but i think there's a competition between pawlenty and jindal. i still think that jindal is in it.s kind of trying out for it today. >> steve's right. there's precious little scientific evidence that it matters in electorate politics. but it matters in american history. 14 vice presidents have become president. mitt romney has been risk-averse. he needs an alternative on health care. two guys will give him that and they're bobby jindal and paul ryan. >>> more of our roundtable in just 60 seconds. discussing this record heat wave and america's pastime at the all-star break. stay with us. [ male announcer ] summer is here. and so too is the summer event. now get an incredible offer on the powerful, efficient c250 sport sedan with an agility control sport-tuned suspension. but hurry before this opportunity...disappears. ♪ the mercedes-benz summer event ends july 31st. ♪ ♪ >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist ginger zee in central park with an extreme historic weather week it has been. the heat has been ferocious. nationwide, around 2,000 record highs set this month alone. the middle of

governor jindal, what's wrong with tofu? it's healthy. it's delicious.s an all american crop raised by soy farmers in the bread basket of our nation. i'm outraged republicans are attacking this new staple of the american farmer. but then again, the gop has been criticizing the produce section for awhile now. >> the government could decide that we're going to catch ytax you don't eat broccoli on tuesday. >> believes the federal government can force americans to purchase broccoli. >> a i love broccoli and eat a lot of it, but it's not the government's decision to to eat it. >> republicans have fubny idea about vegetables. awhile back they led a fight to make sure pizza sauce could count as a vegetable in school luncs. i guess for them, this meat lovers pizza counts as a salad. of course, no argument about the health care laws is ridiculous. republicans can't worry about the merits of the law. so they throw red meat to e the base. and if the right can't live with the law, they've got this guy to deal with. >> we might as well do it now. pull off the band-ai

i think bobby jindal is really the complete package. >> why, why, why? >> why? he's a conservative with a great record of two terms as governor of louisiana. >> pawlenty is a conservative. >> pawlenty has more mix of a record as a governor between tax hikes and -- >> you said that with experience. also, the two of them were friends. they were contemporaneously gophers. >> i'd love to see romney pick either pawlenty or jindal, but he will probably pick portman. around with him. we'll be >>> predictions, pat. >> john, i think that before the november election we're going to have maybe not a war with iran, but i believe some kind of collision and some kind of confrontation. i don't think the israelis are going to attack but there's a lot of forces moving into the gulf. the sanctions i think are hurting very badly, and i believe if you did have this collision, or do have this collision, i think it will by and large benefit barack obama. >> eleanor. >> the obama campaign is really drawing blood on romney with the attacks on bane and romney's shifting stories of when

louisiana governor bobby jindal. yesterday, he joins bobby jindal in louisiana for fund-raisers. the beltway press describing him as buzzed about as one of romney's most visible supporters and as a vp short lister. >> i'm bobby jindal, governor of louisiana. >> according to the washington post, bobby jindal's stock is on the rise. the paper extolling the many conservative virtues that make him a possible vice presidential choice, like for example, criticizing president obama. republican voters love that. and fighting with democrats on tv. that's a must. also, he is not old. mossel tav. and there's the rolling back of medical care for the poor and uninsured in his state. maybe that could cancel out romney care in massachusetts? in fact, it would be a huge deal if mitt romney did pick bobby jindal as his running back, in part because it would be a history making choice. bobby jindal, of course, would be the first indian american on a major party presidential ticket. and the republican party does not have a great record for breaking even their own party's glass ceilings. to say noth

jindal's case, shouldn't his game be in louisiana? mean, he really does have b bigger cat fh to fry. nearly one in five people in louisiana don't have health insurance. mr. jindal doesn't have any intention of using the supreme court's decision to extend coverage and that's not your state's only disorder, mr. jindal. if you traps around the president's bus, reside in the most violent state in america. number one in this dubious ranking for the last 20 yes. well done. as for education, near the bottom. obesity levels, near the top. pollution, plenty. so, why is mr. jindal in pennsylvania today instead of louisiana? we actually called the governor's office in baton rouge to find out and a staff member told us quote, we don't know why we're going and in that, mr. jindal's staff is not alone. stay with us. the week's top lines are coming up. and oh, what a week it was. we get to the emergency room... and then...and then they just wheeled him away. i had to come to that realization that "wow, i am having a heart attack." i can't punch this

i think bobby jindal is really the complete package. >> why, why, why? >> why? because he's a conservative with a great record of two terms as governor of louisiana. >> pawlenty is a conservative. >> pawlenty has more mix of a record as a governor between tax hikes and -- >> you said that with experience. also, the two of them were friends. they were contemporaneously gophers. >> i'd love to see romney pick either pawlenty or jindal, bu >>> issue three. chicago under siege. chicago claims the title as the third biggest city in the united states. population 2.7 million. size, 240 square miles. chicago's racial makeup is as follows. white, 42%. black, 36%. gang wars have been ongoing on chicago's streets for seven years, mostly in black neighborhoods in chicago's west and south side. an estimated 5,000 black youths have been killed during this time. the mayor of chicago for the last 14 months is rahm emanuel, formerly emmanual was president obama's white house chief of staff. mayor emanuel is now warning chicago's gangs to stay away from chicago's kids. >> you've

dean and jindal square off. finally, we'll get to the politics. our roundtable weighs in on the fights ahead. can the president sell health care to a still-skeptical public? can romney lead the charge against health care after passing an individual mandate himself in massachusetts? and the legacy of chief justice roberts. with us, our white house correspondent and political director chuck todd, the new co-he is of the "today" show and chief legal correspondent savannah guthrie, editor of "the national review," rich lowry, and columnist for "the washington post" eugene robinson. >>> good morning. you can imagine health care is all anyone's talking about in washington. well, that was the case until late friday night when this ferocious storm came through so suddenly in the mid-atlantic area, the ohio valley, west virginia, and it has reached so much havoc throughout the region, 2 million people without power, so much damage in neighborhoods up and down the coast. as i say in the ohio valley as well. we're monitoring that as so many people are still

i'm afraid not. >> it's bobby jindal? >> i fear for senator kerry, who desperately wanted to be secretary of state in 2008 and was probably most likely person to become secretary of state until the president decided that hillary clinton was the person he wanted in that job. he very much wants it again this time. i think his problem is that there are two other people who really want that job who are -- one of whom is incredibly close to the president, susan rice, the u.n. ambassador, one of whom is tom donellen. both of those people are close to the president and have real constituencies around the president. john kerry has the respect of the president but is not close to the president, nor does he have really anybody inside the white house fighting in his corner. it's very hard to get that job if you're not close and don't have the constituency. >> not even the law of the sea tr treaty can get you the job. >> i agree with everything he's saying but play this out. if john kerry became secretary of state, the interesting su

because i hear bobby jindal, i hear rick scott. i hear rumors about rick perry in texas.you think some of these state governors will say no thanks to the federal money and literally kiss good-bye to their income? >> i think they'll be compelled not to do so by their state legislatures and by other politicians in the state. we saw a similar dance if you remember with this stimulus money where sarah palin, bobby jindal, some of these other republican governors tried to make a show over using the stimulus money. eventually, they all took it. it's tough to imagine any of these governors making anything other than sort of a symbolic case against the health care overhaul. i do think however that it could end up motivating republican voters. we see polls showing that republican voters are more motivated to go to the polls. this is one of the driving reasons why republicans are not letting this go. are thot answering the question about what they would do instead and are making these cases about refusing to participate in the mandatory elements of the overhaul. >> incredible. juli

bobby jindal, we don't know for certain. of course bobby jindal is not in washington.'t been on the campaign trail as much but the romney campaign put him on on "meet the press" to combat howard dean as the romney -- >> you're right. i notice no chris christie, no marco rubio. why? >> as you know, at first it was reported that marco rube rubio was not being vetted and mitt romney said he was the. i talked to people close to marco rubio 24 hours that are story and at that point he had not been asked for any documents. to maybe marco rubio is being vetted but it's hard to tell. he's doing his own bus tour and promoting his book. it doesn't look as though he's being vetted. you saw chris christie was the surrogate in chief for mitt romney and doing events on his own then. but chris christie was late to events, didn't show up a couple of times. he rubbed people the wrong way who are close to mitt romney. you don't see chris christie campaigning on his own. >> do you think romney doesn't feel he needs to make a dramatic choice, a game-changer. >> at this point no. the race

howard dean, and repuican governor of louisiana, bobby jindal. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> governor jindal, you heard me ask leader pelosi, is the fight over? she said yes. republican attempts to repeal it are basically fantasy at this point. but you and other republican governors say no, you're not going to fully implement the law even though the supreme court has spoken. why not? >> absolutely. look, this election, this coming election gives american voers a chance. we've got two very dirpt infrastructure candidates. president obama has doubled down on this creation of a brand-new entitlement program over $500 billion in medicare cuts, $500 billion in tax increases, $1.7 illion in new spending we can't afford. we can't afford the programs that we have. we wants to create a new program. there's never been one day a majority of the american people wanted this. he forced this through on a party line vote without one republican vote in support. i think voters -- >> governor, wait a second. what are you not going to do? you're not going

we see bobby jindal out there, tim pawlenty. this "s" this going to work as we look at the next two days? trying to offset the president as he's hitting strong that economic message and try to balance, if you will, the criticism of him and the economy overhe last several years. >> i think clearly both sides want to talk about the economy, both sides are vulnerable in different areas. i think as far as the effectiveness of the obama campaign's focus on bain capital, you know, there was a recent poll on swing states and it showed that 33%, this is an nbc and "wall street journal" poll. it showed that 33% of respondents in swing states said that the more they learned about mitt romney's economic business record, the more negative of an opinion they had for him. regardless of the sman tiemanti outsourcing or whether or not mitt romney had a role in deciding some of these things, the fact is these negative attack ads are very impactful and they're having a big impact inwing state voters. >> talking about swing states, jonathan, when

bobby jindal is of course the governor of louisiana. gentlemen, good morning, so good to have you both with us today. thanks for being here. >> good morning, martha. >> good morning. martha: governor pawlenty, let me start with you. word came out yesterday they were adding to the communication staff. there has been a lot of discussion and very high level conservatives have been very outspoken what they want to see in the romney campaign. they wanted to see it beefed up and wanted to bring in some seasoned professionals according to them. what do you think about that? >> well the campaign announced yesterday it is going to be scaling up its communications operations but that is really reflection of the pace and scope of the campaign accelerating as the campaign gets closer to the fall and final stages. plus they will be adding ultimately a vp candidate. there will be a need to staff him or her. the campaign in general will try to bring more reverses to bear on the cause of defeating barack obama. and we should. his slogan of hope and cha

louisia louisiana governor bobby jindal will headline two events.so make his first nonfundraising outing in the buckeye state. both men have been rumored as potential running mates for romney. cnn political editor paul steinhauser live in washington now. i've seen a lot of veeb stakes parades. never one like this. these guys, jindal, paul ryan, rob portman. they are all doing so much work now for mitt romney. i think it feels like more than just a tryout. what's going on here? >> it could be more than just a tryout. it's got people like you and me and others buzzing about this. remember last week or two weeks ago you had jindal and tim pawlenty who also may be on whatever short list there is, they were doing a rebuttal bus tour through ohio. you have rob portman, hometown senator who is another person who's thought to be high on that list. he was there on monday when president obama was there down in cincinnati. he was there to kind of bracket or rebut. here's a possible short list. you know i know the only people who really know who's on the short

and bobby jindal, we know bobby jindal was considered the bright light, the rising star, the superstaran party a couple of years ago until he was tapped. remember his first term as governor, he was tapped to give the republican response to the president's state of the union. obama's first state of the union as i recall and bobby jindal bombed big time! >> democratic leaders in congress, they rejected this approach. instead of trusting us to make decisions with our own money. they pass the largest government-spending bill in history with a price tag of more than a trillion dollars with interest. >> bill: oh, yeah. it looked like he was reading it. he probably was. he had obviously taped it beforehand and you know, all of the kind of wind went out of bobby jindal's sails. the only one with any fire, with any color is chris christie. remember last week? he was talking about the fact that he -- is trying to lose weight and he's even working out with a trainer. >> you can go without drinking. you can live every day without taking drugs. you can't live every day without eating. so in some wa

jindal has been mentioned as a potential running mate. danielle nottingham, cbs news, washington. >> first lady, michelle obama will be back on the campaign trail in virginia. she is scheduled to visit fredericksburg on friday. >> federal officials just announced new safety standards nationwide and that includes our own metro. these unprecedented guidelines come after a pretty rough weekend for the metro when a computer software glitch left hundreds of passengers stranded. andrea mccarren is live with these new federal standards. andrea. >> after that terrible red line tragedy in 2009 that left nine people dead, 76 injured, the maryland delegation really led the way in pushing for reserious bodily reform and pushing for national safety standards. >> we see ourselves as safety officers. we're going to continue this work. we passed the legislation. >> hard to believe that until now, there was not a single federal safety regulation for metro trains or any other passenger train nationwide. >> since 1964, we have had a gaping loophole in trans

you know, i think another dark horse is bobby jindal, evangel kalz really like him.has a really, really strong record on abortion, in the sense that he's against it in all instances. so a lot of evangelicals are very much interested in what he will do and whether or not the romney campaign is looking at him. he was also out on the stump over these last days for mitt romney. >> jonathan capehart, imagine for me bobby jindal or a marco rubio, the younger men in this crowd with less experience, standing at that hour and a half debate podium with joe biden. that's the first test of how they fill that position. >> well, i think either senator rubio or governor jindal would do an even better job than sarah palin did when she went up against joe biden four years ago. >> oh, come on, that's not the test. cut out. >> i know it's not the test, but i thinkny o-mallika brings up a good point, the person that romney has to pick and wants to pick, from all the reports we've heard is somebody who's ready on day one to be vice president, but to also take over the job of president if

huge fan of bobby jindal. nothing wrong with the other guys.have good solid guy, decent records. experience, not too experienced in the middle area. >> i have -- in my hands on a piece of direct mail in virginia from mitt romney as a fund-raising mailing. i never spent a day in washington you can't trust people in washington to fix washington. you need to bring people in from the outside. i looked at that paragraph and -- i said to myself, that's not good news for portman. >> that isn't good news for rob portman, you are right about that. portman brings other strengths. as much as he seems kind of boring, one of romney's weaknesses he also has never dealt with foreign affairs. rob portman sits on the senate committees that oversee some of the defense and speaker national issues. and so he brings part of that to the table. of course, his home state of ohio, simply wonderful. and he happened to go to israel earlier this year. so he's been sort of -- you know, checking off the list. >> methodically almost. >> that's right. and preparing himself. p

that is not all jindal has had to say.ementing the provisions in his state. >> we are not moving forward. we are not implementing obama here in louisiana. we will do everything we can do get rid of obama care. the 10thç amendment of the constitution needs to mean something. >> that puts him in the ranks with the kentucky senator rand paul. this doesn't change the fact that the law is unconstitutional. that is "hardball." coming up next is "your business with j.j. ramburg." ok! who gets occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas or bloating? get ahead of it! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap a day helps defend against digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. hit me! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'.

the former governor spent today raising cash with louisiana governor, bobby jindal. jindal has been mentioned as a possible running mate for romney and romney's vp announcement could come as early as this week. >>> topper shutt is out on the weather terrace. has it gotten any better? >> no, it is still sticky. it's going to get hotter tomorrow and wednesday. let me show you one lonely storm on live doppler 9,000. this is now moving through la plata. it's going to weaken as it heads toward leanardtown. that's the last storm on live doppler. the rest of us have to wait for tomorrow. 91 downtown. temperatures have gone back up. high was 96. 90 in manassas. a lot of temperatures have gone down after they were rain cooled earlier. you factor in humidity, 98 downtown. 98 in leesburg. that's why we say do not exercise in the evening. exercise in the morning. early thunderstorm possible. partly cloudy, muggy. lows in the 70s. we'll come back and talk about how many code yellows we issued and maybe the triple digits. >> thank you, top. a man is out of the hospital tonight aft

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