show, martin bashir. >> vice president of policy and outreach, heather mcghee. >> 50 days from the election, foreign policy is front and center. the white house has been calibrating its approach to the war in afghanistan and race to prevent a nuclear iran. the wave of anti-american protests that have spread to more than 20 countries including pakistan, indonesia and afghanistan have prompted significant debate about america's role on the global stage. in violent protests this morning more than 1,000 demonstrators took to the streets in kabul. more concerning were a series of deadly insider attacks on u.s. and nato forces. insurgents in afghanistan wearing american uniforms killed two marines while causing $200 million in damage. insider attacks killed six nato members elsewhere in the country this weekend. in libya conflicting opinions on whether the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi was premed cate tated. >> our current assessment is what happened in benghazi was, in fact, initially a response tains you reaction of what had transpired hours before in cairo, almost a cop

martin bashir is the host of "the martin bashir show."od morning, david. >> 15 years after the death of princess diana. were you surprised that this has happened? >> no, not at all. it's a terribly abysmal echo of what happened to william's mother. she was pursued relentlessly, as you know. william maintains that the paparazzi played a role in his mother's death. though nobody was actually prosecuted for that, and i think that this is inevitable because people have assumed that it's the british press who pursue the royal family with the greatest aggression, but in fact it's press all around the world that cover the royal family, and that's the issue. >> the expectation of privacy is also the issue and whether that is at some level naive for any royal in this media environment, in this case she was at a private villa that was pretty remote. >> and the french have far more strict privacy laws than the british or the americans do. so they assume that, but you can't assume anything if you're a member of the royal family. >> it was striking to

martin bashir, what do you think? >> i think i agree, krystal and i'm luking forward to you joining our broadcast. >> i'm looking forward to that, too. >> thank you to the audience for staying with us. d s wrdr mitt, mitt er 27 or willard? it's all very confusing. >> we're in toledo, right? so it's oh? okay that's where we e. sta insured.on >> he's the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. >> i don't think there's anything that shows more empathy and care about the people of this country than that kind of rhetoric. >> i will repeal obama care and replace it with real health ca rm 10f ki in our state have health insurance. my state was a leading indicator of what liberals have been trying to do across t country. >> 100% of the kids in our state have health insurance. i was a severely conservative republican governor. i don't thk there's ything that shows morempnd c abtheof this country. i'm not familiar with precisely with what exactly i said but i stand by what i said whatever it was. ♪ >>> a

. >> julian epstein raised an interesting point on the martin bashir show yesterday. want to show you about trying to change the subject from the 47% remark. >> what they actually did, reinforced the narrative here. but for the manipulation that gets romney from 9% tax rate to 14% tax rate, he would be paying less in taxes than the majority of 47% of people he insulted as moocher moochers. >> if the governor was in fact trying to change the narrative, did he just -- did he make things worse? >> i think, yeah, julian epstein was exactly right. here's the problem. mitt romney has an underlying narrative about him that is negative, he will do anything to get elected and that's his only ideology. the idea they only released tax returns dealing with the year he was already running for president and he clearly manipulated the results on those returns to increase the rate of taxes he paid, it makes it look like a very cynical move. the other issue is -- without doing it -- even the tax rate he put himself at, 14%, even that is significant lower than what the average american

that dit fhe cycle," martin bashir, take it away. >> steve kornacki, thank you so much.s that stench? ♪ >> misery loves mitt. his poll numbers sink to new lows. >> the polls are not favoring mitt romney. >> there's no time off. it's around the clock kind of work. >> i don't pay a lot of attention to the day-to-day polls. >> now the bri ph ople >> we trust our internal polls. >> i'll go up or down. >> one goes one way, one dog goes the other way. >> yes, mitt's dream is going another way, too. >> that's quite a guy, isn't it, paul ryan! listen, ro/r h, sweet jesus. >> sweet jesus, indeed. >> romney/ryan, there we go, that's great. >> stop it. this is hard. you want to try it? did i -- was i a little strong? >>

in fact he ran a four hour marathon and martin bashir pointed out his time was two minutes longer than sarah palin. but i think with respect to the janesville plant because that got a lot of attention, he said that he did not say president obama is responsible for that plant closing, but that the president said that he would work to get that plant reopened and that has not happened. >> ron mott reporting from cedar rapids. thank you. >>> the first lady has we've been talking about will speak at the convention tonight. and look at this, she is currently featured on the convention cover of "time" magazine. she's been one of her husband's strongest allies. and tonight she is expected to echo a middle class message she delivered last month in iowa. >> in the end, it all boils down to who you are and what you stand for. and we all know who my husband is don't we? he is the son of a single mother who struggled to put herself through school and pay the bills. >> let's talk more now with kelly wallace. great to see you. >> great to see you. >> let's dive in and talk about the first lady. and w

martin bashir, it's all yours. >> good afternoon, it's wednesday, september 19th. and mitt romney is ready to hit the reset button again. with just two weeks until the first debate. ♪ >> you all but called them moochers. did you? >> no, i'm talking about a perspective of individuals who i'm not likely to get to support me. >> obama supporters are nothing but lazy parasites. get a job! >> if you want to be president, have you to work for all of those. >> two-thirds do pay payroll taxes. meaning they're working. they just don't work hard enough. >> this is a guy that doesn't obviously need to do this for a job. i mean, he honestly believes he can help many americans. >> you know, like a family of five making $50,000 a year. kak, the amount aka, the amount of money it take to see mitt romney [ bleep ] on them in person. >> i stand by whatever i said, whatever it was. ♪ >> we begin with mitt romney fully embracing his view of an america divided into makers and takers. a man who would be president writing off half the nation as pa parasitic free-loaders. despite widespr

martin bashir, it is all yours. >> thanks, steve. good afternoon. it is wednesday, september 5. what did we learn last night? ♪ >> the truth matters, that you don't take shortcuts. or play by our own set of rules. >> it is time for democrats to grow a backbone and stand up for what we believe. >> being asked to paw your fair share isn't class warfare. it is patriotism. >> this is the president who saved the american auto industry from extin extinction. >> added 4.5 million private sector jobs. >> then don't have a record they can run on. >> no one in this country should ever go broke because of an accident or an illness. >> they don't have a record they can run on. >> being president doesn't change who you are. no, it reveals who you are. ♪ dream on ♪ dream on ♪ dream a dream come true >> we begin on day two of the democratic national convention that may prove vital to the re-election of president barack obama. and the president has just arrived in charlotte. seen here disembarking air force one an hour ago. tonight we will hear from former president bill clinton. but it will be

martin bashir, the airwaves are yours. >> toure, you should be ordained as a minister because you haveaching today. it's monday, september 10th, and here is what's happening. >>> black sunday. ryan and romney stumble on taxes. >> give me an example of a loophole you will close. >> don't vote verse a right to know which loopholes you're going to go after? >> they didn't even actually analyze the romney plan. there are five other studies -- >> there isn't a romney plan that's been specific

martin bashir, it's all yours. >> mr. you. >>> it's wednesday, september the 12th and here's what's happening. >>> the manation mourns and hons the fallen. >> today the people stand united and holding the families of the four americans in our thoughts and in our prayers. >> we must be clear-eyed even in our grief. >> while an opportunist doubles down. >> i think it's a -- a terrible course to -- for america to stand in apology for our values. the statement that came from the administration was a statement which is akin to apology and i think was a severe

see you monday at noon eastern when joined by martin bashir, the obama campaign's ben he bolt, heatheraits. find us at facebook.com/now. "andrea mitchell reports" is next. >> good evening, alex. have a good weekend. coming up we'll have the latest on the violent anti-american protests taking place in 11 countries. joining me guests jon huntsman, plus we will learn more about the man behind the anti-muslim video that sparked the chaos and the state of the presidential race with chuck todd, chris alyssa and breaking down our new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll next here on "andrea mitchell reports." hey. hey eddie. i brought your stuff. you don't have to do this. yes i do. i want you to keep this. it'd be weird. take care. you too. [ sighs ] so how did it go? he's upset. [ male announcer ] spend less time at gas stations with best in class fuel economy. it's our most innovative altima ever. ♪ starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. until i

that does it for "the cycle," martin bashir, take it away. >> steve kornacki, thank you so much.hat's that stench? ♪ >> misery loves mitt. his poll numbers sink to new lows. >> the polls are not favoring mitt romney. >> there's no time off. it's around the clock kind of work. >> i don't pay a lot of attention to the day-to-day polls. >> now the british now polish people. >> we trust our internal polls. >> i'll go up or down. >> one goes one way, one dog goes the other way. >> yes, mitt's dream is going another way, too. >> that's quite a guy, isn't it, paul ryan! listen, romney/ryan, romney/ryan. >> oh, sweet jesus. >> sweet jesus, indeed. >> romney/ryan, there we go, that's great. >> stop it. this is hard. you want to try it? did i -- was i a little strong? >> romney/ryan. >> not sure precisely what i said but i stand by what i said, whatever it was. ♪ cleveland rocks jumping jean james dean ♪ ♪ cleveland rocks >> we begin with the president and mitt romney in a fever-pitch to gain the american heartland with candidates holding dueling events in ohio this afternoon, speaking at

martin bashir, what do you think?krystal and i'm luking forward to you joining our broadcast. >> i'm looking forward to that, too. >> thank you to the audience for staying with us. it's thursday, september 27th, and it is willard or mitt, mitt or willard? it's all very confusing. >> we're in toledo, right? so it's oh? okay. that's where we are. don't forget, i got everybody in my state insured. >> he's the worst republican in the country to

followed by martin bashir. >>> forbes is out with the highly anticipated list of richest americans.o talk about the forks 400 is the editor of forks magazine, ed randall. what's the total net worth of the folks on the cover? >> $126 billion cover which we think might be the richest photograph ever taken. they were all in one room. there was no photo shop magic. >> that's fascinating. talk about an exclusive club. >> it was fun. even when bill gates and warren buffett are looking around. they were like, this is pretty cool. >> let me show you the list of the top side. as you said, bill gates, warren buffett. >> everybody in the top ten are up from last year. >> and what's it take these days to get on the list. >> a mere $1.1 billion. you can be a billionaire and still not be on the forbes 400. >> what did it used to be? it had to be significantly lower than that. >> this is the 30th anniversary. 1982 it was $75 million. even if you go back 20 years to 1992, it was $265 million. we've taken a quantum leap especially in the last ten years. we had a big boom in the late 2000s. now we're

on the other hand when you had on your network this week you had lawrence o'donnell and martin bashirulf stuff. lawrence o'donnell said this isn't to tie the president to tiger woods and his skirt chasing. so it's possible to look at this andering that the republicans say and read a racial angle into it. in fact, republicans have lots of objections to the president and they also have real substantive policy disagreements. you need to be careful to not go overboard and assume that every objection to the president or more than there are related. >> part of it when we're doing this kind of textural analysis, there's the bill clinton. i was going to make the point, we don't know which of these work in terms of swing voters out there or anyone voting for or against the president. >> although i would say this. the welfare ads have proliferated and keep getting run so i think they're working. >> who are they working on? this is one of the really confounding things about the particular campaign is when are they going to stop appealing to the base? when are they going to stop pan diring to the

martin bashir, longtime royal follower.he palace has taken legal action about a photo. why is this so different? >> if you put it in its historical context, it's 30 years to the day virtually that a telephone conversation between princess diana and james gilby was reported on in the sun newspaper. it's 20 years since sarah ferguson was photographed having her toes sucked by a texan millionaire. 15 years since princess diana died being chased by paparazzi. on none of those occasions did the royal family take any legal action. this is unprecedented and an indication of how appalled they are. >> does it have anything to do with what we saw just last month with prince harry and the partying photos? are they feeling an intrusion, a deeper intrusion than before? >> i don't think so. i think this is william, as princess diana's friend said in the piece, this is william deciding he has to establish some red line. the problem with this is that "closer" magazine is a french magazine and the version that published these images is in f