john mccain was truly flustered.e's looked around, and he says, you're going to have to be more specific. the only thing i know about hemp is that you make rope out of it, and that's what we usedded in the navy. [laughter] >> well, there's lots of stories. >> another student had the gal to ask him if he had the energy for a campaign. >> thanks for the question, you little jerk. [laughter] >> it was that kind of humor that was turning the tide in john mccain's favor. i'm not exaggerating when i tell you a man came and told me he had been to five of my town hall meetings, which i also alleged was a testimony to my inability to close the deal. [laughter] >> turns out he was closing more deals than he thought, and by late summer of 1999, the momentum was building. >> it was month by month rising of three to four points,. >> i had a small gathering at my house, promised to have at least 20 people, and low and behold, over 150 people came. i'm going, what kind of -- >> 400 people lined up for arizona senator john mccain's

john mccain was truly flustered.e's looked around, and he says, you're going to have to be more specific. the only thing i know about hemp is that you make rope out of it, and that's what we usedded in the navy. [laughter] >> well, there's lots of stories. >> another student had the gal to ask him if he had the energy for a campaign. >> thanks for the question, you little jerk. [laughter] >> it was that kind of humor that was turning the tide in john mccain's favor. i'm not exaggerating when i tell you a man came and told me he had been to five of my town hall meetings, which i also alleged was a testimony to my inability to close the deal. [laughter] >> turns out he was closing more deals than he thought, and by late summer of 1999, the momentum was building. >> it was month by month rising of three to four points,. >> i had a small gathering at my house, promised to have at least 20 people, and low and behold, over 150 people came. i'm going, what kind of -- >> 400 people lined up for arizona senator john mccain's

mccain: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to engage in a brief colloquy with chairman senator levin. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: first of all, madam president, i would like to again thank you for the -- mr. chairman, i would like to thank you for the long years of work we have had together and that which is coming together after a long year of obstacles. i want to thank you for the spirit of bipartisanship which is a long tradition in the committee which was practiced by our predecessors. obviously, we know on occasion we have differences of views and sometimes we especially need to express those in perhaps a passionate manner, but the fact is at the end of the day, we continue to come together and work together for the good of this nation's security. and the reason why i ask senator levin is because i think our colleagues ought to understand the context of this bill. first of all, it is a new bill and it has a reduction of some $20 billion in authorization in order

john mccain was truly flustered.e's looked around, and he says, you're goin to have to be more specific. the only thing i know about hemp is that you make rope out of it, and that's what we usedded in the navy. [laughter] >> well, there's lots of sties. >> another student had the gal to ask him if he had the energy for a cmpaign. >> thanks for the question, you little jerk. [laughter] >> it was that kind of humor that was turning the tide in john mccain's favor. i'm not exaggerating when i tell you a man came and told me he had been to five of my town hall meetings, which i also alleged was a testimo toy inabity to close the deal. [laughter] >> turns out he was closing more deals than he thought, and by late summer of 1999, the momentum was building. >> it was month by month rising of three to four points,. >> i had a small gathering at my house,romised to have at least 20 people, and low and behold, over 150 people came. i'm going, what kind of -- >> 400 people lined up for arizona senator john mccain's book signing

mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator arizona. cane cannes i want to thank senator leaf -- mr. mccain: i want to thank senator levin and his staff for their hard work on this very important piece of legislation. i'm glad to see that the chairman announced the staff will be in working next week. for a change, they'll get -- the taxpayers will get a return on their investment. very glad to know that. but, in all serious in they have done a lot of work late last night. they've been working hard all this week. mr. chairman, i think maybe our colleagues should plan on some late nights when we get back, because we do need to get this done. there's a lot of important business before the united states senate. i'd also like to point out that we spent the better part of yesterday on the detainee issue, and i appreciate that the detainee issue is one that is of transcendent importance. it certainly goes beyond just national security. it is a very controversial issue with the american peo

mccain wouldn't do it appeared and i kept doing it and finally mccain said he think they're not hearinge? to think he doesn't hear me? he cut a little annoyed with my doing it. so i backed off. the point had been made in here again that was a negative. i think in fact you don't have to use me as the source here. i think in fact you don't have to use me as the source here. i think in fact you don't have to use me as the source here and james johnson in fact you don't have to use me as the source here and james johnson in their book believe that had tremendous influence on the outcome of the election because when that first debate began, they were neck and neck a little bit of the advantage to mccain. obama took the lead in the polls after that and one of the reasons people said when he came over as angry and fidgety and rigid and never, ever recovered from that. >> host: but you also certified about the threshold for a presidential candidate needs maliki is ready or she is ready. and for barack obama that man's heart has been a threshold. but talk about that a little bit. a candidate --

mccain: mr. president the senator from new hampshire had intended to talk about her amendment and withdraw it and she may be coming. i have had a chance to notify her. there may be a couple-minute delay. so i have to suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. mccain: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: request unanimous consent that further proceedings urn the quorum call dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: in a exchange hi on the floor about -- and i mentioned the wonderful long people -- wonderful long island, i made a joke. i'm sorry there's at least one of my colleagues that can't take a joke and so i apologize if i offended him and hope that someday he will have a sense of humor. i yield mr. sessions: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: mr. president, i've been working for some time to wrestle with this qu

the lender agreed to sell for less than the mccains owed. >> i thought that would be the end of it. it didn't raise an eyebrow. we were still devastated. but at least we get out of it without having this big loan over our head and -- >> they were wrong. the house had a second mortgage and the lener got a judgment against them for $50,000 backing the mccains in a corner. >> they just want the money. doesn't matter. nothing else matters. screw you. pay me. that is what it all boiled down. to. >> reporter: their realtor sees it more often now. banks going after home owners for the remainder of the mortgage called the deficiency. sometimes dropping the bomb days before a sale. it is a shock to home owners deep in debt. >> they immediately start thinking where am i going to get this money. if i had $10,000 or $20,000, i would be paying the mortgage in the first place. >> what people don't understand, it is a two-step process. you sign a note which makes you personally responsible for the amount you are borrowing. >> reporter: in the wake of the robo signing scandal on foreclosures, the n

mccain: mr. president, i want to thank senator levin and staff for the thorough job of investigation that was undertaken to identify the counterfeit electronic parts that are penetrating the department of defense supply chain. i'd like to thank senator whitehouse for his provisions, which have been added to the bill, a bill that he had introduced in the judiciary committee. at the hearing that we had on november 8, the committee received additional evidence to supplement an already robust investigative record and some very serious issues were raised, including the threat counterfeit electronic parts pose to the safety of our men and women in uniform, to our national security, and to our economy, how counterfeits increase the short- and long-term costs of defense systems, the lack of transparency in the defense supply chain and the united states' relationship with the people's republic of china. i see the senator from kentucky is on the floor, but i would just like to point out again and emphasize

mccain, or their designees. mr. mccain: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. mccain: madam president, i suggest we suspend the proceedings on the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: i'd like to say to my colleagues that we have been waiting approval of a manager's package of amendments that have been cleared by both sides. it is not a manager's package. it's simply a group of amendments that have been proposed by members on both sides of the aisle, approved, no one has objected, and yet there are objections to moving forward with the -- with these amendments in a package. there are important amendments by members on both sides, and i would urge my colleagues to -- who would object to moving forward with these -- this package of amendments which have been agreed to by both sides and there has been no objection voiced to them individually, that i would like to move to adopt those shortly before the quorum call at -- excuse me, the vote on cloture at 11:00. and if

the ad that he ran did not mention mccain, did it? the whole point was he cut mccain out of the ad.say today, you know, we were just trying to point out that mccain said that -- about this burden on john mccain, i mean -- or on the republicans, i don't get it. i think they're much better off -- mitt romney one thing he's got going for him he has a reputation for integrity. he has a reputation for being a straight shooter. he does not need to play around on the edges. he ought to chastise his campaign. a lot of issues work in his favor and right now, i will tell you this, the other thing is, i am in philadelphia. i talked to one of the top pros in this state and they said the democrats are surprised that what the republicans are doing. they said you know today if the election were held today mitt romney would have a real good chance of beating barack obama in pennsylvania, as you know such critical swing state. they go to dpgingrich they've g no shot. >> all you have in politics is your integrity and credibility. i think romney, undercuts himself with this and as a mom first thing i

now while mccain is right that the trigger mechanism isn't written in stone it is the law but mccain and graham are simply not satisfied with the little old law senator mccain told the cable he would introduce and support a law to undo the budget control act of two thousand and eleven lindsey graham said he would present a substitute to the triggers quote something where the whole country shares in the failure of the super committee not just the department of defense and medicare providers so i'm going to say that if these two men get away with this that would be a truly low point but i wasn't even sure that congress could reach it simply overturning laws so they don't look so they don't the laws they don't like excuse me instead of making the tough choices that's pathetic and sadly it's something that i guess we have to just come to expect from our politicians but newsflash guys the debt deal was signed in august it's done these seemingly endless threats and people like john mccain lindsey graham are becoming ridiculous so stop the fear margaret america will survive if the military

not like i am a mccain supporter. but i do think with respect to the way in which he ran his campaign, i do think that he thought that it would be a bad thing for him to engage in a concerted campaign of racial political dirty tricks. like i said, i don't think he has gotten the recognition he ought to receive for taking that position. >> host: we can't talk about the race card without talking about a race card with barack obama's presidential candidacy. there was one specific time when he came out on race. many equated it to the new version of the i have a dream speech with dr. king. in philadelphia, wrapping the issue of his former pastor jeremiah right. tell me what you felt when you saw that. i see many people in your book critiqueing it. what did you feel? >> guest: i felt a couple ways. number one, are thought it was a brilliantly executed political intervention, for primary purpose of which was to dampen down the up or about his longstanding relationship with pastor jeremiah right. jeremiah right for couple wee

why didn't john mccain used it to his advantage?>> guest: there are some people in still the recent history with various interpretations. there are some people who claim that the mccain campaign did play the race card. my own view is that the mccain campaign did not play the race card nearly as much as they could have. john mccain, though he wanted to become president of the united states did not hold out all the stops in his fight for the white house. in my view, he is to be congratulated for that and i don't think he has received the congratulations that he ought to get. he could have done a lot more to try to stir up racial anxiety, racial resentment. he did not. why? it's not altogether clear. some people speculated that he didn't because he calculated that it would be ineffective and that in fact it might that fire. i am fully willing to believe that you know, probably that may have been part of his calculation. my own sense is, it's been more generous for john mccain. my own sense is that john mccain did not want to pull out a

the levin-mccain amendment is now pending. mr. mccain: i thank the president. i'd like to say a couple words about the paul amendment. i would like to point out we will still have 16,500 americans still in iraq for an extended period of time. whether they should be there or not is the subject of another debate on another day. but to then not be able to do whatever is necessary to protect the lives and safety of those men and women who will continue to serve the country sometimes in very difficult circumstances i think that this amendment is unwarranted. finally, i would like to ask my colleagues who have further views on the detainee issue if they would come over and add their voices to the debate and the discussion, because we really would like to dispose of this amendment. i respect the senator from illinois' desire that everybody be allowed to speak. we have been now speaking on this single amendment for i believe well over three hours, and -- so if there is further discussion on the udall amendment, i would very much like to have a vote on it so we can brin

what do you make between mccain and the candidates?hrust himself into the center. >> you think it's a news cycle? >> he was the candidate in 2008 and he took a stance that was at odds with much of the people in the party and you are seeing a bunch of people compete for electorate that believes waterboarding is a necessary technique. >> they are playing to the audience? >> they are saying what they feel that their voters might support, sure. i think john mccain has always shown a propensity to disagree with the base. that is in fact why we are not talking about president mccain right now. he should go his own way. >> that's not the only reason we are not talking about president mccain. we are out of time. gloria cain is going to defend her husband in this. taking a huge dip in the cnn poll and a tiny dip in the recount poll. is it over for him and perry? >> i think so? the issue for cain is not what his wife will say, but the myriad of different explanations he has given. he can't tell a consistent story and the numbers are showing it.

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i mean, john mccain was very well known and pretty well white when he emerged as the nominee. these guys are going to be neither well known or particularly well liked. we did a poll in the 12 states that are the states that flip back-and-forth over the last three presidential elections. nine of them fled from 2004 to 2008, and in those states both mitt romney and rick perry have in - approval rating. rick perry is by 20 points. so, those are the states that are most likely to determine the outcome just as they have for each of the last three and in those states the president relatively speaking is stronger and actually running behind mitt romney right now but even within the margin of error those are the states that are going to determine the outcome. he's personally quite popular as chiarelli points out people want him to succeed. his job rating is below his favorability rating pretty significantly, and that is his opportunity to try to bring this to things in line. >> his approval rating on the economy is in the low 30's i think in the poll but you just mentioned in the 12 s

mccain: yes. mr. paul: my question would be under the provisions, would it be possible that an american citizen could be declared an enemy combatant and sent to guantanamo bay and detained indefinitely? mr. mccain: i think that as long as that individual, no matter who they are, if they pose a threat to the security of the united states of america should not be allowed to continue that threat. and i think that's the majority of american public opinion, especially in light of the facts that i continue to repeat to the senator from kentucky. 27% of detainees who were released got back in the fight and were responsible for the deaths of americans. we need to take every step necessary to prevent that from happening. that's for the safety and security of the men and women who are out there putting their lives on the line in our armed services. mr. president, i suggest the mr. president, i suggest the >> debate on the senate floor from earlier today. just a portion of what senators spent most the day on. wi

senator john mccain has an i told you so moment. next in the grapevine.s, a chilling twist on the occupy wall street movement.  >> shannon: now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. arizona republican senator john mccain may be feeling vindicated thanks to a government study on wildfires. in june, we told you mccain took flake for linking illegal immigrants to wildfires in their state. he said there was evidence some of the fires were started by people who illegally crossed the border. now an investigation by the government accountability office shows 30 wildfires near arizona border between 2006 and 2010 have been linked to illegal immigrants. no hard evidence of the link appears in the report. no mention of any prosecution. >>> the occupy wall street movement gained attention overseas but a group of protesters want to swap signature tent for igloos. activists plan to set up an occupy igloo camp outside the world economic forum when it meets in switzerland in january. the president of switzerland young socialist party wants to highlight the

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mccain bought nonrefundable tickets to go from bwi to belize and then mccain developed stage four breast cancer. and her doctor said she could not travel. well, at first, the airline would only give mccain's family travel vouchers since the tickets were nonrefundable. but after our story, the airline decided to give that family a full refund. >>> the debate over the fate of a treehouse in fairfax county is over. the county's zoning board said the treehouse can stay. that's a reversal of an initial ruling in the case of mark grappen of falls church father and an iraqi war veteran. he had spent $1400 building the structure in his front yard. he was told the treehouse had to go. someone complained. but he fought back. he took his case along with 1500 signatures of support to the zoning board. today, the board granted him a variance, allowing the treehouse to stay. >>> coming up on 9news now, ringling bros. and barnum & bailey circus are slapped with a large fine! we'll explain when we come back. >>> i'm tara mergener at the white house. herman cain is pressing ahead with his campaign but as

in the mccain's case there was no negotiating. >> we work every day and pay our mortgage. how do we salvage this? that was never an option that was put on the table. >> reporter: so why not just foreclose? homeowners who do that can be on the hook for the entire mortgage. >> because there may be better options than a short sale. maybe bankruptcy is a better course of action. maybe allowing to go into foreclosure. it just depends on your particular situation. >> for people who go through the short sale process overwhelmingly most people have opted to file for bankruptcy. >> reporter: the mccapables declared bankruptcy, unable to -- the mccains declared bankruptcy, unable to pay their mortgage, unable to pay the short sale hanging over their head. >> devastated, like a slap in the face. it was the worst thing that could have happened. >> reporter: in the end the house the mccains bought for $299,000 sold for just 90,000. the bank lost a small fortune. the mccains lost their home and their dream. >> we contacted the mortgage bankers association which represents the mortgage i

remembering the mccain campaign. have all of these quote-unquote conservatives cheering for romney during the entire duration of the primary. he was the conservative candidate. now some elements have turned against him. if you read what mitt romney says, follow mitt romney's vision, i think he is clearly a conservative candidate in the race, and i -- i don't understand why erick erickson would go out and say romney is not capable of winning a race. no president has gotten re-elected with an unemployment race above 7.4%. >> what is an issue that romney will not bend in order to win? name one, steve. you know he won't change. >> i think -- i think that -- i think that these were issues for mitt romney in the senate race, in the presidential race last time. and at the end of the day, he will have to deal with it. it's a criticism. john kerry had to deal with it. >> you have to deal with it now, you, sir, my colleague, name one issue which mitt romney will not bend on in order to win the presidency? >> i'm not -- i'm not

screams about the deficit and then mccain decides to let corporations off the hook for bain taxes so the millionaire billionaire c.e.o.'s can buy more yachts and corporate jets because john mccain is working really hard to be the number one the one percent favorite. and the very very ugly brian kilmeade this morning on g.o.p. t.v. fox and friends kilmeade explained what a parent's worst nightmare it is no it's not hearing that your child is in jail or injured instead it's hearing that your child joined occupy wall street. what is the biggest nightmare for a parent we get up at the morning and spotting one of your kids out of one of the occupy movements i thought they were in school what i. write because engaging in our democracy and exercising your first amendment rights. instead parents want their children to sit quietly in their bedrooms playing video games while the country goes down tunes either that or get a gig spewing right wing talking points on all news right that's very very. deep. and. it was exactly one year ago next week that the transportation security administration ca

senator mccain really put his finger on here. we need a team effort, federal government and industry have to work together. i look forward to hearing results of your increased focus in this area as you acknowledged this morning. i am not here to pick on you but i do think this is something that has gotten the attention of the committee. to my thinking there are roles the state department and customs and border patrol component manufacturers and suppliers alike can play. doesn't seem there's one solution but a number of relatively simple solutions we could provide and would in turn provide a screen to get at the heart of this. if i could, get into more detail, there is something called a trusted boundary program and it is a joint dod/and as a program that shores certified chips and processors are allowed in the supply chain. as i understand it we don't require components to be certified through the tee f d. i would like to ask the industry experts here would dare be any benefit to require an electronic components to be certified a

here's more with senator john mccain., i don't know if the word is upset but you're concerned about the fact that the united states defense equipment is being made in china and it's sort of scrap metal and it is counterfeit and false serial numbers. what's the story on that? >> it's mainly computers and chips. there's a place in china where it really is an industry where they just tear down these computers and they take the chips and they wash them in the river and they put phony dates on them if necessary, and through different shell companies, they get to our defense department who purchases them and then they're put into our missiles and airplanes and other pieces of the inventory, parts of the inventory. of course, they're going to fail earlier if they don't -- even if they're no good to start with, they'll fail earlier. they're unreliable. and it's a really serious problem. i mean, there are hundreds of thousands of these chips and other computer parts that are -- that find their way into our defense equipment, into

mccain: i thank my friend. there is also included in this package is the employment protection act introduced by senator toomey. it requires the e.p.a. to analyze the impact on unemployment levels and economic activity before issuing any regulation, policy statement, guidance document, endangerment finding, or denying any permit. each analysis is required to include a description of estimated job losses and decreased economic activity due to the denial of a permit including any permit denied under the federal water pollution control act. senator johanns has contributed the farm dust regulation prevention act, prevents the e.p.a. from regulating dust in rural america while still maintaining protections to public health under the clean air act. the national labor relations board reform which is introduced by senator graham of south carolina. back door car check to threaten jobs in south carolina, the out-of-control national labor relations board is paying back union officials at the expense of worker rights and j

it was obam -- it was mccain. mitt romney was quotinromney --g mccain.an't be more honest than that -- >> greg: i can't believe you're upset over a dirty trick. >> bob: i want you to suggest when you suggest to say that the republicans are not dumping on barack obama, that is all they've done. they do in a deceitful, vicious way. >> eric: the guy talking about making the phone calls to voters. >> bob: i was younger then. >> kimberly: phone call, buying elections. >> bob: i was younger. >> andrea: i know you went to the doctor today. they diagnosed you with -- >> bob: excuse me. what they diagnosed me with is close to insanity putting up with you people. >> eric: that bad. the romney campaign came back and said this was obama mocking mccain. they were, the campaign was doing the same thing -- >> bob: oh, i see. that's what they say? good, mitty. that's good. >> andrea: you know it's tough to get an ad pulled off of tv. this ad is not going anywhere. >> bob: no. it's all because it shows something, it shows something about mitt romney, which is the guy can

thank you senator mccain. >> thank you mr. chairman. since you brought up regrettably general dempsey 2003 and 2004, the fact is you do not support the search and said it would fail. secretary panetta was part of the iraq study group that recommended the withdraw from iraq and opposed the surge so we are all responsible for the judgments that we make and obviously that affects the credibility of the judgment we make now on iraq a regret you have to bring that up congenital. the fact is there are some of us who were over there in those years who maybe have other members of their family over there and felt that there was failing and that we needed to have the surge succeeded. the fact is we could've given sovereign immunity as we have another country's to keep our troops there and give them immunity that the need. we have other agreements with other countries that guaranty sovereign immunity. the fact is every military leader recommended that we have residual forces at a minimum of 10,000 usually around 20,000. there was the recommendatio

mccain: mr. president, i support the amendment, as modified, by the senator from tennessee, senator corker, who has devoted a great deal of time and effort and thought into this issue and the result is this amendment. and i would point out that it would require the secretary of defense to prepare a report on the effectiveness of coalition support fund reimbursements made to pakistan in support of coalition military operations in afghanistan. before i proceed, let me once again express my deep condolences to the families of the pakistani soldiers who were killed this weekend in a cross-border air action. all americans are deeply saddened by this tragedy and i fully support nato and u.s. military in their commitment to conduct a thorough and expeditious investigation. as my colleagues will recall, this is an important aspect of senator corker's amendment, congress has authorized and appropriated funding for coalition support fund reimbursements to pakistan since we began our military operations in

[laughter] >> senator brown. >> senator mccain. aye by proxy. >> senator paul. >> aye by proxy. >> senator moran. >> no. >> senator lieberman. >> no. is it possible that there is a little mischief going on? >> mr. chairman, on the vote of those present, the yays are 4, the nays are 5. on this vote, the amendment is agreed to. >> ok. thank you, senator akaka. congratulations. let's see. no one else here on the republican side has an additional amendment. you are retiring undefeated. if it is ok, after the senator, we will break for lunch. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank the committee for passing the amendment. senator mccain talked about the fact that when he has public meetings people talk about the post office. if you are in a small town and you have a public meeting, i guarantee you it will be the first issue that comes up. with the 10-mile issues that the senator brought up, it is an issue that people have talked to me about. post office closures are really going to close a lot of communities. i want to express my ap

mccain: will the senator yield? on the issue of the post office, not a big deal, but isn't it kind of a symptom of the disease we suffer from around here where we would not even agree to legislation that cuts mail delivery from six days to five, which is the recommendation of the postmaster general? mr. coburn: and the prepldation of the president of the united states -- and the recommendation of the president of the united states. what about duplication? is there not some place we can find the $240 billion that president obama wants to put into the economy for helping those in the middle and lower-income levels make it through this tough time? sure there is. we have 100-plus surface transportation programs that can easily be consolidated down to 20. we have 82 teacher quality programs. 82? economic development programs, we have 88. transportation assistance programs, outside surface transportation, we have 80 of those. we have 56 financial literacy programs. we have 47 job training programs. $18 billion a year, all

someplace were saying you can't vote for mccain. vote for romney because he is a real conservative. and now romney is not conservative enough for the same people. >> a lot of us, myself included, were not wild about the candidates last time and said nothing at all, and we end up with the worst possible caned debted. -- candidate. >> it is like an episode of "the bachelor" where the woman just like gave up and said, i will take that guy. >> i want to ask bill a question, you can't vote because pulling levers reminds you of your childhood. >> for sure. joy don't you think cain's strategy is interesting in that he says "i am innocent until you find proof" and i think that is brazen and wonderful. until you find something, let me know. >> it is bad. i have done that before. >> and then the cop pulls up the bag. it never works. but this is probably good for him. what happens when one of these things comes up. the only one i like is john huntsman. have sex with cain. that's the only thing that will help him. >> i want to move on and make

. >> last night we introduced you to lynn mccain. lynn mccain is a stage four breast cancer patient and before she was diagnosed with the cancer for the second time, her and her family planned a dream vacation to belize. they went to u.s. airways and bought five round trip tickets totaling $4200. but she had to cancel the trip. those tickets were nonrefundable and the airline was refusing to give her her money back. today, rejust heard back, actually just minutes ago i got off the phone with miss mccain that says the airline has chosen to bend the rules of their policy and refund the money. so once again, she will be getting her refund. she will be getting her $4200 back for those airline tickets that she had purchased. back to you guys. >> what a relief for her. thank you. google is moving its map indoors. features indoor directions, including big stores, mall, airports, and transit centers throughout the united states and japan. if you want to find your way around the massive mall of america in minnesota, you just enter the store a

the fact of the matter is he mocked, he mocked j john mccain for saying that. this was an attempt and a legitimate attempt by the romney campaign saying let's have the debate about the economy and not duck or hide from it. let's have it. and president obama is not run wanting to run against mitt romney on this issue or any other because mitt romney has a deep successful record of growing jobs, building businesses and getting the economy ignited this the private sector not the government sector do. >> do you count on the main stream media, they refuse to use the woshd lie to describe what candidates do. so do campaigns like the romney campaign rely on the media's timidity about using the word lie when they put out an ad like that. they know the "new york times" won't won't say lie. >> if i say i have an ad and we are putting it out in a news release that this is not barack obama's words but john mccain's words we are telling you that now, would that be a lie? >> it is a lie because that's not what you are putting out on the the consumer. you are putting out to t