to a mitchell romney.ings of a dictator. he is incredibly wealthy but pays no taxes. and it's not much of a leap to go from foreiiring people to fi squads and putting pets on top of a car to put in political dissidents on top of them. he taught me how to do that. >> did you understand a word of that? i'm not sure i did. anyhoo, "the avenger" pulled in a ton of money. and the department of defense reportedly didn't want any part of it. so it's kind of strange they don't really want a part of it, because the pentagon is usually eager to help hollywood produce movies but "the avengers" had 2340 backup. the liaison told wires magazine that it stopped cooperating with marvel studios during the production because of the film's, and i'm quoting, unrealistic portrayal of military book bureaucracy. the f-22 fighter jets all over the screen, guess what, they were computer generated. all 242 republicans in the house of representatives got a surprise this week. a kl len dar full of scandals allegedly all about themsel

mitchell reports," mitt romney tries to turn the tables on that bain attack in an exclusive interview >> this is a president who spends his time blaming other people for the fact that he has been unsuccessful in turning around this economy. and i think the reason you're seeing it across the country people saying they'd like to try someone new is because they believe this president, while he may be a nice guy, is not up to the task of helping guide an economy. >> this as our new nbc news/wall street journal poll shows the president and romney are all but tied as voters become more pessamiimistic about the econom. he's not ready to endorse president obama again but listen to what he told me today about mitt romney's foreign policy. >> i think he needs to really not just accept these cataclysmic sort of pronouncements. he really needs to think carefully about these statements. >> my conversation with former secretary of state general colin powell on politics and the lessons of war and those nonexistent wmds. >>> and move over will smith. there's a new fresh pins spinning the turntables.

mitchell reports," mitt romney tries to turn the tables on that bain attack in an exclusive interview >> this is a president who spends his time blaming other people for the fact that he has been unsuccessful in turning around this economy. and i think the reason you're seeing it across the country people saying they'd like to try someone new is because they believe this president, while he may be a nice

mitchell live in washington. on this the first anniversary of the death of bin laden, mitt romney now says, any thinking american would have ordered the operation. chris cillizza is an msnbc contributor and managing editor of postpolitics.com. that begs the question, even jimmy carter would have ordered this operation and what he said initially at least in 20007, which is that he would not have moved heaven and earth, he created that a month later but he never came to the point where he said he would authorize raids

last hour, during andrea mitchell's report, a romney campaign adviser said romney is absolutely not on birther bandwagon. >> he has made it very clear he disagrees with that. >> he'll stand up next to donald trump and -- >> he'll talk next to donald trump and say yes wants to be president. >> joining me now, political reporter for the "washington post." also with us, a republican strategist and form he campaign manager for mike huckabee. it is great to have you on as well. we vnl seen you in a while. let me read what the dnc said. once again mitt romney is failing the moral leadership test. instead of rejecting donald trump's birther conspiracy theories, he is endorsing them by campaigning and fundraising with him. >> i think it is hog wash. i think we all jump on when we had the celebrity endorsements. they've been involved in politics for 20 years and i've only found one politician i agree with 100% of the time and that's me. i still support other candidates i disagree with from time to time. donald trump is a celebrity in his own right. i think it has a lot of excitement for folks.

i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. mitt romney just wrapped up a rally in rick santorum's home two. the two finally held their private meeting this morning behind closed doors. santorum is not exactly falling in line. >> are you expecting to get rick santorum's endorsement today? >> well, i expect that you're going to see us all come together. >> do you think he'll endorse you today after that meeting? governor, i don't mean to interrupt you. >> i don't know. i don't think we have plans for an endorsement today but i think all republicans will come together. >> it's like negotiating with the chinese. chris ysaliis cillizzysaliis ci. this was the long awaited face to face meeting but it's not two faces we'll see on camera. why won't rick santorum jump on board and embrace romney? >> let me first say he has not called me and told me. anything is my guesswork. my thought here, andrea. >> that's why we get the big bucks. we guess. >> my thought is he's trying to extract something from mitt romney, whether that's help raising money or

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good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. mitt romney will likely go over the top when he wins the uncontested texas primary today. but speaking of going observe the top, donald trump, he just can't seem to give up on his birther obsession. even on the day hosting romney at a fund-raiser. chris cillizza an msnbc contributor and managing editor of post politics.com. listen to trump on "squawk box." >> his mother was never in the hospital, they don't know which hospital it was. his grandmother said he was born in kenya. it all wouldn't matter except if you're born in a foreign country, you're not allowed to be president. i'm not flanning flames. this is something that came out last week. a lot of people are questioning his birth certificate, the authenticity of his birth certificate. >> and he also tweeted out, chris, that barack obama is begging at mitt romney to disavow the place of birth movement, he's afraid of it for good reason. @johnmccain, lost the election and don't let it happen again. john mccain helped campaign with mitt romney

on andrea mitchell reports, carey healy, during romney's time as governor, defended his record. >> massachusetts the fourth graders and eighth graders evaluated as being first in the nation. so literally, governor romney had schools, the best in the country. >> so what does your gut tell you? did mitt romney go too far when he describe the u.s. education system as, quote, third world? to go facebook.com/newsnation to cast your vote. take a look at what the "news nation" is saying about yesterday's gut check. we asked do you believe the facebook ipo fiasco adds to the mistrust of wall street? 91% of you said yes. 9% of you said no. that does it for this edition of "news nation." thank you for with us this hour. i'm tamron hall. martin bashir is up next. [ male announcer ] it starts small. it's trident gum. you open it up. pop it in. and all of a sudden, things are happening. it's like this smile for your brain that starts in your mouth. it tickles up your spine and punches you in the face. a good kind of punch. one that lights the fuse that starts the day you didn't see coming. ♪ you follow that

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romney. >> nbc chief correspondent andrea mitchell.rea mitchell reports weekdays at 1:00 here on msnbc. andrea, i know you've had an incredible day from covering in chicago and traveling and being here tonight. thanks for being with us tonight. >> you had the enter vurks mint. well done. >> ben jealous is coming up to talk about the major shift in politics on a major issue in our country right now. he is making major news and he will be here in just a couple minutes. i told you it was a big show. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns double miles on every purchase, every day! woo-hoo!!! so that's ten security gators, right? put them on my spark card! why settle for less? testing hot tar... great businesses deserve the most rewards! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. cho

answers. >>> right now on andrea mitchell reports, bain economics. team obama goes after mitt romney'scord with a scathing new attacking that paints romney as a job killer. >> to get up on national tv and brag about making jobs when he has is destroyed thousands of people's careers, lifetimes, just -- >> he's running for president and if he's going to run the country the way he ran our business, i wouldn't want him there. he would be so out of touch with the average person in this country. >> the strategy paid off for romney's opponents in the primary. can it do the same for president obama in the general election. the tale of two commencements. president obama in new york this hour to address the graduates at the all-woman bernard college while

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romney and barack obama. >> thanks very much. i'm garrett mitchell. i write the mitchell report. i want to pose the question in the form of an hypothesis. so it has a question mark at the end. but it seems to me directly from right down the line if you think about bruce's excellent paper some time ago about the u.s. as the majority shareholder in a liberal democratic order, strobe's i think highly important point about the extent to which the electoral process itself, getting us to the first tuesday has not only -- is not only unseemly, but makes governing more difficult than ever. and to the point about the need to form new alliances and then you jumped to the question of given all of that, which president, a romney or an obama, "a," can we predict what they would do, and "b" would have the greatest likelihood of doing the things that need to be done? the hypothesis that i want to offer is this. very little difference, very little difference because presidents have far less room to maneuver. where the difference will be made is in the congressional elections and particularly in

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mitchell and cameron? after obama is spoke, mitt romney weighed in, saying his opinion has not changed.t marriage should be between one man and one woman, which is -- which is better than his grandfather, who believed it should be between one man and five women. back then, anything lower than three was gay, so -- [ laughter ] there's an interesting article in "the washington post" today about romney. they interviewed some of his high school classmates, some of whom described him as a prep school bully, which -- prep school bully, like mitt, sounds like a john hughes movie. somebody call molly ringwald. they claimed he picked on some of his gay classmates. according to the article, he pinned a gay student to the ground and cut his hair, which, ironically, is a pretty gay thing to do, when you think about it. [ laughter ]ling and hair dress. another former classmate claims a kid got up, spoke in front of the class, romney said "atta girl." romney said he didn't know the kids were gay at the time, he was just being a jerk. i can see that. kids do dumb things. back to mother's day if we can

romney? had reince priebus on with andrea mitchell yesterday. he said this puts the president's question of his credibility here. that he will not take a definitive stand, according to some. andrea pushed back saying, listen, that's the same problem mitt romney has. people like you, you're a conservative, believe that romney does not take a solid stand in the line anywhere including in quick sand. >> well, mitt romney already has taken a position on this issue. he took it as governor of massachusetts. he had a decision to make when the court tried to intervene there and demand the legislature act on their opinion. when the legislature did not, mitt romney chose to act on the court opinion rather than his own state constitution which forbids any entity other than the legislature in massachusetts from changing the marriage law. so he can sign all the pledges he wants. he can do all the dances he wants. he can bore tow phrase of the president and have the evolving views but when push came to shove as governor of massachusetts, he went in favor of de

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where will romney show up today? i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. more evidence today that the presidential election is a barn burner deadlocked. our new poll out today shows that the race is tied in three of the most important battleground states, nevada, colorado and iowa. chris is a contributor. iowa shows 44-44. this is a tie. only 10% undecided. >> you know, what's amazing is that iowa, remember, iowa and president obama mention this is every time he goes, iowa was the state that gave birth to barack obama as the guy who was going to be the democratic nominee. he won the iowa caucuses going away, he won iowa in the general election over john mccain going away. so, it's interesting to me at least that we are now in a tie in the state. though i would say that this is a state that did go for. go w. bush in 2004, republicans made a lot of gains in 2010. they won the governorship, chuck grassley got re-elected. so, there's a lot of cross currents here. it's in the midwest, this is kind of where i think the battleground is. iowa, wisconsin, michigan,

but what no one doubts is that the president intends to hit romney early, often and hard. nbc's andrea mitchellhost of "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc and a ceo politico reporter. andrea, are you surprised he is his own dick cheney? >> not really, because let's look at the track record of his own surrogates over the last couple weeks. joe biden and then cory booker. if you can't rely on your attack dogs, then you have to be your own attack dog. but i think they understand they're coming after him double barrels and he has to fight back first because the pro-obama super pacs don't have the reach and have not shown the facility to go negative and go hard as much as some of the republicans have. >> glen, historically speaking, and if one goes back just the last couple of cycles, don't we typically find at this point, memorial day weekend, you don't have the president invoking with the name of his opponent. it is a bit unusual that we get to where we are so quickly? >> it is, but as andrew said, we are in the post-citizens united era here, and i think with surrogates like cory booker and ed rend

>> and good day, i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. in our daily fix, mitt romney is set to speak moments from now in charlotte, north carolina, where he'll do his best to shift the focus back to the economy. he'll do it in the state which this week became the 30th to approve a constitutional ban on same-sex unions. it's also where the democratic convention is. the politics of gay marriage have overshadows president obama's campaign kick-off this week. prompting a mea culpa from the vice president's office. mark, great to see you. what happened behind the scenes here? >> well, i think what happened was, quite clearly, joe biden got a little bit ahead of the white house planning for the president to come out in favor of gay marriage. joe biden did it on "meet the press" the other day that set off a couple of days of uncomfortable back tracking and forward tracking and planning from the white house and re-election campaign. it forced the president's timing where he said he supported gay marriage to robin roberts a couple of days ago. vice president biden did apologiz

way, this mitt romney romney fella -- >> no, no, no. >> i'm andrea mitchell live in new york. in our "daily fix," he voted with ronald reagan more than any other senator, but lugar is now kicked out. his tea party-backed opponent won by more than 20 points. senate icon did not go gently into the night, releasing a statement blasting the erosion of the political center. with postpolitics.com, and mark halperin is an msnbc contributor and with "time" magazine. chris, we're going to talk about lugar in a moment, but stand by because i want your take on this as well. mark halperin, you're reporting a lot of signals, the canceled briefing by the white house by jay carney. they know they're going toward hollywood. they have this big event with george clooney. they're going to face so many of their married gay supporters in l.a. tomorrow. we see that there may be an announcement coming out of the white house today. >> every expectation that we will within the next hour be in a different world where we have a president of the united states who supports the legalization of gay marriage

mitchell live in washington. live pictures of portsmouth, virginia, mitt romney picking up the endorsement of a former rival, michelend put governor bob mcdonnell through the running mate paces. chris, we're talking about virginia, talking about an important state, important senate race there as well. that could be a race that determines whether or not the democrats hold on to the senate. and bob mcdonnell, is he a viable possibility in the

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romney and barack obama. >> thanks very much. i write the mitchell report. i want to pose a question in the form of a hypothesis. it comes -- seems to me from right down the line, think of bruce's excellent paper about the u.s. as the majority shareholder in a liberal democratic quarter, strobe's point about the extent to which the electorial process itself has not only -- not only unseemly but make governing more difficult than ever. to the point about the need to form new alliancess and then you jump to the question given all of that, which president, mitt romney pour obama can we predict what they would do and which one would have the greatest likelihood of doing things that need to be done? the hypothesis i want to offer is this. very little difference. because presidents have far less room to maneuver. where the difference will be made is in the congressional elections and particularly in the senate. particularly given the affect of wool 22 in the senate and the unfortunate growing role of minority interference in the governing process which depending u

the problem with romney is that he reinforces that stereotype of the republicans of the party that is wellbornrn and out of touch. >> not saying that senator mitchell's report is s entirely wrong. i'm saying the statements about me are wrong. i have n never taken steroids or hdh. >> that is roger clemens testifying before congress in 2008. he is on trial for perrjury. nina you were there. >> the prosecution's star witness was supposed to be andy pettitte because they're under main witness has credibility problem. the problem is that he was not the icing on the cake, and he basically recanted when the defense lawyer on cross- examination said, "is it possible you are e wrong? what are the odds that this was 50/50 that you are wrong was " he says, "that is about right." >> evan? >> there is a show trial aspect of this, the second time around. me with the edwards' case. when you go for celebrities, are you making a greater point that will deter others? >> i don''t know the merits of the child. i differ to my colleagues especially nina. but i commend it tom davis and henry waxman for holding hearingsgs and forcing baseball to confront the drug epidemic.

. >> one of the romney's spokespeople today was asked about trump's latest birther line talking to andrea mitchellund on that. >> he disagrees with that. >> so he'll stand up next to donald trump. >> he will stand up and talk about why he wants to be president. >> how do you stand next to the king of birther talk, and not be questioned about it right in front of him. >> well, i think we're going to see that on tuesday. one of the things about fundraisers is the press is kept at bay and i don't know if we will get the chance to shout the --s out to him. i do think he has to walk a fine line here. i also think that this whole issue of surrogates gone while and being off script from whatever each of the began dates want -- they have been a recuring theme in this campaign and mitt romney has to be careful here. >> i'll counting on you to get in there and raise the question. >>> let me get to another story about romney speaking about his gaffes. he said i have a couple of those in the campaign and haunted me and i'm sure before it's over will haunt me a lot. when he was asked about specifics, he mentio

mitchell live in new york. an exclusive interview with mark halperin, mitt romney responded directly to his attacks on bain capital. mark has just returned from conducting that interview which will be part of the magazine's newest issue and is up online. he's also, of course, an msnbc political editor. thank you very much for joining us as a contributor. very interesting in that you tried to pin him down on bain and he pivoted in a sort of classic game changing way. let's take a look. >> the president says he wants to focus a lot of the election debate on your career at bain capital. do you welcome that? >> well, of course, i'd like to also focus on his record. what is it that he's done as the president of the united states over the last four years? has he established the revitalization he promised he would bring to us? did he hold unemployment below 8%? it's been what, 39 months now. that hasn't happened. he promised it would happen by virtue of his stimulus. gasoline prices, home prices, are they happy with the prices? level of foreclosures? do they think someone can do better? this is a president who spends his