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giuliani's friend, mr.urdoch, hacking the cell phones of 9/11 victims, is going to be a hard one for him to spin on the campaign trail. that is going to be a big deal in tomorrow's news, i am guessing. the interview is next tonight. it is the great bill moyers. please stay tuned. ♪ we believe doing the right thing never goes unnoticed. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> last night on this show, we hosted a former federal prosecutor named jay fahey to try to understand whether or not the scandal engulfing rupert murdoch's media empire, particularly in britain so far, is likely to change that media empire here as well. mr. murdoch's company is not just a massive company, it is massively influential in u.s. politics, particularly in conservative u.s. politics, because his properties here include the "wall street journal," the most influential business newspaper in the country. and also "the new york post," the most influential tabloid newspaper in the country. and the fox news ch

rudy giuliani was mayor of new york during that time. he and murdoch have been friends for a long time, so what does giuliani make of all this? >> intercepting communications like that is a crime, it has to be investigated. i think what there shouldn't be and we've learned recently with a bunch of criminal cases of different kinds, don't rush to judgment, give people a presumption of innocence. i think that just how high up it goes is a big question and it's one we shouldn't be jumping to conclusions about. >> speaking of hacking, somebody absolutely plundered the pentagon in the spring, it was one of the worst breaches ever of security. listen to these details. >> indeed, in a single intrusion this past march, 24,000 files were taken. >> it was done, we think, by a foreign intelligence service, in other words, a nation state was behind it. >> now, those files belonged to a u.s. defense contractor, that's 24,000 good reasons why the defense department is looking at tightening up its cyber security. casey anthony leaves jail in two more d

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rudy giuliani said no, i don't think the republicans are losing this at all.t depends on who the audience is. but nonetheless, who at this point do you think is suffering -- maybe both parties are doing exactly what they want. >> let me make a point. we killed osama bin laden and now that's forgotten. really what's going to matter is where is the economy a year from now? this debate will be long forgotten next year. we're spending too much time over who wins. we do know if the republicans and democrats don't come together and one party gets unduly blamed and the economy goes into a tailspin, there will be a price to pay. >> let me ask you one thing, just picking up on that. >> sure. >> there's a new goldman sachs report out where it's telling its investors we're lowering what we think the growth rate is going to be in the third and fourth quarter and by the way we think at the end of 2012 is unemployment rate will be no better than 8.7%. okay? that's just no way to win an election, is it? >> i think the question is who's doing more to try to help fix that. loo

i gotta practice this war first the good rudy giuliani what no really over the weekend giuliani had some great advice for the republican party in an interview with c.n.n. about new york's decision to legalize same sex marriage giuliani had this warning for the g.o.p. . i think that marriage is between a man and woman but i think that the republican party be well advised to get the heck out of people's bedrooms and let these things get decided by states i see born on the web or by drilling so much on the subject of gays and lesbians and whether it's right or wrong in politics you go wow giuliani telling republicans to drop the gay baiting you must be passing on running for president this time the pay out newt gingrich remember when his entire campaign staff quit a few months back claiming they didn't want to work for a huckster well they were right cording to reason finance campaign finance reformers gingrich has spent more than five hundred thousand dollars a quarter of his entire presidential campaign war chest on fly in luxury private jets all around the country i guess he's taking a p

-- endorse and back rudy giuliani, a pro-gay rights politician? >> i am not sure that supporting giuliani or the gay issue will have any effect whatsoever on perry. he has a lot of money and support. he is not even in the race, and the fox news opinion poll on thursday showed mitt romney at 17 n., i believe, perry attw13. >> there is a letter shakiness with him. >> i think it will end up with perry and romney. >> nobody is responsible to the american consumer. nobody is looking for american families. >> harvard law professor elizabeth warren with abc's jake tapper. she was a prime mover in the wall street reform and consumer protection act. wall street does not like this, charles. >> how was it working out, with 9.2% unemployment? the regulations that i get to be written on this -- that are yet to be written on this take years and years and introduce nothing but uncertainty in the markets, and add to that, obamacare, unbelievable uncertainty. nobody knows what the rates are going to be, whoqis going to be injured and not insured, and you are surpr

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rudy giuliani has some advice for his fellow republican, giuliani who opposes same-sex marriage saysepublican party should get over the new york gay marriage vote and get the heck out of people's bedrooms. giuliani says he believes his party instead should focus on the economy and global leadership. giuliani tried a run for president in 2008 and is frequently mentioned as a possible candidate in 2012. >>> state lawmakers approved a multidisciplinary program. it has the support of almost 2,000 organizations. a similar bill recently introduced would provide funding for all states to come up with environment education activities. >>> new this morning -- it's back to school for prompt and some of the nation'stop secretary of state? the president is scheduled to meet with top executives today and urge them to invest in new education programs. the meeting is considered somewhat unusual because of the president's frosty relationship. many executives are still smarting from the chamber of commerce last year. >>> 32 high school students from around the u.s. were invited to study the japanese

. >> america's mayor giuliani is here to layout his timetable for a possible run for the republican nomination. >> i have to think about the rest of the country. what kind of chance do i have? >> sean: the latest examples of the obamamania media's bias. >> you didn't just suggest that our budget problems because of president obama, did you? >> sean: we are on the road two 2012, hannity starts right here, right now with less than 12 days until america reaches its 14.3 trillion - debt ceiling there are reports that a deal to avoid default could soon be announced. democratic leaders were summoned to the white house for another round of meetings. rumors began swirling this afternoon when the new york times reported that the president and speaker of the house boehner were nearing an agreement. however, both sides are denying that report. speaker boehner told rush limbaugh, there is absolutely no deal. the administration went into damage control when a number of democrarats expressed surprise and outrage over the alleged developments. here's how jay carney began today's briefing. >> breaking news to

i thought that the best opinion in the last 24, 48 hours on these things was mayor giuliani when he said that republicans and i think that he was thinking of this particular example was that republicans need to get out of the bedroom, and isn't that the true conservative opinion, one that says, allow me to lead my life as i see fit and you lead yours as we see fit and we will be respecting of the other's individual choice. i can't think of something more in line with the conservative philosophy than that. >> well, it is interesting and the article is also interesting. ben sounds like a great kid. >> well, he is a good guy, a hell of a guy. thank you. >>> coming up on "newsnation" next. >> a small community takes on a giant auto maker decades after ford dumped dead lay toxins right on to their land and i will talk to the man fighting for justice chronicled in a new hbo documentary that airs tonight. we will give you a preview. >>> and terrifying moments for a congressman as an intruder breaks into his home, and holds his family at gunpoint and attacks his daughter. what happens next? the

. >> here's rudy giuliani, who by the way, rick perry was the only governor to support him.uliani had to say about perry. >> i'm going to campaign for a republican candidate for president, whether it's one of the people in the field, myself or maybe somebody new that comes into the field of which there are one or two that are pretty darn impressive. rick perry is not in yet. rick has got a great record. probably one of the strongest records of any governor in america. >> that's a pretty good endorsement from rudy giuliani, and it would certainly cut down on some of this idea if you're rick perry to tout that giuliani is on board with him the idea that he's too conservative to be elected president. >> sure. i don't see anything discouraging rick perry at this moment, especially when you look at the fund-raising that -- the report that came in over the last week. no one is raising that much money, with the exception of mitt romney, who is also at a tremendous disadvantage against the president. so i see it wide open for him. >> jeff, one of the reasons we've all speculated in

rudy giuliani was asked about this over the weekend. a strong message toward the republicans to get out of the bedroom. here is what he said. roll this. >> i think the republican party would be well advised to get out of people's bedrooms and let things be decided by states. i think we would be a more successful conservative party. bill: he did say marriage, despite the gay marriage law was passed in new york, he believes marriage is between a man and woman. but i think it goes with his track record. this is not a deviation for giuliani, but how does it go over? >> i don't speak for the mayor but i think what he's trying to say is this is a jobs and economy election. social issues are not number one, two or three. as much as bob and his buddies will try on cut ads to paint the gop as extreme. they are trying drag in michele bachmann about homosexual marriage and gay marriage and the same with governor perry and he's not even in the race. i think rudy was giving practical advice in a gop primary, these social issues matter have much. but

also rudy giuliani is weighing in on the race for president. why he says the candidate to beat president obama is in and is not out there yet. >>> and why a family of a veteran killed in combat felt the country was disrepresenting their loved one. >>> we're taking a look at how people are lashing out against increased fees. >>> plus, we've been following the latest b.a.r.t. shooting very closely. now, we're learning new information about the man shot by police. >>> also, the casey anthony trial pushing california to create a new law. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. complete bay area news coverage. it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t u-verse lets you record

rudy giuliani we don't think so.oters are not settled with this field and still look ago round and certainly looking around for a conservative alternative to romney. that's why you have so many people not at the grassroots level, fundraiserers grassroots level. >> let's say he gets in, let's say he gets in. does he hurt michelle bachmann more or mitt romney more? >> he could purity them both. nationally he's right there with all of them so he hurts them both. he's taking away oxygen. does he go heavy in iowa, most believe he will. he tried to link up with the tea party in texas. he's a social conservative. does he go to iowa and say i'll make my mark, i'll try to win yain that's a threat to congresswoman michelle bachmann. so then the question is will he play heavy in new hampshire or does he go on to south carolina because iowa tends to pick the conservative candidate, new hampshire picks an alternative candidate. normally you have a different winner. every now and then you get someone who wins new hampshire and iow

. >>> coming up, rudy giuliani on the tweets from congress. naturals from delicious, real ingredients with no artificial flavors or preservatives. naturals from purina cat chow. share a better life. [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the power of german engineering. hurry in and lease the jetta s for just $179 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com today. >>> freshman house republican alan west is one of those who voted yes for the boehner bill tonight and he joins me now. what's gone wrong today? has speaker boehner lost all his power? what's been happening? >> i don't think speaker boehner lost any of his power, and i'll commend the speaker going toe to toe with the president during this issue, especially earlier this week when he did a rebuttal speech after the president's speech, i believe monday night. he has truly stepped up to the plate. the speech tonight was a very

. >> coming up, rudy giuliani on today's vote and what happens next. earlier today, the president was urging people to tweet their representatives in congress. we'll show you some of those tweets tonight. >>> freshman house republican alan west is one of those who voted yes for the boehner bill tonight and he joins me now. what's gone wrong today? has speaker boehner lost all his power? what's been happening? >> i don't think speaker boehner lost any of his power, and i'll commend the speaker going toe to toe with the president during this issue, especially earlier this week when he did a rebuttal speech after the president's speech, i believe monday night. he has trul stepped up to the plate. the speech tonight was a very strong speech and laid out his vision as far as the purpose of this bill and his way ahead. >> the american public are watching, thinking you guys wasted another whole day with posturing, political gains and in the end, nothing has happened. you ended up putting a bill in the house that was never going to get through the senate. ever

. >> coming up, rudy giuliani on today's vote and what happens next. earlier today, the president was urging people to tweet their representatives in congress. we'll show you some of those tweets tonight. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. >>> freshman house republican alan west is one of those who voted yes for the boehner bill tonight and he joins me now. what's gone wrong today? has speaker boehner lost all his power? what's been happening? >> i don't think speaker boehner lost any of his power, and i'll commend the speaker going toe to toe with the president during this issue, especiall

look what rudy giuliani said, a republican leader running around new hampshire, there is what rudy giulianithat republican party would be well advised to get the heck out of people's bedrooms and let these things get decided by states. >> dana? >> you know, reverend, i think this is a pretty clear sign that rudy will not be running for president. if he does want to run for president, he will have to go to marcus bachmann's clinic and try to reorient that thinking. that is not what republican electorate wants it here right now. he has a libertarian point of view. but his support would be victory fluff for him today. >> i was thinking of campaigning for him in spl of the district to help along. thanks guys for a great panel. >>> ahead, a bomb shell report says rupert murdoch's company paid more than $650 million to make charges of corporate spying and hacking go away. and it all happened here in america. that next. well, v8 v-fusion juice gives you a full serving of vegetables, plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. and try our deliciously refreshing v8 v-fusion + tea. t

she dips her toes into the presidential waters, but quickly removes them. >> and rudy giuliani? >> well, he wants to make a bid for a presidential election, but the problem is that there is not a clamor of the base from sarah palin or rick perry and people want those folks in, but not that much about rudy giuliani. >> what about the gop nominees and those declared and those still debating are all silent on the debt ceiling talks going on? >> well, it is a fascinating development, and the key actors in the players are folks in washington, d.c., so the eric cantors and the john boehners and the mitch mcconnells and we haven't heard much from mitt romney or other republican, and a reason why is that a lot of the presidential candidates are ex-gov nos and remember when it was barack obama, and joe biden, and john mccain and they were sitting senators and had a big voice in the debates happening, and not so this time around. >> that is a interesting detail that the candidates don't want in this one. i'm suspicious of that one. interesting to see you in studio for a change. thank you.

. >> coming up, rudy giuliani on today's vote and what happens next. earlier today, the president was urging people to tweet their representatives in congress. we'll show you some of those tweets tonight. every day, all around the world, energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy developement comes with some risk, north america's natural gas producers are committed to safely and responsibly providing decades of cleaner burning energy for our country, drilling thousands of feet below fresh water sources within self contained well systems and using state of the art monitoring technologies, rigorous practices help ensure our operations are safe and clean for our communities and the environment we are america's natural gas. >>> freshman house republican alan west is one of those who voted yes for the boehner bill tonight and he joins me now. what's gone wrong today? has speaker boehner lost all his power? what's been happening? >> i don't think speaker boehner lost any of his power, and i'll commend the speaker going toe to toe with the pres

number of former bush officials all met in paris sort of form organized by any case of course were giuliani openly criticized obama's foreign policy and that's something believe me no liberal would ever get away with but my issue here really isn't to rail about whether i believe they deserve his status or they don't it's about the hypocrisy it's about the double standard that's applied there a lobbyist p.r. agents communication firms all swarming around capitol hill to sell this cause can you imagine as trita parsi posture today on firedoglake if al qaeda were parading through the halls of congress if some us organize an event on capitol hill now the simple answer to that is an obvious no but it's not real because they're terrorists and we don't like them they have american blood on their hands and you see it's a no because they can't really do anything for us whereas a number of war hans and i want to bomb iran ors philip have a need for the ek so they can pretend to support an iranian people's movement was really just looking for some kind of it in to help them once again convince pundits

. >>> rudy giuliani says she hasn't ruled out a second president, run. she told republican activists she isn't convinced that the declared field of candidates cannot defeat president obama. giuliani says says he will make a final decision in mid- august. >>> a little bit warmer in some places today. a little less fog. we have fog showing up in the bay. the coastal fog will bring a little bit of drizzle but less than we've been seeing. the fog will make it over the coastal hills, over the peninsula hill and over into fremont as well out into livermore valley. fog is back in your forecast. here we go tomorrow morning. there's your fog footprint. it's a little more aggressive. but looks like pretty strong coverage from santa rosa to san jose. there'll be some breaks, a quicker burn off tomorrow and then mostly sunny and slightly warmer. so i'm back here 10:45 with a forecast for your weekend. it includes some changes, big changes. >>> there is new information tonight about a man accused of stealing a picasso drawing from a san francisco gallery. we are lear

. >>> rudy giuliani says she hasn't ruled out a second president, run. she told republican activists she isn't convinced that the declared field of candidates cannot defeat president obama. giuliani says says he will make a final decision in mid- august. >>> a little bit warmer in some places today. a little less fog. we have fog showing up in the bay. the coastal fog will bring a little bit of drizzle but less than we've been seeing. the fog will make it over the coastal hills, over the peninsula hill and over into fremont as well out into livermore valley. fog is back in your forecast. here we go tomorrow morning. there's your fog footprint. it's a little more aggressive. but looks like pretty strong coverage from santa rosa to san jose. there'll be some breaks, a quicker burn off tomorrow and then mostly sunny and slightly warmer. so i'm back here 10:45 with a forecast for your weekend. it includes some changes, big changes. >>> there is new information tonight about a man accused of stealing a picasso drawing from a san francisco gallery. we are lear

you saw it there in that rudy giuliani comment. this person could make or break politicians.r years on three continents, australia, great britain, and the united states. he was very active in new york city politics, and, you know, up to now, being rupert murdoch it's a particular problem for prime minister cameron, his close aide, andy coulson turned out to have been involved in the phone hacking scandal of "news of the world," so i think it influences why we're talking about him, and it's a good reason to talk about him. >> i think seeing this across the pond dramatically today with the publisher of the wall street journal getting ousted and was a close tie in this, it was his patch on which things went so horriblebly wrong. he's been running the wall street journal for quite sometime as its publisher. what do you think changes in u.s. politics and u.s. media if this crossing the pond thing comes to fruition, how much would that change things that fox news or at the wall street journal or any part of rupert murdoch's empire? >> you could sell fox to the coke brothers. i wond

listen to rudy giuliani last night on "hannity."t he had to say about the debt. >> if we default, and i hope we don't but if we default 90% of the responsibility is on the president of the united states. not even the democrats in the house or republicans in the house. it's on him. he sethe leader of the country and the chief executive of the country. he has yet to outline a plan because he is too darn afraid. >> andrea: we shouldn't be having this conversation. the reason we're having the conversation is because of the man you saw walking on that grass. president obama has spent so much, almost $4 trillion. we are hitting the debt ceiling again. look, it's not going to be good news. we have can't default. i agree with juan. listen, we have to make cuts. democrats have to stop bucking -- >> kimberly: otherwise it's meaningless. >> andrea: absolutely. >> kimberly: if you don't make the cut, you can raise the debt ceiling but foolish if it's irresponsible. >> juan: you hear rudy giuliani if this -- so it sounds like in other words he w

the 27-28 field ended up having john mccain and mitt romney himself and rudy giuliani.s back man, romney, ron paul. it will be substantially less. what's interesting to me, romney's numbers, $18.25 million, that is less than the first full quarter of 2007. also, it's half of what barack obama brought in his first four quarters as a presidential candidate where he got nearly $35 million. >> apples to apples, mitt raised more money this time than he raised last time. >> he didn't write a check. so there is some difference there. >> no, this was the raw -- apples to apples, $23 million to $18 million. >> the problem is we know this is not a shock. there is a lack of enthusiasm, a sense of is this all there? there was a famous song, wasn't there? this is the field? and that might change over time as republicans get a nominee and people see it with obama. early on, i think a lot of people on the sidelines. >> i was just about to use that same word. there is a lot of money on the sidelines. it is pretty surprising about these numbers, though, is yes, people are waiting to see

rudy giuliani, who may run again, i tend to think not, he's flirting with it.ten to him talking to our candy crowley. he was in new hampshire again. he likes to go up there every now and then. he has a giuliani social moderate has a message for the rest of the republican field. >> i think that marriage should be between a man and a woman and i think that the republican party will be well advised to get out of the bedrooms and get these things decided by states and the reality is that this is something that the new york decided by a democratic vote. i think it's wrong but there are other things that are wrong by democratic vote. >> do you really see this issue bubbling up in this republican race? new york did what it did? >> michele bachmann is running as a social conservative and i think rudy was actually making a very honest and important point that someone should make, which is that for all of the lib better tear general, how about consistent conservatism on that front? how about saying, we may disagree with that, but let's not get the government out of the p

mark, giuliani and perry, going back to that poll, two noncandidates polling higher than pawlenty and the moment. why haven't we seen settling in the group as of yet? >> let the craziness begin. this is a wacky time for the republican party. mainly because there's really no front-runner that is able to crystallize what the traditional republican party is all about. i would argue that a lot of what's going on is bluntly a lot of media coverage like we're talking about right now, that's bringing some names to the fore that probably have no chance. i would suggest that michele bachmann, the more america learns about her, the more her numbers will plummet. i think mitt romney and others will start to raise more money. this is a weird time when people are focusing money on a very low populous state called iowa, when these events go on when people choose their candidate. the republican party is moving around new hampshire and iowa to make sure a larger group of people are able to get their opinions known but the craziness time in iowa is once again coming on us. i think it will be a crazy,

governor perry supported giuliani. governor huckabee has a long memory. governor perry is going to face some serious challenges if he does decide to run. he's got a jobs message in texas. he's got a pretty pure conservative record on a lot of issues that i think will appeal to both pragmatic minded and more true believers in the republican party. that said, in a general election scenario he's going to have to answer the question of how he can play in swing states, the pennsylvanias, the ohios, the wisconsins, the michigans. that's going to be a taller order for him. how to make the case for why he's going to be a strong general election candidate. i do think if he does good in this primary, you'll see that message used against him by his gop rivals of yes, governor perry can win a primary, but how can you play in the fall. >> do you get this from some republican king makers that it's anyone by michele bachmann in iowa candidate to go up against mitt romney? >> they're definitely looking for a bachmann alternative. you see the first sort of signs of a stop

. >>> exnew york mayor rudy giuliani says he'll make a decision by late summer.x news this time around he has as good a shot as anybody. >> what kind of a chance do i really have? how are the candidates doing? is anybody really -- looks like they can win? >> a poll suggests giuliani could shake things up. he's tied with sarah palin in third place. meanwhile texas governor rick perry is another potential race shaker upper, how do you like that? he's second in the cnn poll. comes in two points behind mitt romney in a fox news poll. that's a virtual tie. he's in third in our nbc news "the wall street journal" poll. >> i'm going through the appropriate thoughtful process. you'll be some of the first to know when i make a final decision. >> don't count the donald out, the dahly caller reports trump's thinking of running as an independent. even though he considers himself a republican, the real estate mogul whose political popularity surged on his birther bing told a conservative reporter he'd only run if the economy is still bad and the republicans pick a not very goo

giuliani will emcee theç whole thing. remember, the pizza connection?g way, i have to say, to gain hype if he is planning to run in 2012. >>> up next, back now. donald trump has taken his name out of the running for president as a gop candidate in 2012, she making his way back into the public eye, dispensing advice to one of the 2012 candidates. hoop the lucky recipient this time? tim pawlenty. listen to what donald has to say to him on fox this morning. >> now, the problem with pawlenty, he's trying to be a tough guy. he's troo trying 20 be a tough guy but he's not. you can't be something that you're not. >> wow. can't be something you're not. words of wisdom coming from donald trump, who's now floating the notion of a third party candidacy for president for himself. >>> up next, a dismal state of the republican presidential field. big republican donors don't like president obama but have got no one for their presidential candidate. they don't like any of these guys, apparently or women. and that's ahead. you're watching "hardball." only on msnbc. ♪ [

earlier rudy giuliani spoke in favor of the cross. >> well, it is significant, because it was found inst of the flames and the smoke and the debris and then all of the sudden a cross emerges that is formed by the steel and by the way in which the building came down. so, it was like a sense that we weren't abandoned by god. >> joining me now is nationally syndicated radio show host michael smerconish who is also a contributor to msnbc, and i want to point out that the beams formed a cross organically from the remnants of the cross, and someone did not weld them together in the shape of a cross, so it is something that was inspirational to a lot of people, and what do you make of the lawsuit and does the group have a legal leg to stand on? >> well, it is one of the cases that thomas if it should get to the supreme court of the united states, my hunch is that it ends in a 5-4 decision probably because of the conservatives on the court siding with those who'd like the cross to be kept in the museum. i'm in that category. if you said to me that today with nothing having happened organically

last i looked, hillary clinton was not the nomination in 2008 and neither was giuliani. so in a move of citizen activism, internet ability to discover things beyond the 30-second ad. the focus on the money race, it matters. you have can't broke and rup a good campaign. you can raise money fast if you are michele bachmann, rick perry or ryan, all the people that have not gotten in or just got in, the obsession over who raised more money than someone else is overdone. >> money doesn't matter if you're john mccain who had run before and people knew who he was. it does matter for people who has to raise their profile. for a lesser candidate right now, like a pawlenty, if he had been able to raise a lot of money it would make a difference for him in terms of raising the recognition. a lot of money that obama raised recently, a lot goes to the dnc. in the end, he will raise a ton of money. it's better to have money than not have money. but you are right. he is an incumbent and he has that advantage or disadvantage. however you see it there the other piece of money, though, is

mayor giuliani in the rain. may be a way to raise. the walk might be over right now. i don't know thirty yesterday just the moment i'm life is so do the ultrasound today. there's hope and i'm praying that would eliminate cancelling the sisters. were. all there was so you probably heard three. very start to this and she's with them from all. of them from. those i should be their first before year. to be a. certain form of the sport so. i knew he wanted to quit because he wanted to be a good dad and he wanted to be there but i also knew that this walk is why he was a good dad and she said well. he walk in we get a second and keep walking for them or this kind of got up the next day and was. thinking that maybe that would be with us for the good of the war i was really happy that he could get out and he could keep walking even was scared that and devastated with the news. i was charged trophyless comes for a possible total sense of one hundred fifteen years or so with good behavior a getting out in two thousand and eight. when i realized that the war was wrong and always

romney romney with 16% support for president by rick perry with 14% and former new york mayor rudy giulianiith 13% of support. sarah palin also came in with 13%. michele bachmann earned 12% and ron paul is at 8%. all the other candidates registered in the single digits. >>> the california public utilities commission is looking for a new safety director in the wake of the san bruno explosion. whoever gets the job will oversee a larger staff of inspectors and have increased oversight powers over everything interest gas pipeline to railroads. the current director steps down next month to take a job as an administrative law judge. >>> brazen rob hit a coffee shop on piedmont. what they were after. >> kaiser nurses are up in arms about a plan to move an east bay facility. what they say will be missing once the move is complete and why local families will pay the price. >>> and the heat is on all across the country this weekend. why record-breaking temperatures during the day isn't the only problem. >> different story in the bay area. cooldown has arrived. coming up a temperature change you can e

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his fund-raisers are likely to come from the camp of rudy giuliani. >> when i sat down with michele bachmann, i asked her about how she uses the fact she had foster children, she and her husband raised 23. would any come forward and they're now adults to sort of campaign for her? she interestingly said no, we will keep that private. we will respect that. i find that interesting since she uses that characteristic -- chris: joe? >> chris, i'm sick of politics. i want to go to the beach. if you're going to beach, you should read the most wonderful novel i have read in years, "a visit from the goon squad" by jennifer egan. it won the pulitzer prize this year. and it's beautifully written. chris: summer reading from joe klein. when we come back, big question of the week, with this president so vulnerable, are big-time republicans kicking themselves ning? chris: welcome back. president obama's no better than even money for re-election according to most analysts which brings us to this week's big question, are any of the big-time republicans who passed up a