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with us kevin madden and from the senator for america progress neera tanden. finally, would this outburst from an illinois legislator more than just a youtube moment. >> you should be ashamed of yourself. i'm sick of it. >> beyond the screaming, the problem with our politics and with washington in this election year as seen by bill bradley, author of the book, "we can all do better." >>> from nbc news in washington, "meet the press" with david gregory. >> if you needed a reminder about how important the economy was we got it on friday. worst day for the stock market in 2012 after the jobs report came out. how did it play over the weekend? not well if you are in chicago and running the obama campaign. 69,000 jobs lost, questions over the economy lagging and fears over what is going on in europe. that ask where the debate is as we move forward. here with me this morning democratic governor of massachusetts and author of the book, "faith and a dream" deval patrick. and john kasich. >> it is about the economy. let's look at the record here. we are looking at econo

within the last hour kevin madden was on, the criticism -- the change this is a political calculation versus a policy calculation, already there's been criticism from senator lamar as well, who says that the administration is justifying allowing illegal immigrants to work in the united states when millions of americas are unemployed -- i'm sorry that was congressman lamar out of texas. what's your reaction? >> i think lamar smith should take a closer look. the president is not guaranteeing them a job. they still have to demonstrate good skills and ability to perform. i would say lamar smith looking for a quick sound bite and a bit of nonsense. what i think the president is trying to do is fix his problem, where there is a serious enthusiasm gap, and a lot of folks question why now? and there is a political play in place, but you're talking about stopping to separate families. i have to admire the dreamers. "time" did a beautiful piece yesterday exploring this notion while they came here young, there's a sense they still deeply believe in america and their possibility. that's where pre

republican strategist kevin madden is a senior advisor to the romney campaign. he joins me now. kevin, we'll talk about the bus tour, but this immigration news is significant. we are talking about hundreds of thousands of young people affected by the news here that the obama administration will not be actively working to deport them. what can and should mitt romney say in response? >> look, i think there are going to be a lot more questions here. i think particularly up on capitol hill and the congress' role in whether or not they believe the president can go out and around capitol hill and around legislatures and around the congress on something like this, but i think again, look, the governor's going to focus very intently on the issue of the economy. i think the message that he has to latino voters, hispanic voters, will be related to what he can do to put the country on the right track and how it can help, how it will help folks who want more opportunity in this country. >> let me ask, this is an end run around congress, a lot of republicans are saying. do regular voters care

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kevin madden, richard and kevin williamson. coming up, high risk shock waves. jamie dimon in the hot seat on capitol hill today. cnbc's mary thompson talks to him exclusively. is it time to break up the big banks that are even too big to manage? don't forget. free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. last chance, mr. president. give it a shot. >>> jpmorgan's >>> jpmorgan's ceo jamie dimon jousted with senators today. he told lawmakers he could not defend how a hedging strategy in london turned into a multi billion dollar bad bet. well, our own mary thompson scored an exclusive interview with dimon directly after the hearing today. mary joins us now from washington. first of all, that was one hell of a great interview. i watched it. nicely done. what were your key takeaways? start me off. first of all, he's willing to admit his company made a mistake born out of comply century si at the beach. he put a lot of trust in ina drew, the woman who ran the chief investment office which was the group responsible for the losses. this is apparent. he said the

amount of money for mitt romney and the rnc to raise together. 93% of it together according to kevin madden, $250 donations and less, so i think that's a bit of pushback against the idea this is all just rich people giving to romney. clearly he's getting big donors. so, you know, a good week, certainly a good day for the mitt romney campaign. >> and they were raking it in in texas last night, how did it go for 9 romney camp? i want well, look, texas is -- this is why we all thought that rick perry was going to be the governor of texas was going to be a serious candy for the republican presidential nomination, because texas is the home of republican money, both small and large, but especially large. anytime he goes to texas or frankly california, not a state you think all that much of when it comes to republican, but there are a lot of wealthy republicans there, he is going to raise massive sums of money. it's important to remind people, this election between mitt romney and barack obama will not by decided by money. they are both going to raise my guest north of $750 million, you're going t

. >> joining me now to get into the raw tol particulars kevin madden and democratic strategies. would someone who heard the answer i gave this morning be able to tell that? >> well, i think that the governor is talking more about the divide right now between the president's posture on the economy, some of the rhetoric that he's using. and the real, the perceptions i think and the realities that americans are feeling every single day in this economy. the president has talked about that we're making progress and that the private sector is doing fine, but people are feeling very real anxieties about everything like tom said about housing prices and the amount of savings that they had as well as the rising costs that they're seeing whether it's at the gas pump or food prices or everything from health care costs to energy costs to education costs, all of those are rising right now. and that the president's policies right now. done enough to get us out of the economic doldrums that we've seen over the last four years and that's the reason we're having this election, we're putting a co

. >> joining me now to get into the raw politics, kevin madden. democratic strategist and obama 2012 pollster cornell belcher. he knows the president isn't responsible for the 40% drop in net worth. someone who heard the answer he gave this morning be able to tell that? >> i think the governor is talking more about the divide right now between the president's posture on the economy, some of the rhetoric that he's using, and the real -- the perceptions i think and the realities that americans are feeling every single day in this economy. the president's talked about that we're making progress and the private sector's doing fine. but people are feeling very real anxieties about everything like tom said about housing prices and the amount of savings that they have. and as well as the rising costs that they're seeing. whether it's at the gas pump or whether it's for food prices or everything from health care costs, energy costs, to education costs, higher education costs. all of those are rising right now. and the president's policies right now haven'

i'm joined by kevin madden. >>> also, the latest madden and cornell blecher. fires blazing. hundreds of thousands of acres already lost. with winds expected to pick up tomorrow, what little progress was made today could be lost. we'll check in with chad myers. those stories and a new report out of syria documenting almost unthinkable acts by pro regime forces. torture and murder of children. it's all starting at the top of the hour, erin, we'll have a lot more as well. >> looking forward to hearing all that. >>> it was an emotional day of testimony in the case against former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. an 18-year-old who prosecutors identify as victim number one broke down in tears as he testified how sandusky repeatedly abused him from the age of 11. testimony which also brought some jurors to tears was followed by more disturbing statements. you may remember him, the redheaded assistant football coach who was the first eyewitness to tell the jury he saw sandusky molesting a young boy in the showers at penn state. sandusky is accused o

romney advisor kevin madden was the guy. what's his name etch-a-sketch, eric fehrnstrom. it almost exactly the same. yeah. "the boston globe." in romney's last full year in office, massachusetts grew bies 0.16%. they're saying oh, his last year was so spectacular it averaged out, what happened. what? huh? yeah, the claim that massachusetts under romney ranked 47th out of 50 states in job growth is true. the romney campaign has not disputed its accuracy. if the district of columbia is included. that was 48th. over the four-year period, massachusetts jobs grew by 1.26%, well behind the national meediam of 4.84. >> so he wasn't 47th. >> so no matter how you spin it, it was a crappy record on job creation. one economist quoted here argued romney's frequent argument that unemployment dropped during his ten sewer a false indicator. he said the unemployment rate fell because people were leaving the work force in droves. >> nothing he's proposing to do as president is going to improve jobs. if anything, it will make it worse. >> stephanie: exactly. let's go to sharon real quick i

kevin madden advised the mitt romney campaign in 2008. he had the good sense to be headquartered in charleston, n.c.. peter brown is a lead architect and analyst of the ubiquitous battleground states and national polls which have made quinnipiac and a likely household word. welcome all. as we have heard over the last hour or so, there are very substantial issue differences between president obama and mitt romney on a range of issues. of those differences, which do you think will be the most important in shaping the general election campaign? >> let me thank everybody for being here. joel is one of the best in the business. i am very grateful to the appear with them. -- to be up here with them. usually, i can just cover the phone and roll my eyes. now i cannot. it really comes down to the view of the role of government. if you look at the economic debate temecula get the health care debate that we had in 2010 -- economic debate and if you look at the health care debate that we had in 2010, and the arguments of free enterprise and the gover