somebody once said, huey long, that was first class brains, robert penn warren said that. it was the same with hughes. 6 years old he goes off to school, goes out there for awhile, and then he comes home, and he says i'm not learning that much there, dad. i could learn more here. yeah, son. and here's how i'm going to do it. he has the charles e. hughes plan of study which he lays out hour by hour how he's going to do it and he does it home schooled. a couple years later moves around again. maybe he's going bacto school. same thing. stays out of school, and he's basically home schooled before home schooling was cool. he completes his high school studies on his own when he's about 12 or so. he's too young to get into college. he has to roam around new york city for a year before he can go in. there are stories where i think when he's secretary of state or governor, whatever, it doesn't matter, he's handed a three-page memo before he goes into a meeting. he reads it walking into the meeting, and a stenographer transcribes what he says, it is off by one word. you see stories

this week they were really a combination of huey long and michael corleone.aign has had a tough time responding to this. does it work? i don't think it changes the fundamental dynamic of the campaign which is both stable and very close. but it's certainly changed the narrative and dialogue this week away from a very bad jobs report. >> schieffer: john dicker son, sum it up for us. >> as frank said, romney's argument is "i'm a fix-it man." the obama argument is "maybe, he uses bad parts, though." so when t obama campaign hasn't proved any decision mitt romney made led to outsourcing. but they've tied him down for several days on this question. any day the conversation is about outsourcing mitt romney loses and the ad you started this segment talking about is their response which is isn't this disappointing for the candidate of hope and change? will people care about the nicetys of politics? maybe not. but what what they're trying to tie that toe is aren't these attacks disappointments and doesn't that match your larger disappointment with this president? the q

he sort of has been a combination of a ivy league huey long and south side chicago hamlet., sorry, mitt romney spoke to that and said, i quote, the surest path to danger is always weakness and indecision. and that seems to be what he was going for, that he believes, unlike president obama who we talked about earlier who came out and said our moral standing in the world has been restored, he believes that we are actually weaker now because he believes that we've shown, shown weakness and shown indecision to the world in trying to, you know, be more friendly and be more open-minded and be less tough as many accused president george w. bush of being, ralph? >> well, you know, i have to go back to obama's speech yesterday and really compare it. it was part low comedy where you had president obama, who is not the most macho guy, telling a vfw audience i've got your back, i've got your six. but the real thought yesterday to contrast it with governor romney's, proud of america speech today, was when obama made that claim that we've never, for the first time ever our veterans are o

. >>> and happy birthday to '80s rocker huey lewis who turns 62. >>> all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and more as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. a live report how katie holmes orchestrated her sudden split from tom cruise. and see the memorable moments from a mother meeting her newborn daughter for the first time after being unconscious during her delivery. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. the day, today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com have you heard of rett syndrome? rett syndrome is a neurological disorder which occurs mostly in girls. she loses the ability to speak, use her hands or even feed herself. she may also lose the ability to walk. a girl with rett syndrome makes constant h

long island. joe cocker and huey lewis from the bud light stage. we've got a great line up for you next week.stiller, jeremy renner, colin farrell, jessica biel, aaron paul, rosemarie dewitt, "the bachelorette" emily maynard and whomever she picks. or doesn't pick. we don't know. we'll have music from nas, trey songz, the head and the heart and rick ross. our first guest is a tireless force of nature who took a brief hiatus from acting last year to go nuts. he is back now with a new show called "anger management." watch it thursdays at 9:30 on fx. please welcome charlie sheen. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you doing? all of the guests i say how are you doing. but to you i say, how are you doing, you know? >> i get that a lot. i'm like, how's it going, how's it going with you. what do you want to know? >> jimmy: last time you were here, you came out and kissed me on the mouth. you left. you never called. i mean, i heard nothing from you at all. and i just felt like i was getting mixed signals. that's all. you can't do that to people. >> how do you think i felt? >> jimmy: how did yo

we're in a forward area base here you can see a huey that is beyond that it's been doing attack all day longrews starting to wear off thoir races. let's take a look at the flames from the fire we're talking about here, high temperatures and there is 50% humidity helped firefighters. and there has been no wind. we're just getting a call here for maybe more help. but local ranchers are anxious they've lost are here and there is not a single property lost. >> there are guys watching the homes here. there is a guy coming through. there must have been 100 guys running towards the fire there. just with picks and shovels. >> this is terrifying but they've made us feel safe. and there are people here all night long. and it's -- so we feel safe. >> and this little town, high anxiety. and there is pretty much surrounded but there are a lot of firefighters present staged out around homes making folks feel more comfortable. folks know the fire needs to be under control. so once again, dan, 13,000 acres and counting so far for the mills fire. and folks just hoping that the fire fight goes well for 36 ho