. >> joining us now here in charlotte to talk about all this, david drucker, reporter for "roll call." christina bellantoy, pbs news hour, and lauren ashburn, editor-in-chief of daily download, a web site where i'm contributor. lauren, you were in tampa, was clint eastwood's performance so, shall we say, unusual, that it warranted this tidal wave of media chatter and analysis? >> duh, right? i immediately tweeted out watching this crazy performance, this as some said, bizarre-o performance, that the rnc is going to regret it. they're going to regret it because you all of the hot air is going to be spent on clint eastwood, as it was. it took away from the romney message. i remember sitting there in the hall thinking, what? what's going on? like -- what? like a chair? you know, and i mean, i -- shocking. >> it was incoherent. >> he was mumbling. i couldn't hear him in the hall. >> we talked about the media coverage. yesterday was the final day after the convention. "washington post," front page story, clint eastwood. not the mitt romney speech. ago, ""politico,"" not making this up, i c

jon: david drucker is the associate politics editor for "roll call." mitt romney's getting hammered in the media this morning for these comments that he made at this private fund-raiser. doubtless that, you know, those attacks will continue. how big a deal is it, david? >> well, it's not helpful at a time when he would like to focus on his message. on attacking the president and on getting voters focus on what the president is doing wrong in his view. doesn't help to have the media focused on remarks that he maid that he has to explain. will it ultimately be politically determinative of how the election ends up? no. will we end up focusing on something else next couple days? yes. i would also say that this is the kind of statement that is probably going to upset the, you know, as we've seen in the polls, the 47, 48%, 46%, 49% of voters who look as though they're going to support the president. it will not support the same percentage of voters look like they will support mitt romney. so i don't ultimately think this is that huge of a problem. the only i

david drucker, thanks for watching it with us. >> thank you. jenna: president obama heading to louisiana later today to visit areas damaged by hurricane isaac. this is one day before the official kickoff of the democratic national convention. and this is also happening as utility companies make progress in restoring power there. more than 700,000 homes in that state lost electricity after the beg storm hit. in the meantime floodwaters in parts of louisiana are receding and folks are finally venturing out. some are getting fresh supplies. others are trying to take stock of the damage. >> right now, they're just getting to where they can get out to get their food or freshwater or even see anybody else. >> today with us we're watching water go down and trying to get back into salvage whatever we can. jenna: probably can't go down fast enough, right? the situation remains grim in a parish southeast of new orleans. the storm killing at least seven people there. floodwaters still very high. thousands remain homeless with others coping as best they ca

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. >> david drucker, we thank you for joining us. see you soon, again, i'm sure. >>> up next, will this have an impact on the polls? breaking down the numbers as the cycle rolls on for wednesday, september 19th. >>> did you hear it? did you write that down? the people who don't pay income tax. these 47% of this country that will never be convinced to take personal responsibility for their lives. they're unconvincible. even by a man as persuasive abilities as mitt romney. even he whose charisma compared with a chrysler le baron. even he. who are the 47 percenters? let's examine it. it turns out of the 47% who pay no income taxes, nearly two thirds of those do pay payroll taxes and working but ain't working hard enough. you know, like a family of five making $50,000 a year. aka the amount of money it takes to see mitt romney [ bleep ] on them in person. so anyway, i've been to a lot of places. you know, i've helped a lot of people save a lot of money. but today...( sfx: loud noise of large metal object hitting the ground) things have b

david drucker in washington.a: growing criticism as the president prepares to meet with the ladies of the view while telling his key ally that his schedule may be too-jammed packed to sit down with benjamin netanyahu. >> the world tells israel, wait, there is still time. and i say, wait for what? wait until when? martha: very dramatic moment and one say a point of criticism that came a couple of weeks ago from benjamin netanyahu. why critics are casting doubts on the president's priorities because of that. bill: the latest sabr erbs rattling out of iran getting serious nation until attention. who is walking about world war iii and why, we will fill you in on that. martha: a report of shots fired at one u.s. airport. we'll tell you what happened when a flight attendant forgot -- oh, i forgot i'm packing heat. >> you would expect she'd be more vigilant about it. the fact she travels so much it would be second nature to check it out before coming to the airport. 4g lte has the fastest speeds. so let's talk about cov