mark matthews, abc7 news. >>> just when will those storms begin arriving in the bay area?meteorologist lisa argen has a look at live doppler, coming up. >>> stunning video out of australia where a crane catches fire then collapses. >>> feds take action against a popular peanut butter maker. >>> frightening scene high over sydney, australia after a construction crane caught fire the incident forced police to evacuate thousands good thing they did the crane's massive arm collapsed on to a roof below. nobody was hurt. the company that owns this crane also owns the one that collapsed in new york during hurricane sandy. >>> to the crisis in egypt. clashes have broken out in cairo hours before planned massive rally by opponents of the country's president. thousands are taking to the streets, throwing rocks, clashing with police near the u.s. embassy in tahrir square. angry protesters want president morsi to rescind decreases granting himself near absolute powers. morsi has tried to soften his position saying he is only increasing his powers temporarily. >>> palestinian officials

mark matthew is live on sir francis drake boulevard. >> reporter: we are in downtown fairfax the cabin that burned last night is a mile and a half from here. the cabin is at a dead end road 40 meadow way in the cascade canyon, a neighborhood outside the city limits of fairfax. the cabin caught fire last night by the time firefighters arrived, it was almost to the ground. an hour ago, a very emotionally distraught woman came to the scene demanding to get past the police barricade. >> no! i want to go to the house now, come with me. >> i need you to stay behind the firemen. >> talk to him, calm down. >> i'm the caregiver, i do hospice this is the son of my boss. why can't i go up there? >> i can have you pass this line. >> why? >> the woman says she is the estranged wife of the cabin's owner. police are talking with her now. >> came in 1:30, 2:00 last night they had troubl locating it conflicting reports about what was going on up here thought it was a transformer located the fire by the time they got here the fire was fully involved. >> reporter: the fire marshal says they are still in

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mark matthew is live on sir francis drake boulevard. >> reporter: we are in downtown fairfax the cabin that burned last night is a mile and a half from here. the cabin is at a dead end road 40 meadow way in the cascade canyon, a neighborhood outside the city limits of fairfax. the cabin caught fire last night by the time firefighters arrived, it was almost to the ground. an hour ago, a very emotionally distraught woman came to the scene demanding to get past the police barricade. >> no! i want to go to the house now, come with me. >> i need you to stay behind the firemen. >> talk to him, calm down. >> i'm the caregiver, i do hospice this is the son of my boss. why can't i go up there? >> i can have you pass this line. >> why? >> the woman says she is the estranged wife of the cabin's owner. police are talking with her now. >> came in 1:30, 2:00 last night they had troubl locating it conflicting reports about what was going on up here thought it was a transformer located the fire by the time they got here the fire was fully involved. >> reporter: the fire marshal says they are still in

in chicago, mark matthews, abc7 news. >> what a place to be, mark.nks very much. >> abc7 news reporter laura anthony is with the romney campaign in boston. >> hi, carolyn. quite a different scene here in boston. as exciting and exhilarating as it sounds like it was in chicago, here in boston pretty early on in the evening it was pretty clear that things were not going the way the romney supporters had hoped they would. especially when the swing states started falling one by one. everyone here had pinned their hopes on winning at least some of those. as they watched them go one by one in obama's favor it was clear this was not going to be a good night. at about 5:00 to 1:00 in the morning, 12:55 here local time governor romney took the stage behind me. he came out all alone. the cheers were subdued i would say. the crowd was large, but very quiet. he began to make his remarks. he said he called the president. he had conceded to the president and then he talked about what he hoped for the country in the months to come. >> the nation as you know is at a

. >> we heard mark matthews talking about the importance of the ground game for the democrat and getting out there and making inroad in certain counties. it seems they had analytical way of approaching this this is another big development in the election cycle. technology is moving so fast and a lot of the market research technique of tracking what people do on line and what that tells us about what product they might be likely to buy that was put into use in the political campaign this year by tracking different types of voters and really targeting specific voters based on their lifestyle and the issues that might be important to them so young voters were targeted differently through social media and through ads directed at that particular democratic group whereas older voters or hispanic voters might be targeted using different sets of ads. >> more traditional. >> yes. also helped with the voter turn out or the ground game because they could target specific voters based on voting history and much more 70's indicate entered working on getting out those voters on election day. >> we'll c

mark matthews with more on the day and some bay area members of his campaign. >> they arrived this morning after a flurry of last minute campaigning throughout several battle ground states. in his old chicago neighborhood of hid park he stopped by a campaign office to thank volunteers. >> we've got to round up the votes. >> did he phone calling himself. >> you've got to tell the team i appreciate it. >> then, told reporter ez wanted to congratulate mitt romney on a hard fought campaign. >> i know his supporters are just as enthusiastic as we are today. we feel confident we've got the vos to win. it's going to depend on whether votes turn out so i ñ encourage tofsh make sure you exercise this precious right that we have, that people fought hard for us to have. >> he then retreated to play his election day basketball game. california attorney general harris arrived in chicago and he has been taking a bus tour through ohio. this video posted from you tube, yesterday we're told she was in iowa. tonight she'll be here to talk with us about the campaign. also from san francisco, wade ramly, on t

mark matthews was in grant park when the president was elected and is in chicago tonight with more on the preparations there. reporter: on the streets of chicago you do not see obama signs like four years ago. tonight, big donors met but you couldn't tell. san francisco's is one of the financial backers from the bay area. >> everytime he has come to town i have been in the line, and that's a little more than being out in the rafters. >> but she is going to be here at the mccormick center tomorrow night. we can't show you the inside of the hall. no pictures until tomorrow. tickets have been set aside for campaign volunteers, like the folks at this phone bank in chicago. tied they were calling volters in wisconsin and iowa, among them, this aide, debby. >> you can see the people so invested and committed here. i don't think anything is being taken for granted. >> she talks about the energy in the phone bank room but on the street office chicago, we weren't feeling it. not from the people we talked with. we didn't see signs for the president. there weren't the big crowds of supporters we

mark matthews was in grant park when the president was elected and is in chicago tonight with more on the preparations there. reporter: on the streets of chicago you do not see obama signs like four years ago. tonight, big donors met but you couldn't tell. san francisco's is one of the financial backers from the bay area. >> everytime he has come to town i have been in the line, and that's a little more than being out in the rafters. >> but she is going to be here at the mccormick center tomorrow night. we can't show you the inside of the hall. no pictures until tomorrow. tickets have been set aside for campaign volunteers, like the folks at this phone bank in chicago. tied they were calling volters in wisconsin and iowa, among them, this aide, debby. >> you can see the people so invested and committed here. i don't think anything is being taken for granted. >> she talks about the energy in the phone bank room but on the street office chicago, we weren't feeling it. not from the people we talked with. we didn't see signs for the president. there weren't the big crowds of supporters we

mark matthews was in grant park when the president was elected and is in chicago tonight with more one. reporter: on the streets of chicago you do not see obama signs like four years ago. tonight, big donors met but you couldn't tell. san francisco's is one of the financial backers from the bay area. >> everytime he has come to town i have been in the line, and that's a little more than being out in the rafters. >> but she is going to be here at the mccormick center tomorrow night. we can't show you the inside of the hall. no pictures until tomorrow. tickets have been set aside for campaign volunteers, like the folks at this phone bank in chicago. tied they were calling volters in wisconsin and iowa, among them, this aide, debby. >> you can see the people so invested and committed here. i don't think anything is being taken for granted. >> she talks about the energy in the phone bank room but on the street office chicago, we weren't feeling it. not from the people we talked with. we didn't see signs for the president. there weren't the big crowds ofe supporters we saw four years ago.

mark matthews is here with a look at what cap and trade means for california businesses and consumersd chamber of commerce filing a lawsuit today that will not stop tomorrow's auction. what they do want to do is stop the program, they claim it will put an undue burden on california businesses. when governor schwartzeneggar signed a bill in september of 2006, he set into place a system of charging companies for amount of carbon into the atmosphere. the california air resources board adopted a plan to phase in the caps. companies like cliff bar are celebrating the day tomorrowing -- hoping to take advantage of that installing solar panels on roof tops. >> this provides 70% of the electricity and heat. >> cliff bar will be able to sell carbon credits. >> we hear concern. >> he says companies going to have to pay more to meet limb skbrits those costs will be passed on to consumers and will cost jobs. >> it helps california6óç)x rede emissions. that is what they have done. >> energy expert says that is just not accurate. >> saying big energy users like utilities and oil companies have been

mark matthews is live but we'll begin with sandhya patel tracking the storm. sandhya?d. it's going to be a fast mover but going to hit at the morning commute. just clouds at this hour, but we have our own radar on mount st. helena tracking all three storms that are due in here the first one as mentioned arriving here during morning commute this, is storm one going to bring us strong winds, heavy rains, storm two due here later in the week and last in the series, it hits us

abc 7 news mark matthews is here with challenges over the fiscal cliff. mark?scal cliff is what we could be facing in january. when the bush-era cuts expire and a series of deep spending cuts go into affect. economists say it could push the economy back into a recession. lawmaker intrnz putting off get past elections. now, that happened. congress fails to act by the end of the year, spending cuts and tax increases will kick in, costing average american household about 3700s oodz that would take so much demand out of the economy that we might find ourselves in another recession. >> the labor secretary says nobody wants that.]n'ytlñ our political analyst says there is no deal in the works. >> right now they're not prepared. there is no agreement on basic principals. all we know is that cuts are looming and that cuts across the board are looming. >> speaker of the house john boehner appeared to dig in his heels on the suggestion of tax increases.. >> raising taxes on small business people is the wrong prescription given wheream> democratic stla

yesterday abc 7 news mark matthews went along to witness historic milestone.orter: scientist with the california department of fish and game on a rescue mission. they are trapping chinook salmon in this part of the river near merced in an effort to restore the fish to river that is being brought back to life. >> this is an important milestone in the san joaquin river restoration program. >>reporter: executive director of the river conservation trust explains this is part of a decade long effort to restore the san what you kin river which used to be the home waters for chinook salmon. old timeers who grew up on the river say the spring salmon runs were something to see. >> you could run across the back and not touch the water. >>reporter: walt is talking about gravel ford. this is that part of the san joaquin now. dried up. been like this for most of the past 60 years. ever since the dam was built in the 1940's. to pwloung the san joaquin and to divert the river water into channels to irrigate central valley farms from bakersfield to chowchilla. the fish just n

mark matthews on the final day of the campaign, next. >> here in chicago four years ago a balmy night. the president won reelection. it's cold and there are other changes we'll tell you about when abc 7 news at 6:00. >> thank you, and unprecedented efforts to cover tomorrow night's election returns online. they'll have access to more than just numbers to be sure. stay with us. th >>> with just mofr than 24 hourgs to go now until votes are in, president obama has inched out to a slim advantage. the president now has a three-point lead in the popular vote over mitt romney according to latest tracking poll from abc news and washington post. abc 7 news political reporter is live at the campaign head quarters in chicago tonight. we're here in chicago is obama country about as blue as bay area here. so makes sense this is where the president will spend tomorrow fight. today he had important places to be. the president started his last day on the catch yain in wis wisms a huge crowd estimated 18,000 cheered him on. >> you know i'll fight for you as hard as i know how. you know that will happ

first elected in 1972, refusing to debate swalwell in this race and got testy when abc 7 news mark matthewshim bit this summer. >> m. >> pete, why won't you debate him? >> it's stupid questions you're asking that don't have to do with issues.. >> swal waels campaign posted a mock debate, swalwell credits a broad swath of voters with giving him the win. >> i think it's democrats, republicans and independents. across the board, i think we're able to appeal and put performance above politics and through a sharp contrast through our campaign and the incumbent. >> stark saying i went to washington by running against an unpopular war and for women's rights, and dig nitty foreseeners i leave knowing landscapes have changed. i am happy to be of assistance in the future. >> have you heard from stark today? >> we have not heard from him. he know how's to get a hold of us and wish him well. >> stallwell heads to washington for orientation, sworn in january 3. >> and more election measure a in santa clara taxes will raise tax there, sales tax in san dayo will go up half a percent. marin county voters p

more from political reporter mark matthews. >> vote yes on 3. vote, yes on 3. >> governor brown walked in the club bought taking questions with the new numbers. in the final days he is about making his case for a temporary sales tax increase on everything except groceries and gas and a longer hike on income taxes making over quarter a million a year. >> those who have done the best, can't they help us in california ace time of need. >> without the $6 billion that prop 30 would generate. the automatic trigger cuts are in the budget. >> money into the schools and colleges, into the california dream or out. yes or no. >> more californians saying yes, 48-38% opposed. >> all the governor needs is another two or 3 percentage points and this thing will pass. >> former chair of the state republican party doesn't think so. >> usually when you are in this situation and you blow below 50% the odds are against it. >> take a look at the numbers one more time. 14% are undecided. those undecided voters tend to break heavily for the no side. >> it's just voters

at the port mark matthews abc 7 news. >> a contra costa county injury has -- jury has given the deathenalty to nathan burress, convicted in a double murder in a toll plaza, he shotgunned his former girlfriend and a man burress believed was romanticly involved with her, today he told a victim's family he killed the man's brother and there is nothing they can do about it. one jury member called the behavior heinous. >> a redwood city woman is in custody accused of stealing jewelry from three homes she cleaned in palo alto. police arrested the 36-year-old after finding several items inside of her home reported stolen, police believe she may be responsible8u for thefts from other homes as well oolt board of san francisco just voted to ban nudity in most places for anyone age five or older, supporters say it's just gotten out,o,a6 of hand in partf the city. critics say this has gone too far. and infringes on the freedom of expression of nudists. we'll have a live report coming up at 5:00. >> the university of california berkeley fired football coach jeff tedford, larry what is your take? >

c 7 news mark matthews will have live coverage from chicago at 5:00 and 6:00 and tomorrow, on electionay, laura anthony will have live reports all day tomorrow. >> if you have trouble voting you can report problems at your polling place to us. abc 7 news election night hot line. abc 7 news will bring results on tuesday at 3:00 p.m. a special edition of abc 7 news including live reports from obama and romney campaign headquarters at 3:30, world news with diane sawyer followed by live election coverage from abc news at 4:00 p.m. then at 8:00 when polls are closing in california you can get bay area results from us, then abc news national returns at 8:30 that will be a wrap up on abc 7 news at 11:00. >> today abc and our parent company, disney teeming up with american red cross for a day of giving to raise money for relief efforts. it began with famous faces working during the show. good morning america co-anchor robin roberts also took part. here is her message today. >> so difficult for me to follow doctor's orders and stay home last week. i felt helpless watching people, those families

this is the thirtd day of violence, and missles have >> and abc 7 news mark matthews is live with usgomery street. and not a lot of rain, just a light sprinkle here in sacramento. not enough to dampen 150 that have gathered here to protest israeli strikes in the gaza strip. this is all part of a battle for public opinion that moved from the streets to the internet. rockets and bombs in gaza. the war also online. the battle israeli forces and hamas both using the internet to get messages out at the moment of israeli forces began hitting targets they sent out a tweet saying the defense forces have begun a wide spread campaign on terror. moments later, posted a video of a deadly air strike. >> it's something that is being fought on television, on web sites, in social media. >> the council general calls it a battle for legitimacy. >> today, in the global world is a strong component of norm relations he says it's a battle israel is winning in the u.s.. >> i would say overwhelming majority is very supportive. americans understand. >> but a uc berkeley electric tourer says it's just spin. >

mark matthews is here with numbers. >> nannette miranda said it's going to be a nail baiter.ere are signs for sup or thers of the tax plan. vote yes on 30. vote yes. vote yes on 30. >> vote yes on 30. >> governor brown walked into his appearance without taking kbez the new numbers. final days of the campaign, he's all about making his case for a temporary sales tax increase. and a longer hike on income taxes for those making over a quarter kblinl per year. >> those who have done the best can't they help us in california's time of need? >> without $6 billion brown warned the trigger cuts already in the budget will take that amount out of the funding for schools. >> money into schools and colleges, into the california dream, or out. in or out? yes or no? >>sfa showing more californians saying question. -- yes. 14% undecided. this pollster runs the field poll. >> all the governor sneedz another to% or 3% and this would pass. i think chances are better than anything. >> the former chair of the state republican part redoesn't think so. >> in this situation this close to election

mark matthews is there tonight. it's flood there'd. >> it has. we're up on the marin headlands and it's wind causing concern. let's start in tiburon at the tok autos winds are encouraging boat owners to check on mooring lines. the changing weather brought jim erskin down to the docks, leaves falling, and jeff brooks says these storms from hawaii mean it's a good time to clean out the gutter autos pineapple express. i've learned in the pacht. you don't want to consider them lightly. >> out in front of the face is one of 15 crews hired to cut branch as way from power lines. pg&e is expecting this storm to cause outages. the utility is stockpiling trance formers in their yards, warning marin county residents to expect the brunt of the storm. >> that means having battery operated radios and flashlights on hand. having a corded telephone on hand, ready to go. so when power is out, cordless phones won't work. >> the county says it's been clearing out storm drains for months, outside of fire house 2, linda krueger took advantage of the free sand, sandba

. >> mark matthews mentioned a moment ago, san francisco congress woman announced she wants to stay on at as house minority leader, she'll explain the role women will play in guiding american politics in the years ahead. >> where does that burden fall? >> governor brown looking for answers after meeting with members of the committee on finance today. that meeting at ucsf focused on budgets for next school year and for the first time, in a long time, no students protested today's meeting.ylbm >> the state massive deficit is shrinking. this is according to a report out today from the legislative analyst saying california faces a $1.9 billion deficit, smaller than in recent years and way below $13 billion projected gap. the report attributes in part to cuts and a temporary tax as proved by voters closing the gap somewhat here. the report forecasts a possibility of surpluses as early as 2014. >> there was intimatent power in san francisco city hall, the fire department says the sprinkler system kicked in and did it's job at the offices that are closed today fchl a few hearings had to be c

abc 7 news mark matthews is live right now where supporters of both sides are demonstrating again, outsideconsulate. mark? >> this rain brought 250 behind me. tonight boy say maybe 50 or 0 tops ear in front of the clonsit calling on rail to end their military strikes in gaza. and again, on the other side of the street we're seeing pro israel democrat strailtors. i'd say maybe two dozen calling on palestinians to stop shooting rockets into israel. >> the group shows several rockets being fired towards israel. hamas fighters launched 500 in the past six days including 75 today. families inntg1÷ israel have ben forced into shelters.. >> it's very scary. we can't go to school.y[.6 >> and air strikes are taking their toll on the ground in gaza. strikes destroyed buildings. the death toll reached 100. this mother lost her 2-year-old and 4-year-old in gaza city saying i'm in shock, i don't believe it. for the second day, israel hit palestinian information leader and wounding two children. >> people are desperate for pain medicine, for antibiotics.. >> barbara lubin is collecting money to buy med

. >> mark matthews went along to witness the historic milestone. >> reporter: i know you have reported it on the past. hundreds of thousands of salmon swam in the ocean and up the river to spawn north of fresno. however, for the past 60 years the stretch of river from near merced to the dam up in fresno it's been impossible. not a single salmon could make the trip until now. >> scientists w are on a rescue mission. they are trapping chinook salmon near mercet in an effort to restore these fish to a river that is being brought back to life. >> this is an important milestone in the san joaquin restoration program. >> executive director of the program explains this is part of a decades' long effort to restore the san joaquin river which used to be home waters for chinook salmon. they say the spring is a mondays runs. >> you could run across their backs and not touch the water. >> this is that part of the san joaquin now. it's dried up and been like this for most of the past 60 years. ever since the dam was built in the 1940s and to divert the river water into channels to irrigate central

mark matthews is live at the port of oakland with the story. >> things not always as they appear, but is a0+, good case in point. most of the people that were out here striking, members of the union, don't work here at the port ever f. oakland. most of the people blocking this gate here weren't members of the union that is striking. they chanted the union slogans but tried to find a member of the servicey3 employee unions. >> i'm here as a supporter. >> actually, i'm an elected official. >> there are reports here, i don't know. >> rick is a member of local 1021. he works at the airport. most of the workers are at the airport as far as i understand. >> from this unions2=j.⌞wz >> there were picket lines but not there to block any business. >> this is affecting you? >> no. >> this is the workers that did not want to shut this place down. >> we're not trying to. question we can't see anyone saying my mother didn't, or grandmother, didn't get here for thanksgiving. that is a black eye. >> rather than incur the wrath of the traveling public, fdiu shut down the port for the day. which left

mark matthews for the reason. >> all the women elected, she announced she would like to stay on as theouse minority leader. >> we have work to do. i have made a decision to submit my name to my colleagues to once again serve as the house democratic leader. [ applause ] >> she failed in her drive to take back the house, but that is not going to count against her? >> my colleagues made it very clear. i think they must have coordinated with each other because their message was clear, don't even think of leaving. >> on election night it became democrats would not be taking back the house, i asked the spokesman for democratic committee if she failed? >> she is the best fund-raiser in the history of american politics in the house. >> there wasn't a hint she should be replaced. that fund-raising is a big part of the reason. in the past 22 months, pelosi has attended 650 fund-raising events, raising $72 million for democratic members of congress. they say democrats could wind up as many as eight more seats. >> that is better than people thought going in. i think the expectation was there was n

political reporter mark matthews with that. >> reporter: we're looking at 117,000 new jobs in the privatesector for october which is 50,000 more than analysts had predicted. but unemployment rate went up to 7.9% because more people are out looking for work. that mixed bag describes the situation for steve slater and his brother andrew. steve is a musician and his brother is designer. >> he says his economy is improving. >> returning students and new students signing up for lessons. >> and web designer? >> i hope to get new work and build the new app. so far no good. >> there are more part-time jobs complete with seasonal hiring but it's not so easy to find the right job. karen had has a ba and masters in poetry after being laid off as a teacher the wine industry is where she wanted to work. >> in california, economists say the job picture is more troubled than for much of the rest of the country. >> we have a short term and long term story. >> she is co-chair of wage and employment dynamics. the private sector is growing jobs but the gross domestic product isn't growing as fast as it we s

we'll bring live updates throughout the night, including reporters mark matthews at obama headquarters chicago and laura anthony at romney headquarters in boston. get real-time results on abc7news.com the moment the polls close at 8 p.m., live updates all night at facebook.com/abc7news and through twitter. >> officials in new york and new jersey believe they will be able to get everybody to the polls tomorrow, even in the areas ravaged by superstorm sandy. thousands will have to cast ballots outside of their neighborhoods. tens of thousands are camping outside their homes in 30° weather. they will be forced to seek shelter by wednesday when a new storm is predicted to hit. many schools reopened today, commuters are still crowding on to transit systems, slowly coming back online and people forced out of their cars by a gas shortage. some new jersey residents in areas hit by sandy woke up to a 2.0 earthquake overnight, no reports of damage. >>> abc7 and parent company abc tell teaming up with the red cross to help in the aftermath of san indictment. we begin with -- sandy. we begin with

mark matthews tonight with the president's pitch.porter: speaking from the east room at the white house the president message simple. >> we can't just cut our way to prosperity. we are serious about reducing the deficit we have to combine spending cuts with revenue. that means asking the wealthiest americans to pay a little more in taxes. >>reporter: he made the argument a central theme of the reelection campaign. now he says it's up to congress to follow the will of the majorit majority. at group square local and tourists watch the speech this morning. then agreed the bush era tax cut people making more than 250,000 ought to expire. >> i have always been a supporter of it. >> he made the point and i felt it was great. >> you know i think we all have to sacrifice. that's just the way it is. >> i don't make a quarter million a year and i'm willing to pay more taxes to solve the problem. i don't know why those people won't. >>reporter: well we did go to place called lefty. bay area business council meet thanksgiving morning former depu

softening on one of the leading candidate to replace hillary clinton. 7 news political reporter mark matthews tonight with short list that includes some well known bay area names. >> president known for some time that secretary of treasury tim guy and secretary of state hillary clinton are heeded for the door. leading candidate fo is rice but republican senator vowed to fight. if she got the nod. >> we will did whatever is necessary to block the name nation. >> the president fired back. >> when they after the un ambassador because she's an easy target? they have a problem with it. >>reporter: tonight senator mccain backing away. >> i think she deserves the ability and opportunity to explain herself and her position. >>reporter: ambassador not rivt. the attack was responsible taken us event. >> boosed on the information we have at present l is that in fact what this began as was responsible taken us not pre-med indicated response to what transpivrd in cairo. >>reporter: he wouldn't repeat his vow to stand in rice's way. >> there will be a lot of questions asked of her about this events and oth

is mark matthews is is here now to sort out the two differ iting visions of how the race is shaping updays. >> three new polls out of the all-important swing state of ohio giving barack obama a three to five-point lead in each of the polls. at the same time, mitt romney's campaign is buying ads in pennsylvania and minnesota and michigan. states thought to be firmly in the blue state column. at his first rally in the aftermath of sandy, mitt romney steered clear of any direct attacks on the president. but it was clear the political winds are picking back up. >> i don't just talk about change, i actually have a plan to execute change and to make it happen. >> romney was joined by former are florida governor jeb bush who downplayed the president's role in responding to the storm. >> my experience in this emergency response business is that it is the low he cal level and state level that really matters. >> for the romney campaign, a delicate balancing act. travel both president today is new jersey governor chris christie, one of romneys staunchest supporters and there he was traveling with

incompatibility of the portrayal in the movie with basic science raises a point that mark describes it that the synoptic goss members, matthew, mark, luke and john, do not suggest the basis for the extreme, the savagery that we see in the motion picture, correct? >> not at all. you can really only find one lines in the gospels about jesus being lashed and whipped. and all that scourging that we see in the film and that takes about 45 minutes in the movie. >> spell that out a little bit. in mthew there is mentionf being scourged before taken to the hill, that is the arduous process to get there, he was crowned with thorns, he was spit upon or smote or hit on the head. >> we certainly don't get a sense of the violence that attends the trial and the execution of jesus. we don't get that in the gospels at all. >> there's no mention -- let me clarify, there's no mention of scourging in john. and that brings us to another interesting question that we can raise with you and we're joined on the live line and he's actually been listening to us and he may choose to comment on what you've said thus far david brickner who is the executi

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field created allegedly when the hedge fund in question at the behest of this defendant, a matthew mar tomy marks who was arrested this morning, essentially traded out of pharmaceutical companies they had amassed positions in because they got early information about a drug trial that had not gone well, resulting ultimately in these quarter billion in profits. one thing absent from this commentary was any detail hot quote unquote hedge fund owner was mention noticed federal complaint that is widely believed to be stevie keen,ed and runs sac capital where mar toma worked until 2010. he was not mentioned by name, but appears, he, tyler, figures prominently in a decision too sell out of the positions. >> do we know anything about what mr. cohen's reaction may have been when he learned of this action on the part of the federal prosecutor in new york? >> well, i would assume, although i don't know that cohen or at least his attorneys knew that this was in the works for a little while, so they had a chance to prepare. i don't know that i'm speculating. i have heard that the timing of today's announcemen

mark halperin and steve schmidt. and joining us now, the host of msnbc's "hardball," chris matthews, everybody. utor to "newsweek" and the daily beast and co-founder of no labels, mark mckinnon who was with us at the 92nd street "y" last night getting wasted. >> just getting hammered. >> it was embarrassing. >> chris, i have a lot to ask. >> congratulations. i love this room. i keep thinking how great this is to be here. >> it is. it's so exciting. the crowd's great, too. and as i was saying in the break, this is the america that my mother warned me about if barack obama got re-elected. socialism and republicans forced to sit up in the balcony. there are four republicans. and they're sitting up there. it's going to be okay, mom, i promise. >> this is what paul ryan promised two days ago, two days ago was the fall of the western world. >> yeah. >> the end of the judeo-christian tradition, of all that we care about. pretty frightening. >> i love after anything that passes that the other side doesn't like, tonight, freedom breathed its final breath. and i actually believed it like the first couple

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