jansing. we have a taste of what's to come from president obama the other day. now mitt romney is getting his turn. both speaking to the american society of news editors, president obama tuesday, mitt romney yesterday, and the gloves are off. >> the president came here yesterday and railed against policies no one is making and criticizing policies no one is making. it is one of his strategies to distract us from his record. while i understand the president doesn't want to run on his record, he can't run from his record either. >> fighting words indeed. joining me now, "the new york times" columnist, charles glow and cheryl from new york. thanks for coming. we talked about romney's ability to connect with voters. "the washington post" showed favor ability 20 points lower than president obama, and romney ended with this comment yesterday, essentially saying you have to -- don't just like me, believe in me. i want to play this to you. >> this november we'll face a defining position. our choice will not be one of party or personality. this election will be about pri

i am chris jansing. right now on capitol hill the secret service prostitute scandal is getting the full attention of the senate judiciary committee just adds the post is reporting this may not have been an isolated incident, that senior managers tolerated such behavior before and that some who resigned may be reconsidering. just moments ago we heard from homeland security secretary janet napolitano who oversees the department. >> let me be clear. we will not allow the actions of a few to tarnish the proud less of the secret service, an agency that served numerous presidents and whose men and women execute their mission with great professionalism, honor and integrity every single day. >> napolitano is expected to face tough questions one day after her boss weighed in on late night with jimmy fallon. >> 99.9% of them every day they're putting their life on the line and do a great job. so a couple of knuckle heads shouldn't detract from what they do but what these guys were thinking, i don't know. that's wh

as nbc's chris jansing found out today, this one prompted talk all over. >> maria smith is a suburban atlanta stay at home mom of three with a fourth on the way. she considers herself a liberal. but was shocked when she heard hillary rosen's comments. >> i felt offended, i felt mad, i felt like this is someone i thought was on my side but actually really didn't understand me. >> today, she discovered she wasn't the only one with a visceral reaction. >> i have talked about this today at preschool pickup, at the playground talking to some moms about it. i was surprised at how many people picked up the story. >> a story that started as a political discussion has revived a different conversation, decades old, hitting an apparently still raw nerve about a woman's place. leslie has worked at women's magazines for 25 years and now editor of "more." >> welcome to the mommy wars version 2012. i bet you every single woman on the train, my train home tonight is going to be talking about this. somebody threw one little match in the pile there, and the whole thing ignited. >> that's clear from imp

chris jansing in times square, not far from here, starting us off tonight., thanks. >>> we are breaking news to report tonight on the scandal involving the u.s. secret service and military personnel on the trip to cartagena, colombia. kristen welker is with us from the white house. kristen, good evening. >> good evening, brian. well, the secret service just announced that three people will leave the agency as a result of this prostitution scandal. now, the first is a supervisor who will be retiring. the second one, also a supervisor who will be removed for cause. the third is a non-supervisor who has resigned. eight other employees are on administrative leave. a capitol hill source said polygraphs are on going and 11 women were involved with 11 secret service personnel. they also say the secret service is reviewing the agency's policy of contact with foreign nationals. so far, the investigation shows none of the 11 secret service had guns, radios, equipment, or schedules in their hotel rooms. investigators are looking into reports that drugs may have been a

nbc's chris jansing has a look back at dick clark's life and career. >> reporter: he walked on to the stage with an effortless appeal. >> going to go all the way right up to the top. >> and we welcomed him into our homes for more than five decades. >> here's the thing called the twist. ladies and gentlemen, here's chubby checker. >> often called america's oldest teenager, he seemed ageless, hosting "american bandstand" for more tan 30 years, from black and white to living color. >> it's been the greatest fantasy of my life, i've been working 35 years in television, it's my first love and the "bandstand" made it all possible. >> dick clark was born in 1929 in mount vernon, new york. his mom was a homemaker. his father owned a chain of radio stations and after graduating from syracuse university, he got a job in radio, too. and music was his passion. >> music underscores everything that happens to you. the good stuff and the bad stuff. music really is one of the three most important things in our lives. >> in philadelphia, in 1956, clark took over a popular local teen music and dance sh

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i'm kris jansing.the week that was, and now today three primaries, and in all three -- wisconsin, maryland, washington, d.c. -- mitt romney is expected to win. his campaign hopes a big win in wisconsin might convince rick santorum to finally drop out. well, good luck with that. >> i think this primary, the longer it goes, the better it is for the party. people even said, well, go to convention. it would be dangerous. no, i think it would be an energizing thing for our party to have a candidate emerge who isn't the blessed candidate of the republican establishment. i think that's a good thing of t the. it's a good nir narrative for us. >> joining us now is correspondent for national journal major garrett. if you look at the polls, santorum is expected to win wisconsin -- >> romney. >> i'm sorry. romney is. how long can santorum stay in this? >> i think santorum will stay in until the pennsylvania primary on april 24th. i wrote a piece on how much the candidates have spent based on how many votes they've

i'm chris jansing. game on! clean sweep for mitt romney and both he and president obama are sounding like the election is already under way, even if rick santorum, newt gingrich and ron paul haven't got than memo. mitt romney won all three primaries last night. maryland, d.c., and wisconsin. and then romney took dead aim at the president. >> president obama thinks he's doing a good job. it's enough to make you think that years of flying around in air force one, surrounded by a staff of true believes are telling you you're great, it's enough to make you think you might become out of touch with that and that's what's happened. >> i want to bring in karen hunter and nbc news political analyst and former pennsylvania governor, ed rendell. good morning to both of you. >> good morning, chris. >> so mitt romney calling president obama out of touch. karen, discuss. >> talk about the pot calling the president black. yeah. out of touch. >> oh! >> pun intended. you know, it's interesting the rhetoric that's going to start

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. >>> good morning i'm chris jansing. let's talk politics, we heard it over and over again. >> the president is cool in the way mitt romney is incredibly square. >> well, now republicans are trying to use one of the president's greatest strengths against him. in a new ad from karl rove super pac, american cross roads. ♪ i'm so in love with you >> obama, obama, obama. >> obama, obama, obama. >>> i want to bring in steve kornacki and susan page, good morning to you, happy prom weekend as we have been talking about. let me ask you about the ad. obviously what they are trying to say this guy is too cool to run the economy, too cool to be commander in chief, too cool to be an effective president. is it effective? >> i think it is. four years ago they tried the same thing, they had an ad, they called obama the biggest celebrity in the world. the difference is after four years they have statistics on their side, superficially. the obama case is a nuanced one, i inherited a terrible mess, i made it better, got us on the right cou

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i'm chris jansing. sex, money, and corruption. two scandals are rocking washington right now.else the obama administration is working on. the secret service sex scandal is only growing. sources tell nbc news 21 women, 11 agents, and now ten service members are allegedly involved in the wild night in cart heavy rain that, colombia,

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i'm alex witt in for chris jansing.ping right now, another jobs report and the unemployment rate continues to fall, dropping to 8.2%, that is the lowest since president obama took office in january of 2009, but it may not all be good news. nbc's mike viqueira is at the white house for us. vick, unemployment going down and the actual number of jobs added, that was less than expected. >> reporter: that did not meet expectations and in the weeks leading up to this monthly jobs report. over the course of the last year or so, people were holding their

nbc's chris jansing has more from times square.is, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. dick clark was responsible for an astonishing 7500 hours of television programming including the legendary "american bandstand" and, of course, the ball drop here in times square. this morning america is remembering a pop culture icon. from flowers laid on the hollywood walk of fame to tributes to his hand-picked successor, ryan seacrest. >> we can't go forward without acknowledging a television pioneer and my dear friend, dick clark. >> reporter: generations of fans are remembering dick clark. an american original. >> live from philadelphia -- >> reporter: we welcomed him into our homes for more than five decades. >> this one's called "rock around the clock," bill haley. ♪ one two three o'clock >> reporter: often called america's oldest teenager, he seemed ageless, hosting "american bandstand" for more than 30 years. it started as a philadelphia teen music and dance show. that quickly turned into a national sensation, launching the

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. >>> good morning, i'm chris jansing. a couple of new polls out that should be of concern for the president, because while people like him, both of those polls show that voters think mitt romney is stronger on the economy. okay, overall numbers. look at the head-to-head matchups. a quinnipiac poll shows the president up four points on mitt romney. "the new york times" poll shows the candidates locked in a dead heat. >> remember what we said in the last campaign. i said this was going to be hard. change takes time. it takes more than a year, sometimes it takes more than a single term, it takes more than a single president. >> we're a trusting people. we're a hopeful people. but we're not dumb. and we're not going to fall for the same liengz from the same person just because it's in a different place. >> i want to bring in carl bernstein and the "washington post" dana milbank. good morning, gentlemen. i guess we could say this is the first full week of the full-on campaign that we've known for sure mitt romney is going to b

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