica

after the debate, he spoke to dartmouth students about the american revolution occurring in the 16thslips ke that -- >> obama spoke of the 57 american states. that's heinz not america. it is a slip of the tongue. perry's problem is that he had this terrible debates where he was not active and he did have answers that he should havee thought through. >> i am concerned because of states like nevada. >> sorry abobout the audio. they must interviewed him in men's room or something. terrible. former senenator rick santorum talking about moving primary dates triggered by florida's decision to move their primary date it will have a snowball effect. according to w h hampshire secretary of state, they will go the first for second week of december. >> the secretary of state is following in new hampshire law. it is state law. the past seven days between new hampshire and the next. the republican party's nationalal leadershipip has abdicated any responsibilility. when the democrats tried to do this in michigan, with john dingell, powerful chairman, carl levin, the united auto workers the governo

after the debate, he spoke to dartmouth students about the american revolution occurring in the 16thslips like that -- >> obama spokeke of the 57 american stas. that's heinz n america. its a slip of f the tongue. perry's problem is that he had thisth tererrible debates where he was not active and he did have answers that he should have thought t through. [ female announcer ] starbucks via® is planted the same... ♪ ♪ ...harvested the same... ♪ ♪ ...and roasted the same as our other premium coffees. ♪ ♪ it only manlkes sense it would taste the same. so try it for yourself. buy a pack of 100% natural starbucks via® ready brew. we promise you'll love it or we'll send you a bag of starbucks coffee. it's the starbucks via® taste promise. look for it at starbucks stores and where you buy groceries. >> i am concerned because of states like nevada. >> sorry about the audio. they m must interviewed him in men's room or something. terrible. former senator rick santorum talking about moving primary dates triggered by florida's decision to move their primary update it will have a snowball effect.

the guy i was talking to up here, you know, outside on the dartmouth green.s been unemployed for a year and a half. he's had unemployment benefits for most of that time. they are running out now. i don't know whether they can be extended again. that's actually going to be a big fight if that happens, and i think republicans are going to take the risk of saying they are not going to support it without compensatory budget cuts elsewhere. they tried that before and failed. i bet they try it again. and in terms of the president's big infrastructure program, $175 billion for jobs. >> yeah. >> for infrastructure jobs, you know, i bet you that that -- i bet you that doesn't pass because the republicans, again, are going to say we'll do it if you show us how you're going to cut the budget without raising taxes. >> let me -- i agree with you the assessment. let me go to jonathan. how do we end up here with any kind of jobs bill, in other words the kinds of jobs bill that we think of as a jobs bill where people are put to work, working on the highways and on bridges wi

. >>> dartmouth college plays host to the gop debate.t comes less than a week after the president ripped the congressional republicans for not backing his jobs bills and presenting to him acceptable alternatives. >>> and speak of the jobs bill, the bill is expected to come to a test vote in the u.s. senate. the 447 billion dollar jobs bill appears likely to fail because republicans oppose it and also having trouble getting the votes and democrats as well. >>> live look at capitol hill where the president's jobs council is stoat release its recommendation on how to tackle the economic crisis and lower unemployment. we learned that according to the national law project 6 million people will lose jobless benefits in 2012 without the jobs bill passage. >>> and phenylly the first two weeks of the nba season 100 games now no more. more than 7 hours of negotiatings failed to produce a new labor deal yesterday. and preserve the november #st season opener -- 1st season other. no more talks have been scheduled. >>> there's the storm and heanld of

. >>> showdown at dartmouth. republican presidential candidates prepare to face off in the granite state. >>> millionaires march. wall street protesters plan to get up close and personal with some of wall street's wealthiest. >>> and picking up steam, the world's oldest known automobile fetches a record amount at auction. good morning, everyone. i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> we begin this morning with under pressure. republican presidential candidates are in new hampshire gearing up for tonight's economic-themed debate. the latest polls show former massachusetts governor mitt romney out in front. nbc's tracy potts joins us from washington with more on all of this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. each of these candidates has an agenda going into this debate tonight. mitt romney needs to maintain. herman cain needs to show why he's moving up. rick perry needs to prove he can survive. front runner mitt romney has a 37% lead in new hampshire, wh

after the debate, he spoke to dartmouth students about the american revolution occurring in the 16thcentury. little slips like that -- >> obama spoke about the 57 american states. that is heinz, not america. it is a slip of the tongue. perry's problem is that he had this terrible debate and did not have answers that he should of thought through. >> rick perry is speaking on friday about his plan for american jobs -- make what americans buy, buy what americans make, and sell it to the world. mitt romney as an op-ed in "the washington post" saying we should get tough on china. >> the romney editorial is interesting, very well written, a very good, except that he says we have got to get tough on china and then he does not really say how. all the points he makes about why we should do it are prickly -- >> monetary policy is one thing he talks about. >> sort of. he just says we ought to say that they are currency manipulators. >> in fact, that is what america is doing. quantitative easing essentially lowers the value of the dollar. we are in kind of a reciprocal arrangement -- >> race to

. -- came to dartmouth ahead in the new hampshire polls and sounding certain. herman cain is second, along with rick perry. >> 9% national sales tax. >> it is the best known recovery plan. 9-9-9, jobs, jobs, jobs. >> we don't need any plan to pass congress. >> rick barry's polls have dived into fourth in new hampshire and iowa. the texas governor claimed cheaper oil and gas would put americans to work. >> clearly, opening up a lot of the areas of our domestic energy area, that is the real key. >> it was. versus ronnie on health care. >> romney care has driven the cost of small business insurance premiums up by 14% over the national average in massachusetts. >> we have less than 1% of our kids that are uninsured. you have a million kids uninsured in texas. earlier, romney got the endorsement of a popular new jersey governor chris christie. tonight, again, romney looked like the gop front runner, but herman cain is close to the lead and i will polls. rick perry has still got a big war chest. it is not over yet. >> president obama spent much of the evening raising

"-- i can see a rush out from my front lawn" of sarah palin trade after the debate, he spoke to dartmouth students about the american revolution occurring in the 16th century did little slips like that -- >> obama spoke of the 57 american states. that is heinz, not america. is that of the time -- slid off the tongue. perry's problem is the debates were he did not have answers that he should have thought through. >> rick perry on friday is speaking in pennsylvania about his plan for american jobs -- make what americans buy, buy what americans make, sell it to the world. mitt romney has an op-ed in "the washington post" saying we have got to get tough on china. we'd it all together for us. >> the romney editorial is interesting, very well written, very good, except that he says we have got to get tough with china at and then does not really say how. doing that is -- all the points he makes about why we should do it are perfectly rational. >> monetary policy is one thing he talks about. >> sort of. he just says that should enable them currency manipulators. -- should label them currency mani

so, at tonight's debate at dartmouth college, officials have moved cain center stage and have pushed perry off to the side. how important is that? >> well, it's important for rick perry. it shows the toll that the last few debates took on him. he was the tea party darling just about a month and a half ago. he was soaring in the polls. in fact, he was in the 30s or 40s that you're seeing. he was just -- he looked like he was the person to beat in the republican race, and now he's crashed back down to earth and he needs a strong debate performance tonight to get back there. he raised some $17 million in the third quarter. he's going to have plenty of money to withstand a long primary fight. it's just a question of whether he begins to coalesce and get the tea party supporters and conservatives behind him and show he's the alternative to mitt romney. >> also in this poll, the news isn't so great for the president, either, under water in both iowa and new hampshire. so, we got some reaction on the "today" show from david plouffe this morning. let's take a listen. >> the election next yea

the bloomberg and "washington post" sponsored debate is being held at dartmouth college in one of the most important primary states, new hampshire. the candidates will be seated side by side in a round table format to promote more interaction. questions will cover unplacement, the nation's debt, and taxes. >>> president obama is gearing up for the upcoming election as well. the president will stop for a fund-raiser, but first he'll stop in pittsburgh to raise support for his jobs bill. he'll meet with union leaders about the american jobs act, a bill he says can put americans immediately back on the job. >>> labor leaders could help win bipartisan support for the president's jobs bill. the council on jobs and competitiveness led by ge chairman and ceo jeffrey immelt. it recommends less government regulation and a more business friendly tax system. meanwhile, the white house has announced 14 major public works projects that will receive faster reviews, including a 14-mile transit line in and around baltimore. >>> this loud noise is causing major problems in part of alexandria. the city

o'donnell: the republican presidential candidates face off in their next debate tomorrow evening at dartmouthin new hampshire. the focus will be on the economy. but another issue has suddenly popped up in the 2012 campaign: the religion of the front-runner. political correspondent jan crawford has the latest on that. >> reporter: mitt romney campaigning today in new hampshire kept his focus on the economy. >> the obama economy is a "where's waldo" economy. >> reporter: and ignored a growing issue: his mormon faith. it boiled up at a conference of religious conservatives when a pastor of a dallas megachurch who supports texas governor rick perry said romney was not a real christian. >> in my estimation, mormonism is a cult and it would give credence to a cult to have a mormon candidate. >> reporter: the other republican candidates disavowed the remarks. >> we're not running for theologian in chief, we're running for president of the united states of america. >> this is so inconsequential as far as this campaign is concerned. >> reporter: but perry has had relatively little to say about jeffres

. >>> tonight dartmouth college plays host to gop candidatesch the debate is less than week after theped congressional republicans for not immediately backing his jobs bill or presenting acceptable alternatives. >>> and president obama travels to pittsburgh today where he will tour the international brotherhood of electrical workers training. council on jobs and competitiveness will present the president with its recommendation for job creation. >>> and the senate will hold a vote tonight on the president's 447 billion dollar plan to promote job growth. republicans appear united in opposition to it and democrats in the senate are going to have 53 votes and face a difficult task of getting to 60 needed to keep the bill alive. >>> and another day in collective bargain tween between the nba players and owners ends with nothing resolve. david turn announced the first two weeks of the 2011 season has been canceled. the last nba work stopage was more than -- ten years ago and that happened in 1998. >>> phillip parker junior was killed on a bus while being transported from hagerstown to balt

race is heating up for republican presidential candidates that gathered in hanover new hampshire at dartmouthiversity to talk about issues. one of the biggest points of contention had to did with herman cain 999 plan. listen. >> 9% corporate business flat tack 9% personal income flat tax and 9% sales tax. >> turn it upside down the devil is in the details. >> i think it's a catchy phrase in fact i thought it was a price of a pizza when i fares heard about it. -- first heard about it. >> coming out on top once againmitt romney who came with simple and talking about simple keeping the point of view. >> right now america is in crisis although if that does happen, you want to have someone who is smart and i do i've done it. >>> >> he was the man with the target on his back when it came time for each candidate to ask another question everyone but ron paul picked romney. he also received the endorsement of new jersey governor of chris christie yesterday. >>> derrick mason will play at m and t stadium for the second time in three weeks and he is not back with the ravens. he is now a houston texan. a

the republican contenders are debating tonight at dartmouth college in new hampshire. front-runner mitt romney is expected to be a target for his rivals but he is armed now with a key endorsement from governor chris christie of new jersey. political correspondent jan crawford is in new hampshire. jan? >> reporter: scott, you know, expectations were high for romney going into tonight's debate on the economy, that's his signature issue. but his campaign got a big boost even before he takes that stage. ( cheers and applause ) in his typical no-nonsense style, christie got straight to the point. >> america cannot survive another four years of barack obama and mitt romney is the man we need to lead america and we need him now. >> reporter: the announcement came only a week after christie crushed the hopes of some republicans after he announce head would not run for president. christie's endorsement allows romney to claim he is the choice of the g.o.p. establishment. >> he's a man who has a following of a lot of folks across this country. >> reporter: romney has retaken the

has pushed through pension cuts and extra taxes to try and please its creditors meantime william dartmouth an m.e.p. for the u.k. independence says the e.u. is obsession with the euro and in disaster. for the greek people a concern out here is to the single currency means higher taxes low gov expenditure and cuts in their standard of living and also for and also even even for a country like germany in fact specifically a country like germany at here's the single currency means massive transfer payments paid to countries in southern europe and what's happening is that the germans are no longer putting up with it we shouldn't be where we are now and it is because of the fanaticism of this european elite and we should look very carefully at what they have to say in the future these are real human and they are discredited and what is very worrying is that as my as my father used to say to me when i was a young man he said if you make a financial guarantee the nature of fire financial guarantees is that they get caught and there is a limit to how much even a country like germany can produce bec

questioners at this week's dartmouth debate. who surprised you there, karen? >> i think personally, the biggest surprise was rick perry. because i think the stakes were very, very high. and a lot of us, certainly the three of us who were sitting at the table as moderators, expected him to come in aggressively. the day before, he had released a really hard-edged video against mitt romney talking about health care. we were expecting that the minute the subject turned to health care, he was just going to take out after him. and the opposite happened. it was -- you said he faded. it was almost like he disappeared. gwen: there were long periods of time, true of jon huntsman as well. but long periods of time when you expected this guy who had come out of the gate so fast to finally take charge. especially since everyone has said he hasn't done well in debates before but it kind of didn't happen. >> and it wasn't like he wasn't given the opportunities. and obviously herman cain was just reveling in his -- in his new stature in the race. and mitt romney, though, is --