one of the greatest of the naval heroes in the revolutionary war was john paul jones. john paul jones was an example of the many great leaders that this continental navy despite all of its problems produced and they were role models for the navy that followed, so i point out in the book that although the navy was an effective on the battlefield because it never was in the battlefield, in those battlefields they produced a cadre of offices and hear those -- heroes that were offense importance that would follow. so, john paul jones at the end of the war when the battle of yorktown was just forming up and was about to be fought road to washington asking if he could possibly find something for him to do, and washington said i can't. the navy has never worked for me. there isn't anything for you to do. jones went to see washington and a guest for use in those days the revolutionary was being decided, he was in portsmouth new hampshire, and it was killing him, so these great heroes that the continental navy produced for i think i point out if misused, and washington agreed wi

the grace of god, we're going to -- to win this, to win this race and to quote my old friend, john paul jones, i've not yet begun to fight. >> firestorm engulfed the presidential ticket yesterday where mitt romney was asked whether akin should remove himself from the race. >> his comments about rape were deeply offensive. and i can't defend what he said. i can't defend him. >> do you think for the benefit of the party you should drop out? >> well, the thing he should consider is what's in the best interest of the things he believes most deep ly, what wil help the country at this critical time. >> so, while romney stopped short of calling for akin to drop out, plenty of other republicans did, fearing he could cost them elections beyond missouri. senator jon cornerin, said the national republican party would stop supporti inin ining -- spe money to support akin's run. romney's running mate, paul ryan, called akin personally, asking him to leave the race. democrats were also quick to highlight that ryan had co-sponsored legislation with congressman akin that would outlaw all abortions, even in c

and to quote my old friend john paul jones, i've not yet begun to fight. >> the controversy -- >> how old is akin? >> i think he's actually talking about the bassist for led zeplin. >> the controversy made it all the way to the ticket where mitt romney was asked if akin should remove himself from the race. >> his comments about rape were deeply offensive. i can't defend what he said, i can't defend him. >> do you think for the benefit of the party, sir, he should drop out? >> the thing he should consider is what's in the best interest of the things he believes most deeply, what will help the country at this critical time. >> why do you think he didn't just go further and say he should drop out? >> everybody is working behind the scenes now to put some discipline -- but, you know, nicole wallace, when he was talking to nicole about six months ago when we were so despondent about the state of the republican party. sheep goes everybody talks about do i want it to be a conservative party, a moderate party? she goes i'm just tired of it being the stupid party. i'm tired of us being stupid

and, by the grace of god, we're going -- to win this race, and to quote my old friend john paul jonesve not yet begun to fight. >> so, akin is refusing to back down on pressure from his own side. but we've watched him push an anti-woman agenda for the last couple of years. where does the war on women go from here? joining me now, congresswoman donna edwards, democrat from maryland, and erin mcfight, reporter for real clear politics. congresswoman, let me start with you. you've worked with todd akin. what do you, as soon who has seen him across the aisle, worked in the congress with him, what do you make of his comments? >> well, first of all, he's an idealog idealogue, but sometimes, actions speak louder than words. todd akin expressed what the republican agenda has been and particularly the agenda of my colleague paul ryan. there is no daylight between the way that paul ryan feels about a woman's right to make choices about her own bold and her own health care, as todd akin does. and so, i don't really see the daylight there, no matter how much the romney-ryan ticket tries to distanc

to quote my old friend john paul jones, i have not yet begun to fight. >> that's what he thinks. the staged take overof the senate at stake republicans are wondering how long this guy has before he is forced out of the race. guys, i said this morning and i wrote about it today. he has to go. what do you think? will that happen? >> we made a little friendly wager in the office earlier today and i was saying this morning i don't think he will go. i was surprises by something that happened, the nrsc that doles out money is basically saying they're not going to be spending here as long as todd akin is a nominee and karl rove's group that may be more important in terms of doling out money, they're saying they're out, too. i think ultimately this is a question of if todd akin wants to stay in this race, if todd akin wants to stare down every republican calling on him to leave, todd akin can stay in this race. if he is in this race in september and october republicans are not taking back the senate if they don't take out claire mccaskill. at a certain point if he is there and he has a c

. >> my friend john paul jones, i've not yet begun to fight. >> the only man happy to hear todd akin'she all-consuming media firestorm that followed the dude who got buck rodgers and jumped into the place where jesus walked on water. >> wasn't my finest hour as a member of congress. >> we got foreign policy into the show. >> glad i showed up this morning. >> in the middle east, and the sea of galilee. >> make a good foreign policy magazine cover. >> foreign affairs magazine. >> new reporting coming up after this break, about what exactly is happening at the convention. turns out maybe there were not changes to the roll call vote, maybe always been monday. >> this is an evolving story. >> it is. >> in the cone of uncertainty. >> it is in the cone. thank you. we're going to work through that and give you new reporting when we come back. florida preparing for 50,000 politicos and a tropical storm, maybe a hurricane. governor rick scott of florida will join us live. later, made in china, the director of a new documentary explores why jobs in china could be in silicon valley instead. keep i

to quote my old friend john paul jones i have not yet begun to fight.ble rape instead of legitimate rape. he said i'm talking about forcible rape. forcible rape, if you want to know what that is that is included in hr-3 the abortion shun bill that he wrote with paul ryan. [ bell chimes ] [ applause ] >> stephanie: forcible rape that term was dropped from the bill because it caused a similar uproar. crazy bee-ochs. >> there is the forcible kind and the she wanted it crime. >> the bitch had it coming rape. >> stephanie: he then went on to reference september 11th? [ scooby-doo's "huh?" ] >> stephanie: we believe that life is something that comes from our creator. americans have a respect for life. it's not a political debate it's not words, it's how they live their lives. i remember september 11th -- >> oh what a load of crap. [ applause ] >> stephanie: and then he asked for donations. >> yeah. >> 29 minutes after the hour right back on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ in our schools. >> we talk a lot about the influence of money in politics. it is the defi

in fact, he is borrowing the words of american revolutionary, john paul jones, saying, quote, i have not yet begun to fight. >> what a barrage he's facing. thanks very much. let's get more on this now with the senior white house correspondent, jake tapper. jake, you're outside the andrews air force base. we saw the president pounce in the white house briefing room. how will democrats try to capitalize on this today? >> reporter: they're going to talk about it. and they're going to try to link congressman akin to paul ryan and mitt romney. specifically, there was some legislation dealing with abortion that dealt with not, quote, unquote, legitimate rape as congressman akin described but, quote, unquote, forcible rape. and paul ryan was one of the co-sponsors of that. they'll try to tie him. basically, congressman akin, this was an underhand/overhand pitch for democrats to try to paint republicans as extremists. and republicans want him out of the race yesterday. >> they sure do. this is a race the democrats thought they were in real trouble in before this turn-around. but just to clar