. >> we have john harris with us and the news room which is about five blocks from here. harris, what is your take on the speech? >> i thought it was a very effective speech. republicans said barack -- prosper when they can motivate conservatives and do so in a way that does not frighten the metal is american political nerve. the biggest success was 2010. they had an extremely motivated base. they were saying the same thing about concerns about spending, healthcare -- the same things independence wanted to hear. the past couple of years they have not had that. romney's speech was effective because he touched every erogenous zone conservatives wanted touched but did it in a way that was appealing and also resonated with voters that are concerned about spending in the size of government. >> are there any reporters or editors who did not think it was a strong speech? >> i think the consensus is it was a strong speech. one thing i heard was he did seem quite young. he is 41 and looks about 10 years younger than that. i thought there were a couple of moments where there was a

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joining me now, john harris, politico's editor in chief.lot of praise for this gutsy choice, as they put it, of paul ryan and the fact that he has given energy to the candidate, mitt romney. romney clearly was an improved candidate on the road with ryan this weekend. but what are republicans telling politico behind the scenes? >> well, three reporters who you know and i think have sat in this very chair, jonathan martin, alex byrnes and maggie haberman, went out to fill up their notebooks, talking to republican political professionals in washington saying let's cut to the chase, what do you really think about this pick, is it a wise one, what are the risks, and what they found is that when they talked to people on background and let's emphasize they're not willing, most of them, to attach their names to this criticism, but when you talk the people on background, the skepticism, in some cases the fear or panic about this pick is palpable. it's overwhelming. >> is that because of medicare, is it because of the ryan budget that ryan among the

john harris -- what did you think? >> if you wondered what a business-oriented presidency is going to look and sound like, a presidency led by somebody whose values are in the world of management, metrics, going through a to do this, this speech did you a very good sense of what that will be like. it was not a lyrical speech. it was not, by standards used historically, a great and rousing speech. it was a very no-nonsense speech. it seemed to check every box that mitt romney decided was important. >> a he is finishing strong. i think he definitely finished strong. he was more emotional than we have seen him. by the end he had the crowd fired up. at the beginning it felt a little bit flat. the one money line he was most proud of, that captured the essence of the town, was president obama promised to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. the idea was that he is a calm, competent guy. he might not electrify you, but he gets results. >> listen to yourself. you talk about a fine speech -- listen had di

we have john harris, the editor in chief of politico, who is running our coverage.hat did you think? >> there are only four words that matter, and they come out of ann romney's mouth. you can trust mitt. they will stick. >> i was really surprised by gov. christie's speech. i expected a lot more. there was so much expectation he would deliver a speech the would stir, and it was more about him than nit romney -- mitt romney. >> that was awkward. they said the first third of it was his stump speech. >> he had many more references to himself than nit romney -- mitt romney. the criticisms are definitely about ann romney's speech. >> she looked happy, but content was, her speech was disappointing. >> what did you expect but not get? >> i thought we were going to get more depth about him and his life. instead i felt it did not have of the market -- did not have a team at stake are. they used her to close the gender gap, so i love women, things like that. she did not give a reason for going to him. it was i love him, he has been great to me, and you should love him, too. >>

politico has an interesting analysis piece by john harris and mike allen, and this is part of it i want to put on the screen for you. "it's hard to overstate the risks romney is taking in making a choice that virtually guarantees a far-reaching debate about the broader role of the government and the entitlement state. simply put, it's a debate republicans have almost never won when they've put it directly before voters in the past. as gingrich learned when he squared off with bill clinton in the 1990s and president bush learned with his politically disastrous effort at social security reform in the second term, voters may despise spending and deficits in the abstract but they like many of these programs in particular." and what i'm getting at, governor, is that what you and others support so strongly about chairman ryan is that he's taken tough stands on big issues like the budget, federal spending, role of government, and medicare, the program for seniors. it would all change under his vision. is that politically risky to a point that could actually imperil the romney candidacy? >> wel

harry reid -- john boehner turned to harry reid -- laid out -- [cellphones] [laughter] -- harry reid asked for one thing. he said i need a supercommittee. why do you need a supercommittee? i can't deal with 60 votes. the last one, don't want people from the outside. how do you know you will ever get it done? if you don't you go back to the cuts $1.2 billion if that is where you want to get to and make it so painful people will act. my study of the supercommittee republicans for proposed about an senate democrats tried to come to a conclusion. house democrats never even produce a plan. didn't seem like much they wanted to get something done. so the bowl of the supercommittee was to find the cuts. it is never been my belief of power rests with the people. the power rests with the supercommittee. the goal of the debt limit was to find the cuts. if they didn't in the supercommittee went across that that does not mean congress cannot find the cuts as well ended is better plant. if those are not able to achieve it it doesn't mean we can't. so i do like this. we have a responsibility. that

harry reid over this whole tax fight. it's not even him, carol, weighing in. you're seeing senator john" and he had some very sharp words for senator reid. let's hear what he had to say. >> i've known senator reid for many, many years, and occasionally he displays some rather erratic behavior. to accuse someone of doing something without a shred of proof that the allegation has any substance is really something i frankly don't understand. i think politics are tough and i enjoy the give-and-take but i think harry might have gone over the line here. >> there you have it. senator john mccain just last night saying that senator reid has gone over the line in making this accusation that mitt romney hasn't paid taxes in ten years. and harry reid is citing an unnamed source, an up named bane who says that, in fact, he knows mitt romney hasn't paid those taxes. but harry reid, carol, is is standing by his claim that that is, in fact, true. let's look at the statement last night give on the dana bash regarding this. senator harry reid staying by and saying, in fact, that he still believes that m

john mccain knows what those tax returns say. why not have him go out and say, harry reid, be quiet? >> because why would you open that door at all? the best thing that john mccain can do -- >> because they are saying, harry reid, you don't know what you're talking about. john mccain who has seen the returns himself, he can go out and shut harry reid down right now. the sources are not telling the truth. >> as far as i'm concerned, harry reid has sire row credibility on this. he won't name a source. he's changed his story three times in that many days. so he's really not credible. he's out there being a good soldier playing, you know, old dirty politics political tricks. that's what he's doing. >> why wouldn't -- >> john mccain shouldn't lower himself to that nonsense. >> we'll switch gears and talk about medicare. the president is out with a new ad defending his medicare plan. mitt romney is slamming it. everybody, just take a look. >> now mitt romney's attacking the president on medicare? the nonpartisan aarp says obama care cracks down on medicare, fraud, waste, an

that 3-d image of john lennon. harry and kate were in the stands. they were having a great time. where was william? where was william? do you know where he was? >> no. we don't. >> i was wondering, though. >> we will tell you took on "access hollywood." if i give it away now, you don't have a reason to tune in. >> we'll have to wait and watch. that's one of the features too long? >> that's right. we'll have that and a lot more for you guys. >> we're going to get harry on the phone and try to scoop you. >> i just want to hang out with harry for a weekend. he seems fun. >> that guy is a fun guy. >> they both seem like fun. >> we'll see you a bit later at 7:30 on "access hollywood." >>> and >>> we have some breaking news out of stand county, virginia. firefighters are on the scene of this two-alarm fire at an did the assisted living facilities. this is above the parkers adult care home, the 200 block of shelton shop road. facility has room for 16 people. right now we are hearing there's no injuries, but it looks as though it's a complete loss. live pictures from stafford, virginia.

all the major media outlet that cover government carried the story that john boehner and senator harry reid were able to reach an agreement which will avoid a shutdown. another important story is focusing on the cyber security bill. the bill's 70 plus addenendums and cocould one that forces datacenter consolidation. also, an intereresting story on how preppingg agencies for sequestration. finall the recent edition of what is brewing on nextgovcom, dealg with the importance o parking lot attendants. links to the stores and others y beound o on >>>> we are back with ourur power housround tablthis week. barbara lang,icha neibauer, and patrick reis. we only have a couple minutes left. we have to weigh in on the chick-fil-a flare up. i went to get your take on whether business ceo's should weigh in on politi or whether they shouldot. i went to the belmont tv in arlington for a campaign event and i askedhe owner ihe was rvouss on politics. i think when you are a small business owner, that is fine because you can take the risk. if you have a company that is publicly traded, you cannot. i reme

harry reid. leader pelosi and the white house. tonight, congressman johnending tax nightmare. >> any effort to impede the right of our military members overseas or here domestically voting would be an extraordinary violation. >> mitt romney is hiding behind the military to suppress the vote in ohio. former ohio governor ted strickland has the latest. >> and the president comes out for renewing the assault weapons ban in the wake of the massacre in wisconsin. mark potok of the southern poverty law center says his group has been tracking the alleged white supremacist for ten years. mark joins me tonight. >>> good to have you with us. thanks for watching. good to be back with you. republicans have a new public enemy number one and his name is harry reid. the senate majority leader started a firestorm in washington last week when he said he had a source that told him mitt romney didn't pay any taxes for ten years. the chairman of the republican party kept the fire burning on the talking heads. >> i'm not going to respond to a dirty liar who hasn't filed a sing

. >> i mean, john, effectively, harry reid gave the white house a beautiful policy gift, wrapped up with a nice, big, red ribbon, did he not? >> yeah, they wanted to change the subject from the economy to talk about mitt romney's tax returns, and harry reid, i think, allowed him to do that. but i think he went a little bit too far in how he did it. on the other hand, i think reince priebus took exactly the wrong tact by calling him a dirty liar. that shows their frustration. he doesn't know if harry reid is lying. listen, reid may have made this up out of whole cloth, he may not have. but the point is, nobody knows except people who have seen mitt romney's tax returns whether harry reid is actually lying or not. so they're taking exactly the wrong tact. instead of just criticizing reid for using this unsubstantiated allegation. calling him a liar is just the wrong approach. >> but, again, we are still talking about this tax -- the tax issue, which leads to the fairness issue, and karen, we have in sound from the president in a fund-raiser tonight, a new line about robin hood and romney h

. >> reporter: that's how long harry has had john mise park as his second backyard. >> i'm just a couple of hourses away from the park. >> reporter: and besides a playground and new generations of neighborhood kids, harry says not much as changed here in three decades. >> it's what you knee rigsee ri when we moved in. >> reporter: and change is in sight. the city council has voted to turn this flat grass space of john mise park into a fenced in artificial

john harris. how are you? morning. >> you did exhaustive conversations with gop operatives in washington, asked them what they felt about the paul ryan pick. tell us what you found. >> three of our very best reporters, jonathan martin, alex burns, maggie haberman talked to nearly 40 or more political operatives in washington. the rhapsodic view that joe scarborough has is not shared among the republican operative class in washington. >> course not. >> reaction ranges from they find it excite but they're worried about it or they find it reckless and they're certain it's going to back fire in a dr dramatic way. they're worried about the back throw down the republican ticket. the consensus in washington is exactly the opposite of joe scarborough. >> thank good. we're talk the about the republican party not liking this pick. this is, after all, the same republican party that has run the brand into the ground and i think led to four pretty disas tour years. it's not playing it safe. they would have loved him to pic

harry reid. and leaders thatss journalist insisted that mitt romney should release more than one year of tax returns. >> john: where is the indignation of anonymous sources that you had. >> guest: i don't know who harry reid source are. >> john: should he queet nem on the floor of the senate? >> guest: he has his own sources. bottom line. i would like to know how many times of tax returns did mitt romney review and asked paul ryan and if he will require the release of the tax returns. bark obama and joe biden released 12 years and mitt romney reased one and a partial view of a second one. john mccain released 12 years. >> john: he didn't release his wife's tax return. >> guest: spouses are not running for president. mitt romney is the first major parity for candidate of the united states in modern times not to release 12 years of tax returns it is unacceptable. he's got investment in swiss bank accounts and kaymen and bermuda corporation. why does an american businessman need a swiss bank account if not to be hiding something. he needs to come clean and so does paul ryan. and mitt romney needs to show the sa

john harris to second president of subby technical services company, roger krone at knowing and wesley rhodes deputy chief technology officer, ibm federal. and the moderator of the panel, national security correspondent for "the wall street journal," adam and his. please join me in welcoming adam and our other panelists. [applause] >> thank you very much. when it comes to, as you well no, over the last 10 years has been tremendous intimation that is change the way homeland security has done and how warfighters conduct their efforts in afghanistan where you have drones that are sapping militants and you have tremendous surveillance technology that is used to charge the soil to see if there has been any disturbances that could point to ieds. the men who are up here do for the cia and dod what q did for james bond. they develop the gadgets that made this possible. given the trends that we have seen in the wars in iraq and afghanistan i thought we would start with an issue of big data, which is the cnn afghanistan and iraq initially as general petraeus was collecting -- they could collect,

john harris to second president of subby technical services company, roger krone at knowing and wesley rhodes deputy chief technology officer, ibm federal. and the moderator of the panel, national security correspondent for "the wall street journal," adam and his. please join me in welcoming adam and our other panelists. [applause] >> thank you very much. when it comes to, as you well no, over the last 10 years has been tremendous intimation that is change the way homeland security has done and how warfighters conduct their efforts in afghanistan where you have drones that are sapping militants and you have tremendous surveillance technology that is used to charge the soil to see if there has been any disturbances that could point to ieds. the men who are up here do for the cia and dod what q did for james bond. they develop the gadgets that made this possible. given the trends that we have seen in the wars in iraq and afghanistan i thought we would start with an issue of big data, which is the cnn afghanistan and iraq initially as general petraeus was collecting -- they could collect,

john adams and harry truman. harry truman is a fascinating case in point. to me he sort of personifies a significant element of this whole thing. in terms of how the voters judge the presidents, and also how the historians judge the presidents. historians will get a presidents full tenure in office, whatever that might be coming to terms, one term, partial terms or whatever, and then look at what they have accomplished and say, good, not so good, terrible or whatever. they rate him accordingly. the voters look at their presidents as they were invited to by the constitution and four year increments. that is why we judge them exclusively by the four year increments. let's look at the presidents that have never been considered the near greats by historians. lincoln, fdr, jefferson, jackson, holt, roosevelt, truman. what is interesting here is all were to charmers except for president polk. he is really the exception to the rule. he is the only president ever ran on one term promise that since he got the nomination. he told the american people if i'm elected, i

. >> harris: john roberts live from tampa tonight. we're waiting the new official update on isaac's track. we want a live look from key west, next we'll go live for the national hurricane center as the storm takes aim at the gulf for the latest. and with new orleans in isaac's sight. and we'll see they've applied that from hurricane katrina. that's next inside the fox report. colosseum >> this is where sigh sack has been. we know it's killed people through haiti and the caribbean islands and slowdown in the gulf and pick up steam and strength and know that tropical storm isaac on an ominous track and forecasters saying it's headed to new orleans and could come ashore as a hurricane, seven years to the day that katrina devastated this city and this just in, the nfl now being affected by this. the assistant interim coach joe vitt, the team have canceled practice on monday, to allow players to evacuate their families. and ed rappaport is at the national serb center. and something is on the path and almost a bulls eye, is that where new o

several years of tax returns. >> yes and john mccain knows whether -- john mccain has been very quiet about this whole thing with harry when anybody behind closed doors, say, what the hell were you thinking about sarah palin? he is like trust me it was worse. the other ones were worse. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: all right. former and future -- >> today the republicans are choosing a sacrificial lamb in the district so we get to decide which of the four republican candidates loses to me in november. >> stephanie: go to the tea baggiest. [♪ magic wand ♪] >> stephanie: all right. love you honey. >> all right. >> stephanie: he is plucky. go ahead all y'all pick who is going to lose to me in the future. kids go to meeting, i'm sure a lot of times businesses during the summer people own vacations, working remotely working shorter days that's why i recommending go to meeting with hd faces. it lets you meet face-to-face no matter where you are. you can be in different states and countries go to meeting, it takes just a webcam to connect. >> i just did a go to meeting last week to talk about some future business we're going to

harry reid put it out. when what he hasn't put out is anything that anyone can check. not the name of his source or anyone. here's what john. >> harry reid on the floor of the senate reiterated this idea that mitt romney has not paid taxes for ten years. he said and i quote on the floor of the senate so the word is out he hasn't paid taxes for ten years. let him prove he has because he hasn't. he offered no proof at all about this. what do you make of this? is this politics and is it acceptable? >> first of all, i have known senator reid for many, many years and occasionally he displays radical behavior and to accuse somebody of doing something without a shred of proof that the allegation has any substance is really something i frankly don't understand. i think politics are tough and enjoy the give-and-take, but i think harry might have gone over the line here. >> let's bring in our panel. the top pro-obama super pac and mary madeline. you cannot defend harry reid on this, you can? >> you watch me. >> harry reid doubled down on this. he went on the floor of the senate and said well, it's out there that he hasn't paid for t

cleveland is an interesting case in point, john adams and harry trueman. now, harry truman is a fascinating case in point, and he, to me, sort of personifies a significant element of this whole theme in terms of how the voters judge the presidents and how the historians judge the presidents. totally different. historians look at a president's full tenure in office, whatever that might be, two terms, one term, partial terms, whatever, and then look at what he's accomplished and say, good and not so good, terrible, whatever. and they rate him accordingly. the voters look at their president as they were invited to, by the constitution in four-year increments. these guys, you, we all have, we have hiring and firing authority over these guys, and we take it very seriously. and that's why we judge them exclusively on four-year increments. and then with not much sentimentality, we just move on. so let's look at the presidents that consistently have been considered the nine greats or near greats by the historians. and there's a pretty much consensus here. number o

house speaker john bainer and senate majority leader harry reid agreed to keep the government running when the current budget year ends on september 30th. that ends the threat of a shutdown and keeps the government running for six months after the deadline. twitter users know about- tagged, and now there is cash tagged by putting a dollar sign in front of the ticker symbol and then you click on the symbol to see what twitter is saying about your favorite stock. >> i'm going to book a trip and i haven't bought my ticket yet but you if your flying somewhere this summer there's good news ahead >> airline tickets are expected to drop, that is good news for you. industry experts say ticket for travel after august 21st part typically considered fall fare. domestic fare is expected to drop 10-20% and it cost less if you book your flight on tuesday wednesday or saturday. >> no more celebrations as facebook stock price continues to tumble. facebook will open this morning at a record low of $21.71. stocks slid another 6% yesterday down more than 40% from the initial public offering in may when

i have john here and melissa harris perry.you about is this a game change question, is it? >> yeah. well, i think it is in this sense. it's not a hail mary pass in the way that the hail was, but to the point that chuck made earlier on the show, there were two different frames for this election. the frame for the romney campaign was it is a pure referendum on obama about his economic management stewardship, jobs, growth, wages, all that stuff. that was what they wanted to run on. the obama campaign said, this is a choice election that will be about two contrasting sets of values and divisions. what the romney campaign is admitting here is their strategy is not working. if their strategy was working you would have seen rob portman or tim pawlenty. this strategy they have accepted it is a choice election and doubled down on let's do a big contrast here between one view of the world and another view of the world. one view of the world government and another view of the world government. and the no longer about the economy, it is a

if you look at the time when lou harris was polling for the candidate john kennedy, there were only a few pollsters in the field. today we have more than a dozen pollsters releasing results on a fairly regular basis and so we're inundated with poll findings. >> reporter: but, the polling business is changing. a third of u.s. households only have cell phones, and not landlines. when pollsters call cell phones, only about 10% of people actually answer all the questions. >> more people are reluctant to talk on their cell phones. we offer people incentives because they're calling people on their cell phone, it's just much more difficult to do. we estimate the average cost of interview is 50% higher in a cell phone versus landline. >> reporter: andrew kohut headed gallup back in the 80's, and now leads the pew research center. he says political polling is just a small part of what these organizations do, and has never brought in much revenue. but it's big business for the firms who poll for political campaigns. so far this year, presidential candidates have spent more than $12.5 million, j