mr. mitt romney? are you going to flop back when you hear your party is not with you? >> this is obviously a political stunt by mitt romney. if he really adheres and supports the ryan budget, because it does cut 170 billion in pell grachbts. you can't have it both ways. is this just a trick to try to hoodwink young people that don't know the full story it has to be. you love the ryan budget. you hugged, you kissed it. you said it was marvelous. you can't have it both ways. here is the big take away here. when the young people in america stand up for themselves, it moves the whole country. other groups started moving on this. the president listened. the president is now listening to the young people. romney is listening to the president. thank you romney for following the president's leadership. now, get your party in line. >> this may be another etch a sketch moment for mitt romney, but there is an enthusiasm gap that's out there. what do you make of the 20% difference from 2008 to where it is right now and romney is playing to their fears and saying you got to vote for

mr. mitt romney has taken out of context and hammered him. >> in every rosen is a grown upp and we have known hefor years the sheik was not criticizing women who make the choice to stay home. why are we fightineach other? >> i do not think we are fighting each other as mucuch as the 24-hour news cycle is stigating us to fight much. >> shouldn't we be going after some of the policies that make it hard on both kinds of moths? we do not ha enough of a net to help moms inin general. >> mrs. romney would like to talk about t those things and hilary rososen said she es notot have t the right. she is wrong. she is one of those democrats on the extreme who basically not only the use her opponents as wrong but as evil. it is an indictment of the m media for haviving such an extreme personality because it makes great theater. eveventually they get themselves into trouble. >> they are not evil. fox news channel saidthis was taken out of context. is she t the evil or are we trying to fight a fight that the men want to stay out of? >> of course she is t evil. working moms, whether working at home or out o

mr. mitt romney is desperately trying to portray himself he's man of the people. he's right in there with you. sensitive comments made about his wife have only helped him. >> i happen to believe that all moms are working moms. >> really. all moms are working moms exsemts when they are poor. here is what he had to say about those kinds of moms earlier this year. >> i also like the idea that people receiving welfare assistance have a responsibility of working. in my state we make good progress in that regard following the days of the welfare reform act. while i was governor, 85% of the people had no work requirement. i wanted to increase the work requirement. i said, even if you have a child two years of age, you need to go to work. people said well that's heartless. i said i'm willing to spend more giving day care to allow those parents to go back to work. it will cost the state more providing the day care, but i want the individuals to have the dignity of work. >> dignity. it's a big word. according to mitt romney, the all moms are working moms argument doesn't ap

mr. romney. mitt romney. >> thank you pennsylvania, delaware, rhode island, connecticut and new york!nd [applause] tonight i can say thank you, america. after 43 primaries and caucuses, many long days and more than a few long nights, i can say with confidence -- and gratitude -- that you have given me a great honor and solemn responsibility. and, together, we will win on november 6th! [applause] we launched this campaign not far from here on a beautiful june day. on a farm in new hampshire. it has been an extraordinary journey. americans have always been eternal optimists. but over the last three and a half years, we have seen hopes and dreams diminished by false promises and weak leadership. everywhere i go, americans are tired of being tired, and many of those who are fortunate enough to have a job are working harder for less. for every single mom who feels heartbroken when she has to explain to her kids that she needs to take a second job for grandparents who can't afford the gas to visit their grandchildren for the mom and dad who never thought they'd be on food stamps for the sma

if you listen to mitt romney, mrs. romney has told him women are interested in comply and the jobs. which is it? >> right. women, just like voters across the board, the economy is their top concern. having said that just like hispanics on the issue of immigration. when women hear a candidate talking about contra semmings or abortion in a way where they come across as insensitive or not understanding, they pick up on that tone, just like hispanics take -- pick up on an unfriendly tone towards immigration. even though the comply is far and away their biggest concern. >> let's look at the other side of the ledger. if this gender gap among women, how much opportunity does governor romney have to offset that with an opposite gender gap? that is, how much can he get a positive vote from men to offset the other? >> absolutely, i think that's part of their game plan. in these campaigns, it's all about minimizing the deficits you have and maximizing the advantages that you have and turning that on the other opponent. so i think that that's something you'll definitely see the roll any campaig

in wisconsin nbc news is calling this race too early to call but with mitt romney leading. mr. romney has won in maryland and washington, d.c. we'll be right back. >>> happy election night. nbc hauz projected mitt romney the winner in washington, d.c. and maryland. right now these are the current results. the projection on the race is that it's too early to call in wisconsin, but that mitt romney is in the lead. rick santorum is in his home state of pennsylvania speaking right now to his supporters. let gee let's go to it live. >> it's great to be here with friends and family. we have now reached the point where it's halftime. half the delegates in this process have been selected. who is ready to charge out of the locker room in pennsylvania for a strong second half. it is great to be here in south western pennsylvania where i grew up in a steel town about 20 miles northeast of here in this same county, butler, pennsylvania. this area, this area like that town and like the people in it forged steel to build this country to help win world wars and not just if we built the country

mitt romney. saturday night live host. a war on chocolate milk. and no one is laughing at you, mr. nugent. >> start packing. >> if it's mitt's time, it's our turn now. >> mitt romney in the house. >> i'll take a look at that. that sounds like fun. >> are you my robot daddy? >> don't be silly. i'm not a robot. i'm a human man. >> who is funnier. you or president obama. >>? most of our dinner table events written volving humor. >> you should have seen the look on his face. >> you took your irish setter shamus on a 12-hour road trip tied to the roof of your car. >> would you do it again? >> certainly not with the attention it has received. >> the dog loved it. >> there is an elevator for your car? >> what is your title? >> i respectfully decline to answer it. >> it is not your money. >> hillary clinton was spotted in a bar in cartagena. >> somebody really loosened the buttons on her pant suit, didn't they? >> let's get on with this. >> i got bit by a penguin. >> war on fishermen. >> can you accept the war on salt. >> it's the war on chocolate milk. >> oh, my god! -"ayrñ we need to respect choi

mitt romney in that contest. he won the presidential nomination in 2008. and during that campaign, mr. refused to say that waterboarding a person was a way of torturing that person. did mitt romney's point of view win out in today's republican party? is that another one of these issues in which even the politics of john mccain and sarah palin in 2008 are too left wing now for today's republicans? we may be about to find out. every time the romney campaign thinks that the george w. bush presidency no longer lurks in the shadows of mr. romney's own efforts to capture the nomination this year, out comes a sinewy hand from under the bed to grab at mr. romney's bare ankles. today, three years after the freedom of information act requests were filed for it, today the "wired" magazine reporter, spencer ackerman, and the national security a archive at george washington university finally got their hands on a document written by this man, phillip zelikow, he ran the 9/11 commission, was condoleezza rice's lawyer at the state department. at the beginning of the obama presidency in 2009, the obam

-- you, know, cbs had a poll out this week that really showed people didn't know much about mitt romney and mrhrnstrom said it himself. here's what they don't know. mitt romney as governor, despite coming in based on his private sector business experience and making enormous promise of what he was going to do for the economy, similar promises that he's making right now, led the state to 47th up on the of 50th in job creation. now the states behind massachusetts were largely states that were hit by katrina. he said he was going to reduce the size of government. he increased the size of government by more than 6% a year. manufacturing jobs left that state at twice the national average. so that's the record of mitt romney. and despite a balanced budget in massachusetts, he left the country-- the state in debt. the largest per-capita debt of any state in the country. >> schieffer: let me ask you this-- clearly these polls so that people do like his approach, though ohow to fix the economy. gas prices are very high. there's still a lot of people out of work. do you expect that to change before elec

the main featured speaker at today's nra convention was mitt romney. mr. romney has been all over the map on gun issues during his career, but the latest version of mitt romney proclaims himself to be a life-long member of the nra. mr. romney essentially just gave his stump speech at the nra convention today, but he did add in a few lines about guns. and frankly, what he added in about guns, was a really hard to understand few lines. >> we need a president that will enforce current laws, not create new ones that will only burden lawful gun owners. president obama has not. i will. >> okay. in order to understand just what mitt romney was trying to say today about guns, it's a very important issue, right? in order to understand what he's saying here you have to actually diagram his sentences. take that line we just played. >> we need a president who will enforce current laws. >> we need a president who will enforce current laws. okay, so far, so good, but then the next thing he says? >> not create new ones that only serve to burden lawful gun owners. presiden

mitt romney? >> but that wouldn't be enough to keep mr. rking on behalf of mr. romney, if he does not beat him in the primaries? >> i think -- i would look at it this way. to republicans, the great unifier in this race is barack obama. we look at obama care not just because we think it's bad medicine or bad economics, but it changes freedom in america. but it's not just limited to that. it lays out how our country is governed and not to have that respect is wrong. both sides do work hard to get their nominees on the supreme court. let's not doubt that. one of the reasons rick santorum will tell you he worked so hard to support arlen specter is he had specter guarantee his vote for whatever judges came up which happened to be roberts and alito which right now we see why that's so important to conserve tifs. >> here's a campaign issue which is about your candidate, but it's a question about how he has handled your campaign. i have criticized your candidate on the air including last night for a couple of things that he has said that seemed to

first term. >>> a big, big night for mitt romney tonight, going 3 for 3 in >>> a big, big night for mitt romney tonight, going 3 for 3 in today's presidential primaries. mr. romney is projected to win in wisconsin and in maryland and in washington, d.c. so three months to the day after voting began in iowa, governor romney has had the type of night after which republican voters should kind of be expected to rally around the nominee, right? i mean, that's the conventional wisdom. there's even a saying about that. democratic voters fall in love. republican voters fall in line. so is now the time that we can expect republican voters to start falling in line behind mitt romney? maybe? look at this. this is from the exit polls that nbc news conducted in wisconsin tonight. i think this is really interesting. if mitt romney is the eventual nominee of your party, will you, republican primary voter in wisconsin, be satisfied with that result, or will you be dissatisfied with that result? these are the overall numbers for people who voted in the wisconsin primary. 66% say they'd be satisfied. 32% say they would be dissatisfied if mitt romney wins the nomination ev

mitt romney. newt gingrich saying today that he expects mitt romney to be the nominee and call the party to unity behind the former massachusetts governor. some media outlets are reporting that mr. gingrich will suspend his presidential campaign officially next tuesday. as we wait for senator rubio, we're now going to go to see an interview from this morning about the supreme court. the supreme court considers whether arizona has the authority to enforce a state immigration law enacted in 2010. that's happening today before the court. >>> we just heard that senator marco rubio has entered the build sewing we're not going to enter that video on the supreme court. can you go to our website for that under the "washington journal" heading. >>> gank to all of you. it's my great pleasure to welcome you all to brookings today and a particular welcome to those of us who are going to are viewing this event on our webcast and we have a lot of other media here as well, which, of course, is a great deployment our two guests of honor. we're also especially pleased to have five distinguished members of the diplomatic corps here today as well as four brookings trustees and always an honor to

campaign 2012 news this evening, president barack obama leads presumpitive gop nominee mitt romney in electoral votes, but mr. obama does not have the 270 electoral votes to win a second term. according to the ap, president obama would have 242 electoral votes in a state that has a big lead or states leaning his way. if president obama wins reelection, he says he'll push for major immigration legislation in a second term >>> the bill would involve tougher border security and a pathway for citizenship for illegal immigrants who are already in the u.s. obama says that romney, on the other hand, is in favor of arizona-style immigration laws. >> these are laws that potentially would allow someone to be stopped and picked up and asked where their citizenship

mitt romney? >> but that wouldn't be enough to keep mr. endorsing, but working on behalf of mr. romney, if he does not beat him in the primaries? >> i think -- i would look at it this way. to republican tws, the great unifier in this race is barack obama. we look at obama care not just because we think it's bad medicine or bad economics, but it changes freedom in america. we're very concerned. i will tell you, i'm very troubled about his attacks on the supreme court this week. that's not the first time this president did it. two state of the unions ago, he went after the supreme court when they were sitting in the audience. you know, i think that's an issue. i think that will become a big issue in the fall. >> it has been sort of standard operating procedure on the right to attack the supreme court as not just godless but unelected and tyrannityrannical. >> and tear wrong to do that. >> so you think that's wrong on both sides. >> i do. we have to respect the constitution. it lays out how our country is governed and not to have that respect

mitt romney. romney trials mr. by nearly 20 points among women. >>> and a north korean official is denying that an upcoming satellite launch is cover for a missile test. that launch is expected between thursday and next monday. >>> and looking at weather today. mild but windy on the east coast. cooler than normal in the midwest. severe weather could threaten the gulf coast and oklahoma. and meanwhile, stormy in the pacific northwest. >>> and finally from us this morning, we know the music, of course, can get us through the grueling workouts at the gym. disco is still popular. but there's latin, house, and everything else. >> there is a new craze that combines working out with bally wood. and abc's john berman gave it a world. >> reporter: this is bondra. >> i'm addicted. >> reporter: bondra music, brought to the united states, via england, has the booming bass line, pounding drums and rhythmic vocals that make for a hypnotic dance carnival. what do you love about it? >> just moves my soul. makes you want to dance.

mitt romney thinks obama is out of his head. mr. obama says mitt romney is out of touch. the winner of that debate could decide the winner in november. also the latest on the secret service scandal tonight including hot new details on just what happened. >>> the world's most exclusive fraternity. right now there's only five members, the five living presidents of the united states. so do you think these guys really root for each other, apparently so. >>> if you're running for senator of massachusetts, there is one organization -- hint unfortunately for him, scott brown had that side support him. political director and chief white house correspondent, and msnbc political analyst. let's get the main facts on the table. the overall approval rating stands at 49, just slightly down from last month. here is a bad one for the president. on his question of the handling of the economy, the president doesn't do as well, only 45% approve, 52, a real majority say they disapprove of the job he is doing, let's go right down to that. >> the magic number is 49. our pollsters say it's 49,

people thi mitt romney thinks obama is out of his head. mr. obama says mitt romney is out of touch. also the latest on the secret service scandal tonight including hot new details on just what happened. >>> the world's most exclusive fraternity. right now there's only five members, the five living presidents of the united states. >>> if you're running for senator of massachusetts, there is one organization -- hint hint -- you don't want to have on your side. the new york yankees, believe it or not, and fortunately for him, brad made the mistake of taking a check from them. political director and chief white house correspondent, and msnbc political analyst. gentlemen, let's look at the numbers. let's take a look at how mitt romney and barack obama match-up in terms of favorability in that new poll in west virginia. people positive about the president at 48, positive about mitt romney 33. negative feelings, obama edged out 39 to 36 on that one. >> part of it is almost all improvement among young voting groups. when you look at it, we know all the ballot matchups, obama's favorite rati

do you think mitt romney is going to embrace mr. of interesting people who come out in support of you? there is that dog on the roof incident. maybe. >> i think mitt romney is really learning to develop the little muscles on either side of the smile line of his face to sort of freeze the expression of delight. i mean, that donald trump, herman cain, ted nugent, and you have to keep smiling and smiling with the knowledge that there is no controlling what these people are going to do in the next 20 minutes that will horribleably embarrass and humiliate you, and i think that this may not week where with the nomination locked up and mitt romney begins to exert discipline on a party that is very undisciplined the past three years. >> maybe, jamal, mitt romney will be seriously inspired by some of those ads, as ridiculous and outrageous as they are and if he had 1/100th of the bizarreness it would loosen him up and a little dancing maybe. >> i don't know if that's something we to want see just yet. i just saw kevin madden walking out of he

mr. romney is that he might be going to jail. i don't think he will, but theoretically, i mean, mitt romney campaigning in wisconsin today appears to have broken the law. i'm not kidding. what you're looking at right now is a mitt romney campaign event this morning in waukesha, wisconsin. he is at a sub shop with paul ryan called cousins subs. they are not taking money. they are handing out free submarine sandwiches to wisconsin voters dug an event that was billed by the romney campaign as an election-day lunch. what you are looking at there is against the law. see mr. romney? watch. against the law. that's illegal. right there. when you hand the submarine sandwich to the person and don't take the money, that's illegal. and he kept doing it. this is the cousins sub event. it was purely around the whole idea of illegal sub handing. in the state of wisconsin, it is against the law to, quote, offer, give, lend or promise to give or lend anything of value in order to induce an elector to vote or to refrain from voting. anything of value includes any amount of money or any object, the value of which exceeds $1. those ham and cheese s

mr. obama, mitt romney has a secret weapon and i'll they will you what it is next up on "kudlow." [ donovan ] i hit a wall. and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go for olympic gold and go to college too. [ male announcer ] every day we help students earn their bachelor's or master's degree for tomorrow's careers. this is your moment. let nothing stand in your way. devry university, proud to support the education of our u.s. olympic team. >>> the idea that you would keep on doing the same thing over and over again, even though it's been proven not to work, that's a sign of madness. >> that's president obama once again with a vicious attack on republicans with the definition of insanity, or madness. but the president is sadly mistaken. his big government entitlements aside, he could do much to a european style stagnant economy. trouble with the president hereby likes johe likes jobs but doesn't want to reward the entrepreneurs or businesses who create them. joining me is ed gillespie. do you think his charge

mr. romney, to back up mitt romney's bona fides on supporting women getting equal pay for their work.those members of congress that the romney campaign rolled out today voted against the lilly ledbetter fair pay bill for equal pay for equal work. when it really did come up before them. when they really were in congress. eventually the romney campaign presumably will figure out how to get this issue right. but for day one of the general election campaign, this was a really, really bad start. joining us now is sam stein, political editor and reporter for the "huffington post," who had an unexpectedly starring role in the romney campaign's face plant today. sam, thanks for being with us. >> thank you for the dramatic buildup, rachel. >> did you -- it didn't sound like a gotcha question. is there anything about the context that should have -- that would explain why that was such a hard question for them to answer? >> not that i know of. i didn't think of it as a great reptorial feat on my part, but i wanted to know how they felt about this legislation. i figured well, if he endorses the a