[applause] and let me tell you something, maumee. it is going to make the vast majority of americans more secure. we will not go back to the days when insurance companies could discriminate against people just because they were sick. we're not going to tell 6 million young people who are now on their parent's health insurance plans that suddenly they don't have health insurance. we're not going to allow medicare to be turned into a voucher system. now is not the time to spend four more years refighting battles we fought two years ago. now is the time to move forward and make sure that every american has affordable health insurance -- [applause] and that insurance companies are treating them fairly. that's what we fought for. that's what we're going to keep. we are moving forward. [applause] >> four more years! four more years! four more years! >> and, maumee, i'm running because after a decade of war, it's time to do some nation- building here at home. [applause] we ended the war in iraq. we are transitioning out of afghanistan. my p

i am so pleased to see once again the outstanding mayor of maumee, tim wagner! there he is. one of the best senators in the country, your senator, sherrod brown. [ cheers and applause ] one of your outstanding members of the congressional delegation, marcy kaptur is here. and your former governor and my campaign co-chair, ted strickland's in the house. [ cheers and applause ] i love you! it's great to see you! i hope everybody had a wonderful fourth of july. we invited some people over for a barbecue, had a chance to say thank you to our incredible men and women in uniform, and -- we're so proud of them. and then it was malia's birthday yesterday. she was 14 years old. and i know, it happens too fast. don't even remind me. she's going intoç high school next year, which means that she's -- see, when she was small, i could say all these fireworks i had arranged for her birthd birthday, but she doesn't believe me anymore, so. now, unless you have been hiding out in the woods somewhere, you are aware of the fact that it's campaign season. >> we're fired up and ready to go! >> y

nothing can stop you, maumee. nothing can stop you, ohio! nothing can stop us, america!e world just why it is we live in the greatest nation on earth! god bless you! god bless the united states of america.ç ♪ >> that was president obama just wrapping up remarks in ohio, hosting the first town hall on his "betting on america" bus tour. i'm ari melver in for alex wagner today. co-host of "the cycle" is steve core knackie, nbc political analyst richard wolffe, patricia murphy of citizen jane politics and contributor to "the daily beast" and radio host, kurt anderson. great to have you all with us today. richard wolffe, first, what did we hear from the president in those remarks and were you surprised that he seems to have moved well beyond his victory in health care? >> well, look, first of all, wh we heard is a guy who is good at campaigning, who enjoys campaigning, who thrives in it. he's outside washington, he's got rid of the suit and he's feeding off the crowds and the crowd's energy there. you know, what we expected was that he would set up this contrast between his

this is the museum in maumee. herrod nator assured brsure rod brown at the podium. >> epstein is the white house reporter covering the bus tour. what makes ohio and pennsylvania so important to the president's campaign? but certainly ohio is a key swing state. republican in modern times has won the presidency without ohio. it is also ground zero for his pushing of -- boasting about the auto bailout that the president's administration. pushed early in his administration it detroit makes the cars, but more parts for the vehicles are made in ohio than anywhere else. so there's a lot of jobs on the line in this part of the state, in this part of the country for the president to be. boasting be >> there is news the u.s. will file an unfair trade complaint against china with the world trade organization. the president is supposed to talk about that today. how does that tie into his comments on the auto industry in? -- industry? >> the president is filing the complaint about vehicles like the ones made in a plant 9 miles

right now, he is in the town of m maumee which is not far from toledo, and dan lothian is reporting on all of the stops, and you are on the phone, dan, and chugging along. what have you seen so far? >> that is right. we just hopped on tb bhe bus he in maumee, and the president is doing affiliate interviews, and he often does that with local affiliates, and we are headed to sandusky with the president will wrap up remarks at a ice cream social, and the message here that the president has is all about the economy focusing on essentially defending what he has been doing t ing thing over three years and the bailout, and the bailout of the auto industry, a nd this is a region that has been hit hard in manufacturing sector, gm, and chrysler employed a lot of people in this region and a lot of the jobs, tens of thousands of jobs in this region were lost and the president is spelling out what he has done the bring some of of the jobs back here in america and what he is going to continue to do to bring these folks back to work, suzanne. >> and dan, obviously, everything that he says the messagi

they spoke in maumee, ohio, today moments before the president's arrival.y surrogates are shadowing the president's bus tour right through ohio. >> his presidency has been a losing hand for ohio and for america. and when he stands before the people of this country in this electi election, we should all recall the promises he made last time and the promises that are left unfulfill and broken. there's boston. of them. let me go through a few of them. i think we should dub husband tour the broken promises for the american middle class. >> he's been bad for america, bad for ohio. 40,000 fewer jobs than when he took office. average income has gone down $3,000. the list goes on and on and on. the bottom line is this. we've had enough of broken promises. if you want good paying jobs, growing economy in america, you need to elect mitt romney. >> tomorrow the two will be in pittsburgh along with president obama. well, 200,000 peóp midwest are still without power today, day after the detroit area got pounded by heavy storms. on the east coast, the number of people wi

the first stop is maumee, ohio, at the walcott museum site.ernor of ohio, ted strickland, was addressing the crowd moments ago, and the president is expeed to arrive there shortly. he's going to be traveling through ohio and pennsylvania over the next two days. we're going to take you back there as soon as he starts to speak, but that's going to wrap things up for me today. i'll see yo back here tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern. don't go anywhere. "now with alex wagner" comes up. to the gas station out once a month. drive around town all the time doing errands and never ever have to fill up gas in the city. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. the last time i went to the gas station must have been about three months ago. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. ♪ i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i looked at my options. then i got a medicare supplemen

: kicking off his bus trip to the battlegrounds of ohio and pennsylvania, president obama went to maumee near tol o toledo, ohio, and detroit. its blue collar car-making country. he claimed he saved a million auto industry jobs. >> governor romney said we should just let detroit go bankrupt. i refuse to turn my back on communities like this one. and three years later the american auto industry is coming roaring back. >> reporter: unemployment in ohio and pennsylvania is now almost a point below the national average. mitt romney knows no republican has won the white house without winning ohio. as romney took time off to go boating, two men said to be under consideration as romney's running mates tim pawlenty and bobby jindal went to ohio to counter the obama trip. >> half of our graduates will be unemployed or underemployed coming out of college thank to this president's policies. with obama care he promised costs would go down and they could keep it and now the incredible studies say health care costs are going up. >> reporter: but the president figures the popularity of his health care

dan lothian at his stop in maumee, is that right? maumee? >> reporter: maumee. >> okay.s a new phase, dan. >> reporter: it is a new phase. they're calling this bus tour "betting on america," and what we receive at this point, the president has been mostly having some scattering of rallies, but mostly focused on fund-raising in big cities with the rich and famous. so this is a chance for the president as the campaign sees it to go out to smaller towns and meet with those working-class americans, those blue collar americans, which, of course, are critical to both campaigns. as you pointed out, the president will be focusing on this message of the economy and what he has done to stabilize the economy, tried to turn it around obviously in this region, which is huge when it comes to the auto industry. he'll be talking about his efforts in rescuing the auto industry, and in particular what the president has been saying now for quite some time, this notion that more jobs that have been sent overseas need to come back, so he wants to push this tax incentive for these companies.

supporters line the streets on his way to maumee, a small town just outside toledo. braved the heat to hear the president explain why he deserves four more years. >> when the american auto industry was on the brink of collapse, more than 1 million jobs were on the line. governor romney said we should just let detroit go bankrupt. >> that's what he said. >> i refused to turn my back on communities like this one. >> reporter: this manufacturing town is full of auto workers and the president says his administration is filing a complaint against china for unfair tariffs on some suvs made in ohio. >> i want goods shipped around the world stamped with made in america. >> reporter: as the president makes the case he's done all he can to help the economy, the white house is bracing for the jobs report due friday. with unemployment stuck above 8%, republican president al hopeful mitt romney likes his chances in november. >> as long as i continue to speak about the economy, i'm going to win. >> reporter: romney's campaign put louisiana governor bobby jindal and former minnesot

the manufacturing town of maumee where the president touted the bailout of the auto industry, which employs one of every eight ohioans. >> governor romney said we should just let detroit go bankrupt. i refuse to turn my back on communities like this. i was betting on the american worker. >> reporter: less than two miles away romney's surrogates and potential vice presidential candidates tim pawlenty and bobby jindal hammered away at the incumbent president's message. >> we know we aren't better off than we were four years ago. we know we can't afford another four years of this president. >> reporter: intent on disrupting president obama's carefully choreographed trip. >> this group looks like they might get into some trouble here. >> reporter: jindal and pawlenty repeatedly crossing paths with the obama campaign even arriving ahead of time demonstrating with their blistering attacks how important this state is to the electoral math in november. >> we should dub his tour the broken promises tour for america's middle class. >> reporter: but the president used the advantage of incumbency to an

president barack obama campaigning in maumee, ohio.e's kicking off his "betting on america" bus tour. we're going to keep up on this event and when he steps up to the mike, we'll bring it to you live. >>> and if you're just joining us, we're catching up with herman cain, former candidate hopeful. he's talking about his cain tv. it's your inspirational storieses on cain tv that i love. there's one in particular when you and your brother and mom went shopping. mom was looking through the racks and you wanted to get a drink of water. let's roll it. >> mom specifically said, now, you all make sure you all drink out of the colored fountain. being typical young boys, we got over there and looked at those two water fountains and we kind of looked around and we kind of went, hmm, nobody's looking, and so my brother went first while i staid on the lookout to sip the white water. then he was on the lookout while i sipped the white water and then we both sipped the colored water and we looked at each other. the water tastes the same. >> yes, you'

his first stop on the bus tour is maumee, ohio for a town hall meeting. look for the president to shift focus this week from health care to other topics, including immigration reform. >> america's success demands comprehensive immigration reform. >> and you can expect to hear a lot about mitt romney's business record as head of bain capital. >> both sides are hoping a big number out tomorrow will help them. that is the june employment report from the labor department and terrell, the jobless rate is expected to remain stuck at 8.2%. >> looking forward. susan mcginnis in washington this morning. thank you so much. >>> more of jan crawford's interview with mitt romney a little later on "cbs this morning." >>> the president spent independence day at the white house hosting the military. first the president a continued a naturalization ceremony for active service members from 17 countries sworn in as citizens. ater military families were invited to a barbecue and fireworks on the south lawn. >>> a fourth of july tragedy in iowa. three young children who drown

first stop on this betting on america tour as it's been dubbed, the small ohio manufacturing town of maumeehe made the case he's done all he can to help the economy. the president is campaigning in town with auto plants that helped him win in 2008. the white house suing the tour to announce it's filing an unfair trade complaint against china for imposing tariffs on some u.s. cars and trucks. >>> republican presidential hopeful mitt romney is also talking tough on china. the former massachusetts governor tells cbs news as long as he continues to talk about the economy, he will win november is his prediction. romney is expected to hammer the administration's healthcare reform law when he returns from vacation and gets back on the campaign trail. >>> a giant sinkhole opened up on a section of highway in china and the cave-in was so large it swallowed a passing car. the depth of the pit is not known, but somebody going by said you could not see the bottom. it's believed one person was killed when that car plunged through the sinkhole. other people were able to use a fire department ladder to cl

kicking off his bus trip to the battleground of ohio and pennsylvania, president obama went positive maumee, near toledo, ohio and detroit. he claimed he saved 1 million auto industry jobs. >> governor romney says we should let the country grow bankrupt. i refuse to turn my back on communities like this. -- and three years later, the american auto industry is coming roaring back. >> reporter: unemployment in ohio and pennsylvania is now almost a point below the national average. mitt romney knows no republican has won the white house without winning ohio. as romney took time off to vote, two men said to be considered running mates tim pawlenty and bobby jindal went to counter the obama trip. >> half the graduates unemployed or under employed coming out of college. with obamacare, he promised health care costs would go down and no one would lose health insurance to keep it. all creditable studies say health care is going up. >> reporter: the president says the popularity of his plan is going up since the supreme court ruled it constitutional. >> i'll work with anybody who wants to work with

the air waves, and throughout democratic strongholds on his bus tour of battleground state ohio, maumee and sandusky and parma, the president is accusing of mitt romney of not caring about working americans and the middle class. >> governor romney's experience is in own ing companies that were called pioneers of outsourcing. >> reporter: others in the obama campaign, money he invested in the cayman islands. he painted a more nefarious picture of the republican nominee. >> >> he's somehow chose to find the tax haven switzerland where he opened up a bank account. doesn't it make you wonder what mitt romney is trying to hide from the american people? >> reporter: romney's campaign calls these charges false, denying that he outsourced jobs in the private sector and denying that any of his foreign investments were made to avoid taxes. even though romney was on vacation today, his campaign sent two vice presidential possibilities tim pawlenty and bobby jindal to shadow the president in ohio. >> barak obama's slogan for this campaign is hey, it could be. mitt romney's slogan is it will be bett

maumee, you can see this is the county. at 7.8%. parma at 7.1%. sandusky at 6.0 probably because that's where cedar point is. poland at 7.4% and pittsburgh at 6.5%. so for perspective on how the economic conditions in these states will affect both campaigns, we've got two sharp political minds democratic strategist kiki mclean joins us. she's worked on the presidential campaigns of john kerry, hillary clinton, al gore, barack obama you name it. she's here inside "the war room" with us and also inside "the war room" is republican strategist rob stultzman who worked for mitt romney's campaign four years ago. also california governor arnold schwarzenegger and other staff. inside "the war room." glad to have you both. let me start with you rob because there's so much going on. today, the obama campaign released a web video and i want to get your reaction to it. so take a listen. >> okay. >> i've never heard of a president actually having an overseas bank account. i think mostly they have all of their money right here in the u.s. >> he needs to come cl

. >> obama echoed that message in maumee, ohio today. let's watch. >> governor romney's experience has been in owning companies called pioneers of outsourcing. that's not my phrase. pioneers of outsourcing. my experience has been in saving the american auto industry. >> it seems like they've adopted that narrative now. that the focal point and a lot of this has to do with a story coming out of your newspaper and some back and forth on that, but outsourcing seems to be the tag line. >> you know, michael, i think a lot of people talk about the presidential election, that it's decided on issues. it's abortion or the economy or gay marriage. whatever you want. i actually think presidential elections are almost always divided on values broadly defined. which is who is looking out for you, who understands your life, who understands what your worry about, who understands what you hope for. that's why i believe this is so important. what's the key in there? i believe. this is what mitt romney believes. and this is what i believe. that in my core

there's a big presidential seal on the door and the venue in the small city of maumee, ohio, has been carefully staged. white picket fences, a large american flag, and a soft story about his daughter. >> then it was malia's birthday yesterday. see, when she was small, i could say, all these fireworks i had arranged for her birthday. but she doesn't believe me anymore. >> reporter: but his speech turned tough when the president took on his opponent's business experience. >> governor romney's experience has been in owning companies that were called pioneers of outsourcing. that's not my phrase. pioneers of outsourcing. >> reporter: it's a message that resonates with this crowd. unemployment in ohio is below the national average of 8.2%, but the people in this city have experienced the highs and lows of the manufacturing industry, from gm and chrysler on life-support to a recovery and new investments in the region that the president said were possible because of his administration's auto bailout. >> governor romney said we should just let detroit go bankrupt. >> that's what he said! >> i

president obama kick off his bus tour thursday in maumee, ohio. he addressed the economy, and announced his administration was launching an enforcement action against china at the world trade organization for imposing unfair trade duties from exports to the nine states. this is 30 minutes. >> four more years! four more years! ♪ [cheers] [applause] >> hello. it is good to be back in if ohio. all right. everyone who has a share, feel free to sit down. go ahead and relax. i know it is a little warm out here, but this is what a summer is supposed to feel like. there are a couple of people i would like to acknowledge. please give ida a round of applause. we are proud of her. i am pleased to see the mayor of maumee, one of the best senators, senator sherrod brown. marcy is here. [applause] >> and your former governor, and my campaign co-chair, ted strickland is in the house. [applause] >> i love you. it is great to see you. i hope everybody had a wonderful fourth of july. we invited some people over for a barbecue. i had a chance to say thank you to our

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the president will start thursday in maumee, ohio. and make two more stops in sandusky and parma. friday he will wrap up the tour in pittsburgh. ohio is a real battleground and pennsylvania is a state the president must carry if he hopes to win re-election. >> define conservatism. as i believe it is fit on four categories of principle. respect important the constitution. respect for life and less government and personal responsibility. >> we're back. that was then 13-year-old right wing wonder kid, jonathan krohn at the 2009 conservative political action conference where he was granted a speaking spot and standing occasion. ovation. he published a book the following year and party leaders like newt gingrich and bill bennett offered blurbs of praise important the book jacket. he was named a finalist to the "time" 100 list of influential leaders. it is another-year-older and wiser, as the saying goes. krohn, now 17, says he's outgrown the conservative label. he joins me now. what always impressed me about your speech was not so much the content as it was the delivery. and it seems t

supporters line the streets on his way to maumee, a small town just outside toledo. the crowd braved the heat to hear the president explain why he deserves four more years. >> when the american auto industry was on the brink of collapse and more than 1 million jobs were on the line, governor romney said we should just let detroit go bankrupt. >> that's what he said. >> i refused to turn my back on communities like this one. >> reporter: this manufacturing town is if you of auto workers and the -- full of auto workers and the president said his administration is filing a complaint against china for unfair tariffs on some suvs made in ohio. >> i want goods shipped around the world staffed with made in america. >> reporter: as the president makes -- stamped with made in america. >> reporter: as the president makes the case he's done all can he to help the economy, the white house is bracing for the jobs report due friday. with unemployment stuck above 8%, republican presidential hopeful mitt romney likes his chances in november. >> as long as i continue to speak about t

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he starts in maumee, ohio, near toledo. then he moves east to sandusky for an ice cream social.hat better o on a day like this. then to parma. that's the biggest employer. he can make his claim that he saved the auto industry. >> then to poland, ohio and finishes up his trip in pittsburgh. >> so that's sort of a touch of his message. a lot of the question comes to how does the president convince him he's going to move things forward. any insight on that? >> look, in every county where he's stopping, he won by large margins in 2008. he won on the promise of hope and change. but now, four years later, those places are still hurting in the down economy. and the president needs to convince folks there that he's still on the case if he hopes to win in november. they'll say that he will cast this as a vote -- as a choice, rather, between his vision, creating jobs by spending for education and infrastructure, and what he says is mitt romney's record of closing manufacturing plants and off shoring jobs. now, that's a powerful message in the rust belt. it's a message which the obama camp

obama is in ohio gearing up for a campaign event in maumee. that is outside toledo. he is trying to talk to the working class vote that gave him strong support last time around. then the president heads to another very important battleground state, pennsylvania. let's talk to marjorie clifton a former consultant to president obama's campaign. hadley heath is a senior policy analyst at the independent women's forum. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. jon: marjorie, cbs news described his tour of ohio as, no swing county tour. they say it is a lot of need to have, but not nice to have territory for any democrat hoping to win the white house. what do you say to that? >> absolutely. ohio and pennsylvania will be mission critical for this election. the good news for obama right now he is ahead in both states but he will have to work for those votes. other good news for him right now the economy is improving in both ohio and pennsylvania. he is going to be talking a lot about the auto bailout, how that was success. you have a lot of manufacturers in those areas. so that