jan crawford is with the romney campaign in boston tonight. jan, good evening. >> reporter: well, good evening, jeff. with those convention now behind us, the president and romney have really sharpened their attacks and their focus on the middle class. here's the president today in florida. >> they couldn't answer questions about how they'd pay for $5 trillion in new tax cuts and $2 trillion in new defense spending without raising taxes on the middle class. >> reporter: it's a scene the president and the vice president are hammering. today in ohio another key state, joe biden questioned romney's priorities. >> but giving these massive tax cuts to the very wealthy, what happens? you got to make it up somewhere. you got to. and guess who? you. >> reporter: the obama campaign is trying to portray romney as out of touch in the pocket of big business. but in an interview on nbc's "meet the press" romney offered a forceful defense. >> contrary to what the democrats are saying i'm to the going to increase the tax burden on middle income families. it

jan crawford and dean reynolds have the latest on campaign 2012. with arizona police now able to demand proof of legal residency, john blackstone shows us how immigrants are planning to cope. >> reporter: are you born here? >> you don't have to answer that. >> axelrod: and hawaii hazard. ben tracy is tracking a dock broken loose in japan's tsunami, now moving towards hawaii. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. the shock waves from that anti-islamic video are still reverberating in the muslim world this weekend. hundreds of protesters battled with police today in bangladesh, and thousands marched in nigeria as well. in libya, a new twist-- attacks on islamic militia groups the residents say the libyan army has failed to control. in benghazi, elizabeth palmer saw the worst of the unrest. >> reporter: the death of ambassador chris staefns and three of his team was the last straw. benghazi citizens marched on friday with the country's air force flying in support overhead. their message

jan crawford, bob schieffer and anthony mason report. this could be one solution to the drought. but jim axelrod tells us funding for it has dried up. could jesus have been married? a scholar says an ancient scrap of papyrus may hold a clue. and to this 15-year-old, the great recession looks like opportunity. >> i'm trying to get as many houses as i can while the market is low. >> pelley: anna werner with a future mogul. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. with 49 days to election day, a

jan crawford with more. >>> the could not answer questions of they would pay five trillion dollars in new tax cuts and two trillion dollars in defense spending without raising taxes on middle-class >>> a theme the president and vice-president are hammering in all heil another key state joe biden question romney's priorities >>> given these massive tax cuts what happens yet to make it somewhere you've got it and guess who? you. >>> the obama campaign tries to but romney is out of touch and in the pocket of big business but in an interview romney offered a forceful defense >>> contrary to what the democrats say a will not increase the tax burden on the metal " class >>> and accusing democrats of playing politics he denied he would give the wealthy at tax break >>> we will not have high income people pay less than what they pay today high income taxpayers will have fewer deductions and exemptions >>> democrats say the math does not add up if romney refuses to raise taxes have to see pay for it without cuts especially to defense spending. romney says his policies will grow the economy and

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was more to blame but one of the republicans to agree with that his own running mate paul ryan jan crawford cbs news >>> here is something that on sea off and on the campaign trail president obama stop by a florida pizzeria talking to the owner and patrons. the owner gave the president a welcome with a bear hug, as with the secret service thought he said they were ok as long as he did not take the president away. he is a registered republican but says he plans to vote for the president. one more note california gov. jerry brown and new jersey gov. chris christie trade barbs after the republican national convention christie referred to the california governor as a retread brown renewed his challenge to christie a 3 mi. race as well as a chin up and push up contest. >>> here i am there is some experience hopefully wisdom, i've warmed up in one of my speech as i said ok christie at challenge you to a 3 mi. race and genetics >>> so you're saying he's overweight >>> it says this old retread can beat you any day of the week. >>> christie responded telling reporters at a news conference brown can

jan crawford is with governor romney in dayton tonight. jan? >> reporter: well, scott, romney is in the buckeye state two days this week, and with good reason. no republican has won the white house without winning ohio. >> how in the world can people say they want four more years of president obama? we can't afford four more years of president obama! ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: romney has based his campaign on the economy, but if ohio, the economic picture has been improving. after hitting a high of 10.6% three years ago, unemployment has been at 7.2% for three straight months. the national average is 8.1%. outside dayton, romney also talked about how his plan to pursue new trade agreements will help people in the state. >> the people in ohio can sell products anywhere in the world, and we can compete with anywhere in the world. i'm not afraid of trading with other nations. i understand that when we trade and when other nations trade on a fair basis we will complete, we will win, we'll raise wages here, we'll create jobs. >> reporter:

the governor responded today and here's jan crawford. jan? >> reporter: well, scott, romney is making it clear he is not backing away from those comments. in fact, he is using them to draw a sharp contrast between his views on government and what he says are the president's. >> this is a message i'm carrying day in and day out and will carry over the coming months, which is this is a decision about the course of america and where we're going to head. >> reporter: in an interview this afternoon on fox news, romney stood his ground, using his remarks about dependence on government to hit the president for high unemployment and growing numbers on food stamps. >> but the intent that i want to talk about and that that was intended to speak about was the fact that you have a great divide about whether we want a government that's larger and more intrusive and redistributing income or whether instead you want a government that sees its real as protecting freedom and opportunity and letting free people build more wealth for all people. >> reporter: ro

jan crawford reports the romney campaign is shifting strategy. nancy cordes is with the president, facing tough questions. a top libyan official tells liz palmer that government may be too weak to arrest the men behind the killing of the u.s. ambassador. chip reid on how the melting of the polar ice cap could affect our weather. >> we're seeing losses of ice i never thought i would see if my career. >> pelley: and, can the world's dying coral be rescued? elaine quijano dives into a bold experiment that just might save the reefs. >> i get real excited. i can't wait to see what it look likes in five more years. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting tonight from sarasota, florida. >> pelley: good evening. well, today you might have thought they were running for governor. president obama and mitt romney worked florida as if it was the state that would decide the election. and, of course, it is the biggest of the few states that could go either way. we were struck by the national gallup poll today-- all

jan crawford asks the governor about that. president obama's first interview since the you said in your acceptance speech that you are mindful of your own failings. >> yeah. >> pelley: what are they? and jim axelrod walks on a river run dry as the nation struggles with a historic drought. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. there is developing evidence tonight that suggests that the killing of four american diplomats in libya may have been a terrorist attack, not the mob violence that was first suspected. u.s. ambassador christopher stevens and three members of his staff were killed overnight in the fiery wreckage of the u.s. consulate in the city of benghazi. it happened after hundreds of people converged on the consulate to protest a little- known internet film that ridicules islam. the film was produced in the united states. it was just a year ago that the u.s. helped overthrow libya's dictator moammar qaddafi and christopher stevens was one of the americans

here's chief political correspondent jan crawford. jan? >> reporter: well, scott, romney called the administration's response "disgraceful" and today he kept up the criticism and he deflected questions that he was speaking out too soon. >> i don't think we... um, we ever hesitate when we see something which is a violation of our principles. we express immediately when we feel that the president and his administration have done something which is inconsistent with the principles of america. >> reporter: do you think, though, coming so soon after the events really had unfolded overnight was appropriate? to be weighing in on this as this crisis is unfolding in realtime? >> the white house also issued a statement saying it tried to distance itself from those comments and said they were not reflecting of their views. i had the exact same reaction. these views were inappropriate, they were the wrong course to take. >> reporter: what did the white house do wrong, then, governor romney, if they have... if they put out a statement saying they disag

. >> pelley: reports from jan crawford, anthony mason, and bob schieffer. and "on the road" with steve hartman. a silent soldier hears the call of duty. >> 60 years later. still checking on his guys. cbaptioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening, the storm cleared over the gulf coast today and the full impact of hurricane katrina is now becoming clear. the first hurricane to hit the u.s. this season left at least ve peoeople dead. more than 20 inches of rain combined with the storm surge raft whole neighborhoods underwater in louisiana. dee power is still out for more than half a million homes and businesses and the damage could top $2 billion. our mark strassmann has been talking with some of the people who have lost nearly everything. >> reporter: for the first time oday we were able to look from the air at the abandoned neighborhoods in plaquemines thrish, swamped by five feet of isaac's storm surge. crews have begun cutting as many as 10 holes in its levees east tsd west banks to drain the water a

mitt romney speaks to jan crawford about why he thinks president obama is engaged in character assassinationll get reaction from senator john mccain. also an update on american airlines contract talks with its pilots. we'll hear from a company spokesperson. and actress lucy liu talks about tonight's premier. all that and so much more. busy day on cbs "this morning." that will do it. i appreciate you watching. i'm terrell brown. take care, everybody. have a great day. ,,,, >>> >>> we begin with some developing news outside. when glass sending else. >>>

i was happy as a worm to see jan crawford as the ring leader. >> jan crawford from nbc news. >> right. i think it was the one question that was asked over and over from a certain perspective and not enlarging the story, not advancing the story, and learning more about mitt romney but i also want to get back to this idea we saw a lot on msnbc about carrying the water. this was all on a video youtube. this is when you know you're in full media meltdown when they're kur taying the first amendment in order to protect this administration's policies and keep the focus on the policies of the administration instead of the administration itself. >> i think it was important for our state department, for hillary clinton to respond that we don't do things that way in this country. that is part of the story. >> what about -- there was a medial consensus i feel comfortable saying that then tire episode, tragic as it was, and protests in about 20 countries, that this helped obama in his campaign since he's commander in chief. maybe that's not right and maybe as we go on, the president looks like he

jan crawford reports the romney campaign is shifting strategy. nancy cordes is with the president. president, facing tough questions. a top libyan official tells liz palmer, that government may be too weak to arrest the men behind the killing of the u.s. ambassador. chip reid on how the melting of the polar ice cap could affect our weather. >> we're seeing losses of ice i never thought i would see if my career. >> pelley: and can the world's dying coral be rescued? elaine quijano dives into a bold experiment that just might save the reefs. >> i get real excited. i can't wait to see what it look likes in five more years. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting. >> pelley: good evening. well, today you might have thought they were running for governor. president obama and mitt romney worked florida as if it was the state that would decide the election. and, of course, it is the biggest of the few states that could go either way. we were struck by the national gallup poll today. all tied up, 47 to 47. other recent polls have shown the pre

jan crawford and nancy cordes with the president at the u.n. promoting free speech and mitt romney in ohio promoting free trade. jeff glor on the call that every football fan is talking about. >> it was awful. that's all i'm going to say about it. >> pelley: and these images helped change america. >> how could you not ask the question "what ever happened to that kid?" >> pelley: seth doane with the man who uncovered the stories behind the faces. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. six weeks before an election that may turn on the state of the economy, a new survey out today finds that americans are feeling better about things. consumer confidence is at its highest level in seven months, largely because more americans expect the jobs picture to improve. but confidence is still at what's considered a weak level. home values are increasing. another report out today says prices in 20 major cities rose 1.6% in july. that's the fourth straight increase. but prices are still 30% below

the governor responded today and here's jan crawford. jan? >> reporter: well, scott, romney is making it clear he is not backing away from those comments. in fact, he is using them to draw a sharp contrast between his views on government and what he says are the president's. >> this is a message i'm carrying day in and day out and will carry over the coming months, which is this is a decision about the course of america and where we're going to head. >> reporter: in an interview this afternoon on fox news, romney stood his ground, using his remarks about dependence on government to hit the president for high unemployment and growing numbers on food stamps. >> but the intent that i want to talk about and that that was intended to speak about was the fact that you have a great divide about whether we want a government that's large aer and more intrusive and redistributing income or whether instead you want a government that sees its real as protecting freedom and opportunity and letting free people build more wealth for all people. >> reporter:

ironically, jan crawford took a lot of abuse on the blogs for her coverage of the supreme court's health people were saying that she was in tight with the conservative justices and was writing stories that made justice roberts look bad. i think she is a really good reporter. i didn't see anything imthereprr there. i think haycould have moved on to the policy. i think some of them might admit that themselves. >> reporters and the public have limited access to people like romney or president obama. and everybody has a limed opportunity to ask questions. something like this wouldn't have map happened just because romney's a republican. it would also happen with the white house press corps, i throw myself into the mix here. i didn't hear the press conference. i was on the road, traveling to an interview. i just heard this recording. and i have to tell you something, when reporters are sitting around, preparing for these press conferences, we are always talking back and forth. i didn't find just that isolated conversation the least bit unusual. i thought, how should i ask this? so i didn't he

as jan crawford reports, some are calling for their cashed at to pick up the pace. jan? right. conservatives are starting to get anxious when they look at some of those polls. i didn't pick up any of that. i did an interview with romney and none of that was measured and he skipped several chances to land blows and he said he had harsh words for the president, but he said i'm not going to play that game. >> this is a campaign not about character assassination, even though that's what's come from the obama camp by and large. >> character assassination. ? >> yea. >> has the obama kampen gauged in character assassination. >> they tried to completely misrepresent my point of view and the american people are interested in who will make their lives better. >> reporter: romney supporters are imploring him to be more aggressive. >> get tough! >> we hear this over and over from your conservative supporters, be more aggressive. >> i'm going to be who i am and describe why i think i'm the person that will become the next president of the united states and how my policies will make l

jan crawford is with the campaign in leavin las vegas to. jan. >> reporter: scott, democrats have made romney's taxes a campaign issue since january when he released his 2010 returns and an estimate for 2011. now, he says these two years are all he's releasing, that is it, but he did provide a little more information today about his tax rate to counter his critics. shortly after romney arrived in nevada, his 2011 tax returns went online. totaling nearly 380 pages, they show romney made $13.7 million last year, almost all of it from investments. he made $1.9 million in federal taxes. that's an effective tax rate averaging 14.1%. beginning with the republican primaries, critics have called on him to release more returns. president obama, for example, released 12 years. romney's answer today was to release a summary by the accounting firm price, waterhouse coopers about his tax rates paid over a 20-year period. the accounting firm said romney owed and paid taxes every year with an average tax rate of 20.2%. romney's tax rate last year was about

jan crawford has been running a marathon covering the romney campaign. jan. >> reporter: well, chip, it's a big weekend for politics but also for sports. it's the weekend between the democratic and republican conventions and it's the kickoff the college football. so on the campaign trail today we got some of both. ohio has a rich football tradition, but in the election, it will also be a key swing state, so paul ryan on saturday was in columbus, tailgating and cheering his alma mater, miami university of ohio, against rival ohio state. romney drew his own crowd in cincinnati, where he compared president obama's jobs record to that of a losing coach. >> if you have a coach that's zero and 23 million you say it's time to get a new coach. >> reporter: since thursday night's acceptance speech, romney has been playing opposite touring storm damage in louisiana ahead of president obama, and making campaign stops in ohio and florida. >> we're taking this country back. we're going to get america strong again. for you, for your children, for the future. ( cheers a

jan crawford is covering in toledo tonight, jan. >> reporter: well, scott, after getting off his economic message and now taking hit in the polls, the romney campaign is shifting some of its strategies and we're starting to see that on the trail. to better connect with voters, romney is campaigning more with three events today in ohio. >> we're taking back this country. we're going to get it strong again! >> reporter: he's been more accessible to the media, with hastily arranged interviews. >> i listen to a lot of advice but frankly i'm going to keep on my message which is i know how to get this economy going, create jobs, more take-home pay for people. >> reporter: and today he released a new type of television ad which will air here in ohio and other battleground states where he makes his case directly with voters. >> my plan will create 12 million new jobs over the next four years. >> reporter: the romney campaign knows the candidate has something of an image problem and hope to change the impression he can be aloof and detached. he is still shadowed by remarks he made of which he said

jan crawford has the numbers, hi we ask him the question that hme in his own party are asking. klot of republicans would like to know a lot of your donors would like to know how do you turn this thing around? more riots over that american- made film that mocks islam. but this time, many have died. charlie d'agata is on the story. a space shuttle flies for the time time. bill whitaker is with the crowds watching the sky and history. and steve hartman is on the road where drivers actually enjoy getting a ticket from this cop. >> never so happy to get a ticket in my life. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. >>tt romney, one of the wealthiest men ever to run for oresident, released a tax return today for 2011. in its nearly 400 pages, we nearned that he made a lot of money on his investments, but he paid a tax rate that would be the envy of many middle-class families. come's because income from investments is taxed at a lower rate than ordinary income. t also find that romneys give away quite a lot. lon crawford is

. >> pelley: thanks, nancy, jan crawford, our chief political correspondent, is with the romney campaign in new hampshire tonight, january? >> reporter: well, scott, governor romney has staked his campaign on the economy and jobs and today he pounced on those disappointing jobs numbers and he also criticized the president's speech last night saying he ignored the millions of americans who are out of work. >> i expected him to talk about the number of families having a hard time making ends meet. instead it was a whole series of new promises-- which he also won't be able to keep. because the policies he believes in and the direction he's pulling will not make america stronger. >> reporter: romney says his plan would create 12 million new jobs over four years-- that's about 250,000 a month-- a healthy number but one some economists say would still fall short of a full recovery. to create those new jobs romney focuses on five broad proposals including: increasing oil and gas production to make america energy independent by 2020, raising demand for american goods overseas by enforcing new tr

governor romney campaigned today in california, and jan crawford reports that mr. romney was courting hispanic voters who could be the key to some of the states that are still in play. >> reporter: at the hispanic chamber of commerce in los angeles, romney talks jobs and the economy and said hispanics have been especially hard hit by the president's policies. >> over two million more hispanics are living in poverty today than the day president obama took office. >> reporter: romney offered new no new specific proposals but told the hispanic group he would turn things around. >> many hispanics have sacrificed greatly to help build our country and economy and to leave for their children a brighter future. today those sacrifices are being put at risk by a president who can't stop spending. >> reporter: the latest poll shows president obama with a commanding lead among hispanics, 64% to romney's 27%. that's about the same margin the president enjoyed four years ago over john mccain. for romney to win key swing states like colorado and nevada, campaign advisors say they

jim crawford is covering the romney campaign and is in los angeles this morning. jan, good morning. >> good morning. good morning to our viewers in the west. romney will be leaving here in about an hour, heading to utah for a fund-raiser. the video posted online by mother jones is proving to be a distraction for a campaign about jobs. >> it's not elegantly stated, let me put it that way. i'm speak off the cuff in response to a question and i'm sure i could state it more clearly and in a more effective way than i did in a setting like that. >> romney appeared late monday at a hastily arranged news conference, addressing a video that surfaced of him earlier in the year the a fund-raiser. at event last may, romney was making a point that nearly half of all americans pay no federal income tax. he characterized them as obama supporters who are dependent on federal programs. >> 47% who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe that government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to he

jan crawford is covering the romney campaign in denver this morning. >> reporter: good morning. romney left california and headed here yesterday afternoon. he's trying to get his focus back on the economy after what his advisers even say was a terrible last week for him. at a rally here last night he really focused on jobs, and he came out swinging against the president. >> this could be the state that takes it over the edge! >> reporter: campaigning in the swing state of colorado, romney is keeping his focus on the economy. and his message more forceful and specific. >> they don't understand small business. i do. not because i studied it, but because i lived it. you have to be in business to understand how to create jobs. >> reporter: he's looking to put last week behind him. on the campaign plane sunday night to denver, romney told reporters he was buckling down. quietly rejecting suggestions the race may be slipping away. >> you know, we just keep on battling forward with our message. i don't pay a lot of attention to the day-to-day polls. they change a great deal. >> reporte

i suppose that's what the romney campaign, if they're all as calm and cool and collected as jan crawford just said, maybe they have figured it out. i tell you, this is -- this was just an extraordinary moment. i mean, you know, if there was one thing that mitt romney has been fighting from the very beginning, charlie, it was that he is this rich guy who is sort of out of touch with the rest of america. we went through the thing -- the car elevators in his vacation home. he said before i'm not worried about the poor. i just can't think of anything that he could have said that could have hurt his cause more than what he said. because it just seemed to confirm that he really hadn't -- i mean, i just wondered, did he understand who he was talking about? when you write off half the electorate and say there's no way i'm going to get their vote. and then you hear him say these people won't take responsibility for their own lives. i mean, did he understand who he was talking about? retired people on social security, retired military families. a lot of those people were republican voters and were

jan crawford is covering in toledo tonight, jan. >> reporter: well, scott, after getting off his economic message and now taking hit in the polls, the romney campaign is shifting some of its strategies and we're starting to see that on the trail. to better connect with voters, romney is campaigning more with three events today in ohio. >> we're taking back this country. we're going to get it strong again. >> reporter: he's been more accessible to the media, with hastily arranged interviews. >> i listen to a lot of advice but frankly i'm going to keep on my message which is i know how to get this economy going, create jobs, more takehome pay for people. >> reporter: and today he released a new type of television ad which will air here in ohio and other battleground states where he makes his case directly with voters. >> my plan will create 12 million new jobs over the next four years. >> reporter: the romney campaign knows the candidate has something of an ipage problem and hope to change the impression he can be aloof and detached. he is still shadowed by remarks he made of which he said

as jan crawford reports some republicans are calling for their candidate to pick up the pace. jan? >> reporter: good morning. that's right. conservatives are really starting to get anxious when they look at some of those polls that i didn't pick up any of that. i did an interview with romney. he was measured. even skipped several chances to land some blows. he said look i'm going to stay on course, keep the message. he had some harsh words for the president but said i'm not going play that game. >> this is a campaign not about character assassination, even though i think that's what's come from the obama camp by and large. >> character assassination. has the obama. campaign engaged in character assassination. >> sure. they completely misrepresent my point of view as well as the reason why i'm in the race. the american people are interested in who will make their life better. >> reporter: romney supporters are imploring him to be more aggressive. >> we hear this more and more from your conservative supporters be more aggressive. >> reporter: i'll be who i am and describe why i am th

jan crawford is in washington. > well, good morning, charlie. >> it seems that the romney campaign do not plan to back up on this. >> they are not backing down on this, charlie. obviously, he got a lot of criticism, but today he's getting a lot of support from conservatives. even those who weren't these big supporters of romney in the beginning including "the wall street journal's" editorial page. campaign sources tell me romney is not going to hesitate to draw these kind of sharp contrasts with the president when he sees them. they're going to recognize this is a combative election fight, and they are ready for it. they're telling me this isn't romney being desperate. this is romney being aggressive and competitive. and charlie, here's the thing. the president actually backed up romney's underlying point in an interview yesterday with "60 minutes." it's going to air this weekend. the president was on his way to a fund-raiser in las vegas, and he did an interview with steve kroft." and the president told him that ro

jan crawford is in denver. n, what happened to the reset that the romney campaign said they were going to do talking about economy and jobs? instead it seems like they're talking about foreign policy. >> reporter: right. it was foreign policy yesterday. although, romney has said he's going to be drawing a sharper contrast with the president. we sure saw that here in denver. he hit the president hard for saying recent events in the middle east were bumps in the road. he also criticized the administration's response to those attacks in libya. >> the world looks at the events going on. they don't see these events as bumps in the road. these are lives. this is humanity. this is freedom. >> reporter: campaigning in colorado, romney was referring to comments the president made to "60 minutes," when he said recent events in the middle east were bumps in the road. the white house said the president was talking broadly about events in the region. >> what's happening in the middle east is hardly characterized, in many y v

jan crawford reports romney is still trying to contain the short fallout from that secretly recorded video that came out this week. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that video is continuing to dominate the conversation and the coverage, the entire 47 minutes have now been released but it's those first excerpts we saw right away that are continuing to get the attention. >> barack obama. >> reporter: appearing last night on cbs the late show with david letterman president obama tried to lame the high ground responding to romney's remarks at a may fundraiser. >> one thing i've learned as president you represent the entire country. >> reporter: romney spent all day facing questions about his comments at a fundraiser that nearly half the country didn't pay taxes, viewed themselves as victims and therefore were committed to the president. that gave the president a huge opening and the president pounced. >> when i meet republicans, as i'm traveling around the country, they are hard-working family people. who care deeply about this country, and my expectation is that if you want to b

jan crawford is there covering the romney campaign. >> hello, ohio. >> buckeye state is a wonderful place. >> o.h. o.h. >> if we win ohio we win the election. >> reporter: ohio is known as the bellwether and that's why it's seen a lot of president obama and mitt romney with today's visit both have been here 14 times each in the campaign this year. for romney the tough battle is getting tougher. the new cbs news poll shows president obama widening his lead here jumping four points since last month. there are other troubling signs for romney, voters in ohio and two other swing states we surveyed now give the president the edge on the economy, the corner stone of romney's campaign and those voters also say they believe romney's policies will favor the rich. >> there's been a consistent line of afact from the president. >> i do not believe that another round of tax cuts for millionaires are going to bring good jobs back to ohio. >> reporter: it features promptly in mr. obama's television ads which has saturated the air waves. the president and his team are out spending the romney team on tele

jan crawford is in boston this morning. jan, governor romney said i'm not getting rid of all of health care reform. so is he going to repeal obama care or not? >> reporter: well, yes. i mean, that is something that he says at every campaign rally. gets huge applause. that law remains unpopular. norah, actually what he said yesterday got a lot of pick up but it wasn't anything new. he's been saying this for a couple years now. he likes those two provisions in the law. they were in his massachusetts health care law. he's not going to walk away from that. president obama's health care reform law, replace it with these other provisions that remain very popular in the polls. >> jan, it looks like that in august the president's team raised $114 million to $111 million for governor romney. what's the significant of that? >> reporter: well, i mean, this is kind of a real downer, i think, for the romney campaign here in boston. because this is the first time the president has outraised romney since april. they really like this narrat

pjan jan crawford is in. will he repeal obama care or not? >> reporter: well, yes. that is something that he says in every campaign rally, gets huge applause. ptha tthat law remains unpopular. what he said yesterday got a lot of pick up but wasn't anything new. he's been saying this for a couple of years now. he likes those two provisions in the law. they were in his massachusetts health care law. he won walk away from this. president obama's haerl reform law, replace it with these other provisions which remain very pul& rppopular p>> >> it looks like in august the president's team raised $114 mill prom ney.romney. pwha t'swhat's the significance of t? >> reporter: this is a real he the& pthe first time the president hs out raised romney since april. they like this narrative that eve seen in the last three months that romney is crushing the president in fundraising. this stopped that story line right in the tracks. of course romney still raised over $100 million, but a downer, i think psychologically. >> with us now, dick durbin, se natesenate majority whip. good mo

jan crawford is covering the romney campaign in westerville just outside of columbus. >> reporter: goodne. both candidates are focused on ohio, traveling across the state for rallies today. it is getting tough here for mitt romney. our latest poll now shows the president is up by ten points. the polls show the president has a significant lead with women voters in all three of those swing states that we survey. here in ohio, the president is up by 25 points for women voters. today romney will be focused on the economy. that's been an issue that's the cornerstone of the campaign. there's trouble there for romney there, too. in the poll for the first time the president has taken a lead on that key issue in all three states. romney is shifting his strategy. gnaw ad out making the case directly to voters on how he can help them and improve their lives. the romney campaign says it is not worried. they've teshl polling has these numbers much closer together. they say this is still a very tight race and they also important to enthusiasm. that is actually reflected in our polls. the republican v

jan crawford is covering the romney campaign in jacksonville, florida. what is the romney campaign saying about israel and the attacks in libya? >> reporter: the campaign issued a very strong statement last night, condemning the attacks in libya and egypt. the governor said that he was outraged by those attacks but also had very sharp words for the embassy in egypt, because it released on its website what sounded to many people like an apossible guy. it's disgraceful that the obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks. that response had a quick response from the obama campaign. it said we are shocked that at a time when the united states of america is confronting the tragic death of one of our diplomatic officers in libya, governor romney would choose to launch a political attack. >> bob woodward of the "the washington post" has been reporting on the president in his book "the price of politics." welcome. can we turn to these events because you've been wat

norah, back to you. >> jan crawford, thank you. let's bring in sdan senor. you just saw the latest report there from jan from the ground and ann romney responding to this criticism from columnists and pundits and others. isn't it true, the front page of the "wall street journal" has a piece today, head wind for romney in the latest poll results that romney has a narrower and narrower path to victory. >> these polls will move all over the place. there's a tendency to overreact in the punditry class to "daily news" that furnishes the headlines. the reality is it's a very close race. both campaigns have agreed it will be a close race to the end. we saw some movement that's not positive. we saw some movement that's very positi positive. we keep talking about the reality of this economy. one in six people living in poverty. another 20 million people on food stamps since president obama became president. 23 million americans out of work, underemployed or just given up. we'll have a big choice, big debate in the next few weeks and there will be a series of debates.

jan crawford, thank you. >>> let's bring in dan senor, advisor to the romney/ryan campaign. you saw the latest report from jan there from the ground and certainly ann romney responding to some of this criticism from columnists and pundants and others. but isn't it true, i mean, the front page of the "wall street journal" has a piece today, head win for romney in the latest poll results. romney has a narrower and narrower path. >> i think fine. the polls will move all over the place. there's a tendency to overreact in the pun dan try class to the daily news that furnishes the headline news. the reality is it's a very close race. both campaigns have agreed it will be a close race until the end. we've seen some movement that's not positive. we've seen some movement that's very positive. i think we just continue talk about what we're talking about which is the reality of this economy. one in six people living in poverty. another 20 million people on food stams since president obama became president. 23 million americans out of work, under employed, or just given up. the reality

january crawfo jan crawford has the numbers. >> reporter: good morning.emocrats have been making an issue out of romney's taxes since january when he released his 2012 returns in a preliminary estimate of his 2011 returns. democrats have been saying he should release more years of returns than that. romney is saying that's it. he points to the fact that john mccain only released two years when he ran four years ago. romney did provide a little more information yesterday to try to counter his critics. the 2011 returns totalled nearly 400 pages and showed what everyone knows. romney is rich and he pay as lot of taxes. romney made $13.7 million last year, almost all of it from investments. he paid $1.9 in federal taxes. romney gave a lot to charity. $4 million last year or nearly 30% of his income. answering his critics, romney answered this allegation. >> the word is out he hasn't paid any taxes for ten years. >> reporter: romney released a 0 year summary by the accounting firm price waterhouse cooper saying romney owed and paid taxes every year. >> what an

january crawfo jan crawford has the numbers. >> reporter: good morning.an issue out of romney's taxes since january when he released his 2012 returns in a preliminary estimate of his 2011 returns. democrats have been saying he should release more years of returns than that. romney is saying that's it. he points to the fact that john mccain only released two years when he ran four years ago. romney did provide a little more information yesterday to try to counter his critics. the 2011 returns totalled nearly 400 pages and showed what everyone knows. romney is rich and he pay as lot of taxes. romney made $13.7 million last year, almost all of it from investments. he paid $1.9 in federal taxes. romney gave a lot to charity. $4 million last year or nearly 30% of his income. answering his critics, romney answered this allegation. >> the word is out he hasn't paid any taxes for ten years. >> reporter: romney released a 0 year summary by the accounting firm price waterhouse cooper saying romney owed and paid taxes every year. >> what an honor to be here with you

. >> steve: one of the voices you can clearly hear is jan crawford, the woman's voice from cbs news. somebody else who is also reportedly on this open mic event is airy shapiro, a reporter for npr, the guy who won't say the pledge of allegiance and blogged about that. so you can see how the press is coordinating how, when mr. romney comes out, they're going to essentially go after him and try to get him to either double down or walk back. well, he did double down, but doubled down anyway. you would think that they would have asked questions about foreign policy. but instead, it was all about politics. >> gretchen: you think they would be asking questions of the president of the united states whose currently the president of the united states! i mean, is he not in control right now? that was what was so baffling to me yesterday was all this focus, they immediately spun this entire story about how romney responded and that that was wrong as opposed to what that man did yesterday. >> brian: senator dna coats, a republican, peter king, a republican, and mottoed came on and said he was wa

jan crawford is in denver, and jan, what happened to the reset that the romney campaign said they were going to do, talking about economy and jobs? instead, it seems like they're talking about foreign policy. >> right. it was foreign policy yesterday. although romney has said he's going to be drawing a sharper contrast with the president. we sure saw that here in denver. he hit the president hard for saying recent events in the middle east were bumps in the road and he also criticized the administration's response to those attacks in libya. >> the world looks at the events going on, they don't see these events as bumps in the road. these are lives. this is humanity. this is freedom. >> reporter: campaigning in colorado, romney was referring to comments the president made on "60 minutes", saying recent events in the middle east were bumps in the road. the white house was talking about recent events but romney said it was a lack of leadership. >> what's happened in the middle east is hardly criticized in my view as a bump in the road, not with egypt electing a muslim brotherhood presiden