. >> reporter: but laura graham was supportive. >> mitt romney's team was smart in coming out strong saying we should never apologize when these things go down. >> reporter: late today, the president responded in an interview with cbs. >> there is a broader lesson here, and governor romney has a way of shooting first, naming later. and as president, one of the things i have learned is you can't do that. it is important to make sure that the statements you make are backed up by the facts, and that you have thought through the elements before you make them. >> reporter: it is worth noting that romney changed his schedule today and pulled back on the event he was holding in florida. the president is landing in nevada very soon, holding a campaign rally. >> chuck todd at the white house for us tonight. and of course before all of this blew up, the big story last night was the tensions that were higher than ever between the u.s. and israel over how to respond to iran's nuclear plans. prime minister netanyahu claimed the president had refused a meeting with him. the white house said it was

could it have been the likes of rush limbaugh and laura ing graham and other neocons on his team? president obama was presidential and strong. mitt romney and paul ryan looked like bit players in top radio's amateur hour. stature, diplomacy steadiness? national unity in the face of an international crisis? none of that! actually the fact that mitt romney changed his tone a bit today, softened his attacks is frankly more evidence that he was probably just reacting to criticism again. gail collins had a great column in "the new york times" today an she said that many people have given mitt romney a pass because they thought he's really deep down a reasonable guy. and that if he's elected his sanity and backbone are suddenly going to appear. but this week's troubling incident in the middle east, in his comments about it is exhibit -- i don't know, f g that instead, mitt romney is going to be guided by his bulliers on the right. he's like a frightened yes man whose whole life has been about pleasing his teachers, his bosses, his father but even during an election and at a time of cris

we have a lot of festivities from the nascar hall of fame we'll take you to billy graham's library . laura ingram joins us to talk about the news of the day. frank luns looking at ads hitting the air wave and how did brian kilmeade lose his video. we have video. "fox and friends" kicks off live from charlotte, back to you. >> we'll be watch issue. it is now 53 after the hour. 7 minutes until the top. ladies if your husband diant tell the difference twone off wheat and egg shell . new research show that men and women see colors different low. they struggle to tell subtles in color. and utah man survefied four days without food or water in a drainage pipe . four days after being stuck in the pipe he managed to climb out. doctors are trying to save his leg. >> glad he is okay. >> earlier in the show we asked you to look at this one. what do you want to hear from democrats this week? charles blatemoore. i want to hear an apology for an abysmal past four years. i would like to hear the democrats take credit for the mistakes. steve from florida i don't want to hear blame bush. >> thank you to ev