michael w. smith gretchen: president obama back in the campaign trail in iowa for what the white house calls a backyard conversation on the economy. our mike emmanuel joins us live from des moines. hey, mike. >> gretchen, good morning. couple hours from now, president obama will lead that backyard discussion in this charming des moines neighborhood. should be similar to the scene we saw yesterday morning in albuquerque, new mexico and then from here, the president will travel to richmond, virginia, aides say the president likes going to different parts of the country, having conversations with voters to talk about how they were affected by the economic down turn and to try to make the case for what he has done to try to help the economy. last night the president was in madison, wisconsin at the university of wisconsin trying to energize the youth vote which was obviously quite critical to his election two years ago. here is a sample of his message in tone. >> i know sometimes it feels a long way from

my good friend michael w smith. by the way it is my favorite right cd, great job.llion americans. families of four, defined -- making under $22,000 a year. this congress that americans are so angry about can't vote and tell them what their taxes are going to be in january. how is that possible? >> well, it is not responsible is it? >> sean: it isn't. >> everybody is heading back to campaign it is very sad for our country in my opinion. >> sean: yeah. you work to raise a lot of money for char -- charity. you have an organization in nashville. you are helping kids out. is this something that the federal government should be handling? is this something that outside charities and churches ought to be working on? >> i think both. the happiest people i know are the people who give things away. i think we all got a great opportunity to be able to alleviate poverty. the church obviously has to do their job. but the government has to step up and let's pass a few bills and make some things happen. >> sean: come on trippi this is your party. why are they a bun of gutless, spi

michael w. smith, the w. stands for whitaker. >> brian: get his new cd. it's out today. bill: hey, thank you guys! good morning, everybody, emerging as a potent force, new evidence the taet party is not dividing republicans as some thought or many feared or many democrats might have hoped. "wall street journal" polling shows more than 70 percent of republicans support the upstart political movement and that might have huge implications for november and beyond. good morning, everybody! that's where we start. who are you? >> juliet: i'm juliet hudd kwr-fpl, good to be with you, you should know my name, i've been here a long time! the poll finds -- eye the -- by the way, i'm in for martha maccallum. even though many knocked off incumbents in the primaries. bill: dana perino leads our story, former white house press secretary for president bush. what do you think? how do you evaluate this poll, is it a merging of the parties or were they ever joined in the first place in your view? >> i don't think they were ever necessarily joined. the tea party movement came out of the gra

heather smith with rock the vote, michael dimock with the pew research center and elizabeth murphy at penn state. thank you all three. >> brown: w, new terror threats have governments around the world responding. we begin our coverage with a report from london from angus walker of "independent television news." >> reporter: just ten armed men managed to kill 164 people, terrorizing mumbai for three days in november, 2008. the attack targeted well-known buildings like the taj mahal palace hotel. the militants were heavily armed and well trained. they took hostages and got worldwide publicity. for some time, m.i.-5, based here if stall london, has been one of the western intelligence agencies tracking a plot to carry out coordinated mumbai style attacks here in the u.k., france, and germany. i. t.v. news understands that david cameron was shocked when he was told about the threat early in the summer. this video claims to show german-born terrorist recruits training in northern pakistan. according to u.s. sources, a german suspect arrested in kabul has been the source for much of the intelligence about the threat. 20 drone attacks