talk about the salt lake city olympics, but he has a hard time getting people to look at the man inside the biography. in any other profession, that would be an attractive trade, but in modern politics, it is deemed a failure. what did ann romney tell you about her husband that you did not already know? >> that he is image. we know all this. they told us by all this. question is -- do you believe it? >> what mark was saying was he is a nice guy, kind back, but did not hear any anecdotes. >> some of the people from the church testified about how he helped them. that is the kind of thing we need, i guess, more of. >> we did not see that in the 10:00 hour. >> no, we did not. >> he is a private guy running for a public position. he does not want to talk about his life. he does not want to talk about his income taxes or his swiss bank accounts. you know, americans want to know everything. they want to feel they have a real human being up there, not just the anti-obama. >> what did paul ryan tell you about mitt romney, or did he just tell you about all lion? >> we heard a lot about paul ryan

ey his success in the salt lake city olympics, success as governor of massachusetts. and my disillusionment with what's happened the past four years. it's for those reasons, primarily that i'm looking for maybe a change. >> reporter: and here is an example of the intensity of the battle coming in virginia. romney's running mate paul ryan, scott, has already campaigned here eight times. he's barely been on the ticket ned weeks. >> pelley: colorado is another state that could go either way erd we also asked likely voters there who would do a better job on the economy. last month, romney had a ten- point lead over the president. now they're effectively tied. and here's a reason that some folks may be feeling better about the economy. oval estate improved last month. sales of exihomes were up nearly 8%, selling at the fastest pace in more than two years. and construction of new homes years. and construction of new homes was up more th so for the moment in our poll old several others, prospects are brightening for the president. john dickerson is our political director, an

. >> could the scandal over salt lake's olympic bid shatter the city's quest to host the city games? ics were in trouble. salt lake city was embroiled in a bribery scandal that threatened to bring down the games. so the search was on for someone to repair the damage. >> the list of people who could have come in and saved the 2002 olympics began and ended with mitt romney. >> romney knew finance, politics and was a mormon. that made him the top choice. >> they called me instead of mitt because they knew mitt would turn them down flat. >> she called me at work and said, i want you to -- don't say, no, mitt. i think you ought to go run the olympics. i said, don't be ridiculous, that's absolutely crazy. i'd never do that. but over time she convinced me. >> despite ann's health issues, the romneys left bain and moved to utah in 1999. but when romney really left bain capital is now controversial. on paper, he remained chief executive officer, raising the question of his responsibility for companies that laid off workers when he was in utah. he says that he was gone from the company complete

. >> boston millionaire mitt romney is the new head of the scandal-plagued olympic organizing committee in salt lake cityun the 2002 winter olympics. right near where he went to college. >> and i thought it was a perfect opportunity for mitt. and i said, look, there will be obviously political benefits to having done a great job at the olympics. >> but it's not without risk. romney steps into a financial and management mess. charges of corruption, lots of red ink. >> and in our case, we took a financial audit, an operational audit and we said we're in much deeper trouble than we thought. we were about $375 million in the hole when we got going. >> the 2002 winter olympics become the ultimate turnaround project for the turnaround specialist. >> they were quite successful from a financial standpoint. they ran at a profit, and numbers vary between $60 million and $100 million. >> the miracle on ice hockey team of 1980. >> the winter olympics occurring only a few months after 9/11 are one of those feel good, god bless america moments. it included the use of a flag from ground zero at the opening ceremonies.

. >> boston millionaire mitt romney is the new head of the scandal-plagued olympic organizing committee in salt lake cityfer to run the 2002 winter olympics. right near where he went to college. >> and i thought it was a perfect opportunity for mitt. and i said, look, there will be obviously political benefits to having done a great job at the olympics. >> but it's not without risk. romney steps into a financial and management mess. charges of corruption, lots of red ink. >> and in our case, we took a financial audit, an operational audit and we said we're in much deeper trouble than we thought. we were about $375 million in the hole when we got going. >> the 2002 winter olympics become the ultimate turnaround project for the turnaround specialist. >> they were quite successful from a financial standpoint. they ran at a profit, and numbers vary between $60 million and $100 million. >> the miracle on ice hockey team of 1980. >> the winter olympics occurring only a few months after 9/11 are one of those feel good, god bless america moments. it included the use of a flag from ground zero at the opening cere

. >> boston millionaire mitt romney is the new head of the scandal-plagued olympic organizing committee in salt lake cityof an offer to run the 2002 winter olympics. right near where he went to college. >> and i thought it was a perfect opportunity for mitt. and i said, look, there will be obviously political benefits to having done a great job at the olympics. >> but it's not without risk. romney steps into a financial and management mess. charges of corruption, lots of red ink. >> and in our case, we took a financial audit, an operational audit and we said we're in much deeper trouble than we thought. we were about $375 million in the hole when we got going. >> the 2002 winter olympics become the ultimate turnaround project for the turnaround specialist. >> they were quite successful from a financial standpoint. they ran at a profit, and numbers vary between $60 million and $100 million. >> the miracle on ice hockey team of 1980. >> the winter olympics occurring only a few months after 9/11 are one of those feel good, god bless america moments. it included the use of a flag from ground zero at the open

. >> could the scandal over salt lake's olympic bid shatter the city's quest to host the city games? cs were in trouble. salt lake city was embroiled in a bribery scandal that threatened to bring down the games. so the search was on for someone to repair the damage. >> the list of people who could have come in and saved the 2002 olympics began and ended with mitt romney. >> romney knew finance, politics and was a mormon. that made him the top choice. >> they called me instead of mitt because they knew mitt would turn them down flat. >> she called me at work and said, i want you to -- don't say, no, mitt. i think you ought to go run the olympics. i said, don't be ridiculous, that's absolutely crazy. i'd never do that. but over time she convinced me. >> despite ann's health issues, the romneys left bain and moved to utah in 1999. but when romney really left bain capital is now controversial. on paper, he remained chief executive officer, raising the question of his responsibility for companies that laid off workers when he was in utah. he says that he was gone from the company completel

after all he founded one of the leading firms, turned around the salt lake city olympics and was a very successful governor. how did he get so clumsy so fast? in fact, the problem is not romney. but the new republican party, given the direction it has moved and pressures from the extreme, powerful elements, any nominee would face the same challenge. can you be a serious candidate for the general election while not outraging the republican base? fox news anchor brit hume refused to dwell on romney's economic policies he would put in place. why wouldn't mitt romney fluent in economics explain his economic policy? because any sensible answer would cause a firestorm in his party. it's obvious with a deficit of more of 7% of gross domestic product, any solution to our budgetary problems has to involve spending cuts and tax increases. ronald reagan agreed to tax increases when it hit 4%. george w. bush did when it was 3% of gdp. but today's republican party is organized around the proposition that no matter the circumstances, there must never be a tax increase of any kind. the simpson-bowles

. >> could the scandal over salt lake's olympic bid shatter our city's hopes of the olympic games? ed in a bribery scandal that threatened to bring down the games. so the search was on for someone to repair the damage. >> the list of people who could have come in and saved the 2002 olympics began and ended with mitt romney. >> romney knew finance, politics and was a mormon. that made him the top choice. >> they called me instead of mitt because they knew mitt would turn them down flat. >> she called me at work and said, i want you to -- don't say, no, mitt. i think you ought to go run the olympics. don't be ridiculous. that's absolutely crazy. i'd never do that. but over time she convinced me. >> despite ann's health issues, the romneys left bain and moved to utah in 1999. when romney really left bain capital is now controversial. on paper, he remained chief executive officer, raising the question of his responsibility for companies that laid off workers when he was in utah. he says that he was gone from the company completely, that the olympics were all-consuming. >> when he got th

. >> the success in the salt lake city olympics, success as governor of massachusetts, and my disillusionment what's happened the past four years, it's for those reasons primarily that i'm looking for maybe a change. >> reporter: here's just one example of the intensity of the fight for virginia. romney's running mate paul ryan has already campaigned in virginia eight times and he's barely been on the ticket for six weeks. >>> making news now at 5:52, authorities are upgrading the evacuation warnings in the eastern portion of washington state. some fast spreading wildfires are now threatening more populated areas. large fires are burning in the area you see right here. hundreds of people have already fled their homes in kittitas washington. >>> the same ride at a california amusement park got stuck for the second time. this time 20 people on the wind seeker ride at knox berry farms were left dangling for more than three hours. crews eventually got them off safely to the ground long after the park had closed. >>> ice levels in the arctic sea have dropped to their lowest levels since record kee

. >> his success in the salt lake city olympics, success as governor of massachusetts. and my disillusioniment with what's happened the past four years. it's for those reasons, primarily other that i'm looking for maybe a change. >> reporter: and here is an example of the intensity of the battle coming in virginia. romney's run, mate paul ryan, scott, has already campaigned here eight times. he's barely been on the ticket six weeks. >> pelley: colorado is another state that could go either wail d we also asked likely voters there who would do a better job on the economy. last month, romney had a 10-point lead over the president. now they're effectively tied. and here's a reason that some folks may be feeling better about the comple. real estate improved last month. sails of existing homes were up in nearly 8%, selling at the fastest pace in more than two years. and construction of new homes was up more than 2% upon so for the moment inaur poll and several others, prospects are brightening for the president. john dickerson is our political director, and, john, what are y

the salt lake city olympics is not just pictures on the television. ad to deal with 130 national olympic committees in most other countries control bid their government. international sports federations, national sports federations, dignitaries, the media. i used to deal with the olympics during the bush 41 administration and sometimes that made the u.n. general assembly look like a sand box. you add governor romney's experience at the global private equity firm bain capital. he has plenty of experience and even more importantly he has more judgment than president obama and vice president biden put together. shannon: the four former secretaries of state said we cannot be strong politically unless we are strong -- strong economically. >> i think there has been a disconnect in the obama presidency that that article points out. you can't have a strong american presence internationally without a recovering u.s. economy which we don't have. and you can't have sustained economic prosperity at home unless there is a strong american position around the world t

but his campaign is now in need of the same kind of turnaround that the salt lake city olympics were in need of when he landed this. and i think the same traits he was able to display, when he took the olympics, which were in disarray, it's part of his brand. part of how he won this nomination on the republican side. he needs to apply those to his campaign. >> and a week from now, that debate. he's trying to manage expectations. that has to reset the entire campaign. >> i'm reminded of 2004, when i was on the bush campaign. and we had done a great job painting john kerry as a flip-flopper. john kerry took the stage with president bush, he stood shoulder-to-shoulder and kicked our rear-ends. and the polls tightened right up. >> nicolle wallace, thanks very much. >>> now, to the latest on that hugely controversial call at the end of the seahawks/packer game monday night. the fury over it could help end the referee lockout. this morning, we're learning more about the stand-in refs who made that call. dan harris is here with more. dan, are they in hiding? >> no. but a lot of people say u

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two, salt lake city olympics. in dire need of help. turns it around. huge sort of national pride.governor of massachusetts. came in, took a failing state. balanced budget. >> 47th out of 50 in jobs. >> he walked into office, walked out of office as number 30. he has an amazing record. >> 47 out of 50 in jobs. >> success, success, success. track record. >> let me address a couple of the points that sean just made. jenna: brad, if you could, go back to the question though. >> sure. jenna:. jenna: i can't should we trust the president with another four years of our lives here? >> i'll tell you, tell you exactly why, jenna. the middle class should trust him for a few reasons. one, he won't raise their taxes by $2,000 a year like paul ryan and mitt romney are proposing to do. he will. >> said that in obamacare too. >> he will put middle class back on a road to success. mitt romney wants to take money from the middle class to fund more tax breaks for the wealthiest americans. but, let me say this. when the president took over, we had just come out of collapse and lehman and economy. it

he turned the salt lake city olympics around. he ran the state of massachusetts.re failing. we are about to go off this fiscal cliff. and we need somebody that can turn it around. president obama has not turned it around. >> but the governor has also taken over companies and put people out of work. at the expense of losing jobs and making money for himself and for his investors. if you're going to tell one side of the story, tell the other side. >> and president obama's energy policy, if it's implemented, it's going to cost -- let me see. i have the numbers right here because i'm not very good with numbers. but it's going to cost us 7.3 million jobs by 2020. and $1 trillion in compliance costs between 2020 and 2030. >> i just never understand what that has to do with loving the nation. honestly, i always feel like that's a code word for something else. >> i just don't feel like he is -- >> what is the basis for questioning the president's love for this country? how can you say that? >> i just don't believe that he loves america the way that we do. >> based on what

[applause] mitt romney will rescue america like he rescued the winter olympics in salt lake city.t spending, make government smaller, and get us on a path to a balanced budget. mitt romney will create 12 million new jobs. he will reduce spending to less than 20% of the gross domestic product and he will get america back on track. it is a great honor to welcome the next president of the united states to god's country. mitt romney. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much. thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you so very much. what a welcome. that is quite a welcome. thank you, orange city. thank you northwestern college. mr. president, thank you for letting me be on your campus today. how many of you are going to northwestern college? [cheers and applause] and thank you to the governor. is and it's terrific that a guy who had been governor be -- isn't it terrific that a guy who had been governor and was teaching in guiding a great institution of higher learning and he said, i would need speak kind of leadership only he can bring. he came back -- means the kind of leadership onl

utah made it a point to say that the 2002 winter olympics in salt lake city were publicly financed, another dig at mitt romney strict capitalism platform. >> it should be good theater tonight when the president is speaking >> to reports out could provide a preview to tomorrow's employment report for august >> here to talk about it is jason brooks >> some encouraging news on the job market when it comes to first-time weekly unemployment claims, they fell by 12,000. the four week average is hovering right around 371,000, still suggesting moderate growth. the august jobs report does come out tomorrow and a private payroll trackers said it saw a bigger than expected gain in august. as far as the economists, we will see a gain tomorrow with the unemployment rate staying steady at 8.3%. europe is in focus this morning. the president of the european central bank finally unveiling his plan to buy bonds from struggling governments keeping up with a mountainous debt. that has given the market's a nice boost. right now of the dow is surging higher. nasdaq is picking up 31 points. another solid day for

olympics in l.a. you went to lake placid i think as a first. he carried the the torch in salt lake cityin 2002 and athens in 2004 and beijing in 2008 in the name of standing for human rights and against antisemitism throughout the world. he also inspires many residents of san francisco with his passion for human rights around the world, but also diverse cultures in sport and competition, in art, and most of all his kindness and amazing spirit. it was his birthday on saturday, september 1. we worked kind of with him and many richmond residents to declare that his day in the city. but i wanted to bring this to the board of supervisors also. and on behalf of the city and county of san francisco to hereby recognize on the occasion of his 80th birthday, for his impact not just to the richmond district but to all the people of the city of san francisco. >> i am living in san francisco for almost 40 years, since i came from russia. and on behalf of san francisco, i carried four olympic torches. this is 1984, los angeles. this is 2002, salt lake city. this is 2004 in greece, athens. and this is

he did save the olympics in salt lake city.ave ever seen anyone who is more ill at ease on stage. i've actually used the phrase, kind of a tortured phrase, that he is inauthentically spontaneous. when he tries to be spontaneous, all of the parts don't seem to fit together somehow. i don't know how that's going to work for him as the campaign goes on. the big, big -- next big event to watch would be -- is the debate. first debate, that comes up in october, will have an enormous audience because this is a big election. >> jimmy: yeah. >> they both come out -- they've come out of their conventions now, ready to do battle. and that's the first time we'll see them in the ring going at one another. that's going to be a big deal. >> jimmy: yeah, who knows how that's going to turn out. i want to say congratulations to you and your wife meredith on 50 years of marriage. is that right? [ cheers and applause ] ♪ 50 years. 50 years of marriage. >> 50 years. >> jimmy: what is that like, 50 years of marriage? >> well, you know, what i've sai

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the power of these partnerships in 2002 when i was asked to be the head of the winter olympic games in salt lake city. i saw what happened when elements of a community were willing to join together in extraordinary unity. we were able to overcome challenges that many thought would be impossible for an organization like ours to overcome. the clinton global initiative has also dem straighted the effe -- demonstrated social enterprise. endeavor to comfort and assuage the pains of the afflicted but also to change lives, change lives through freedom, through free enterprise, through entrepreneurship and to the incomparable dignity that's associated with work. preenterprise, as we know, has done more to bless humanity than any other economic system. not only because it is the only system that creates a prosperous middle class but also because it is the only system where the individual enjoys the freedom to guide and build his or her life. free enterprise can not only make us better off financially, it can make us better people. ours is a very compassionate nation, as you know. you look around the world and