i have confirmation from from mr stein himself that that request that was put into question him in the ecuadorian embassy has been denied but we don't have any yet. but for that and we have never had an adequate explanation from sweden as to why they haven't used it to a legal assistance to question joined in relation to these allegations he has been offering this testimony since well before the european arrest warrant was issued we have requested the a straight in government to ask the very same assurances that we're now seeing ecuador ask in accordance with their obligations in investigating the political asylum application but it is a great shame this is to my knowledge the first time in history than a straight in citizen has sought refuge with a foreign government because our government refused to take the action which was legally possible for our government to take many suspect that there is an existing sealed indictment for julian and that that indictment there simply waiting for the appropriate time to exercise it was to implement that indictment as a matter of u.s. law as a cri

finally a frustrated mr. stein went says that the bill do this or the panel that will be on the ship, special would talk takes it in front of mr. gibbs, pours gasoline on it, here, you happy? he says, okay. fine. >> she uses it, but this was also on board the s.s. united states. now matt picked up the wood called end of it -- and discernible. it was used for croquet mallets and cricket balls. it is a self lubricating would which allows the turn. and he figured, okay. there won't catch fire. >> let's talk a little bit about the man, what type of person he was, personality, so driven, so focused, self-taught. what was he like? >> in many ways he was like frank lloyd wright. he only had a few interim and schooling. right only had two semesters to my belief, architectural training at the university. gives six and engineering glasses while at harvard and did terribly at them. but gives was of very driven. i believe he was an engineer with the feel of an artist. he was a sort of man who knew engineering but his real stre

[laughter] down mr. stein waste i can't do that it will be terrible. finally a frustrated he says let me build you the piano that will be on the ship he poured gasoline on it and the gasoline he says are you happy? he says fine bring some of these on board. my wife uses this when she makes frames for painting that this was also on the s.s. united states. estimate there were a few on board and he said it was made of a what that was used for croquet and cricket balls and it's a self lubricating would that allows it to turn and he figured okay these won't catch fire. >> let's talk about him, the type of person he was, the personality, driven, so focused, self-taught. what was he like? he only had to training at the university of wisconsin he took engineering class is why don't you is at harvard but did this was a very driven. i believe he was an engineer with the soul of an artist. he was the sort of man that new engineering with the strength being a charismatic leader. he was known for having a very bad mouth especially when he got angry and he had a car

. >> thank you, thank you, mr. stein. >> thank you.the next president will be making some much those decisions. let's take you out on the campaign trail now. governor mitt romney just speaking in south carolina as he raises fund's cross the south today. his vice-presidential pick, congressman paul ryan is also hitting the trail but in the critical battleground state of ohio. our chief political correspondent carl cameron is there and joins us live. carl? >> reporter: hi, jon. paul ryan just wrapped up an event in north canton, ohio. very raucous crowd. seemed have something of a rythym going and seemed to bring them to their feet with whole number of applause lines on the subject of medicare which republicans clearly relish. while mr. ryan was holding town hall-style meeting, didn't take questions but theater in the round. mitt romney was not scheduled to make any public appearances and behind closed doors for fund-raising summoned press to availability, greenville airport, outline the differences between his and medicare plans. in eff

mr. gold stein, i was thinking about mr. ryan in the debates with the current vice president, and both of them having served in the congress during the george bush presidency when all of the tax cuts, $800 million, the budgets, all of those things were voted for by the man that is hoping to be the vice presidential. how is he going to justify now that all of those things that were wrong, that the ditch inherited by the current president has -- how is ryan going to defend himself against joe biden who obviously knows all that information and will bring it up during the debates? thank you. guest: well, i think certainly vice president biden will be well versed on representative ryan's record and so will the moderators, and i don't recall whether this year's vice presidential debate will have a panel of reporters, as is sometimes done, or a single moderator. but they will be well versed as well on the records of both candidates. i think the vice presidential debate is really -- will be the singular issue where the vice presiden

stein of the huffington post. patricia murphy is a contributor to the daily beast and mr. sunday morning himself, "new york times" magazine editor, hugo lindgren. with 83 days to go in the election of great big issues, it's back to small ball. the last 24 hours have been consumed by outrage from team romney over this comment made by vice president joe biden. >> romney wants to -- he said in the first hundred days, he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules. unchain wall street. he's going to put y'all back in chains. >> the vice president later said he meant to use the word unshackled, a term he got from mitt romney's running mate, paul ryan. this is what congressman ryan said in his state of the union response last year. >> i see this challenge as an opportunity to rebuild what lincoln called the central ideas of the republic. we believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for all people of every background to succeed and prosper. >> still, the romney campaign is hamm

mr. wong was 52 years old. the arrest comes three days after this chilling security camera video was aired. ken stein provided it to news 4 after he realized the televised image of the safety vest wearing suspect in mr. wong's murder looked a lot like a man caught on camera robbing his store in the district last month. >> i felt bad he had to go through that. and it is sad. it's a sad case that a guy did lose his life over somebody stealing a little bit of jewelry. >> flowers and candles remain from a vigil held in front of capital jewelers wednesday night as tommy wong's son desmond prepares for the funeral, he wanted to express gratitude for ken stein coming forward to help. >> i appreciate him releasing the video and having the bravery and courage to help my family do this and giving the police and everything they needed to capture this person. i cannot begin to show my appreciation for that. thank you from me and my family. >> reporter: right now james caroline is charged only with a probation violation, but he is expected to face murder charges in the death of tommy wong. reporting live in arlin

mr. wong was 52 years old. the arrest comes three days after this chilling security camera video was aired. ken stein provided it to news 4 after he realized that the televised image of the safety-vest wearing suspect looked a lot like the man caught on camera robbing his store in the district last month. >> i felt bad that, you know, he had to go through that. and it is sad, it's a sad case that a guy did lose his life over somebody stealing a little bit of jewelry. >> reporter: flowers and candles remain from a vigil held in front of capital jewelers wednesday night. right now, the suspect is charged with a probation violation, but he is expected to face murder charges in the death of tommy wong. reporting live in arlington, jackie benson, news 4. >> thank you, jackie. >>> the man who once led the united nations has quit his effort to end civil war in syria. annan announced today he's stepping down as special envoy to syria. he criticized world powers for not doing more to stop the chaos and called on syria's president to leave office. also today, a syrian human rights group claimed government forc

mr. olympic? he's a very popular man. >> he looks like an olympic -- >> he does. he really does. what have you learned, sam stein? if you preference anything you say with "all do respect," you can say basically anything. >> it's a will farrell tactic. "talladega nights". >> chuck? >> i was going with hillary clinton's dance moves. you know colin powell had them. i think she's the secretary of state with the most dance moves. >> yeah? what did you learn? >> i learned that we have a long way to go in this campaign and we need to clean it up fast. >> mika, what did you learn? >> i cede my time today, because you have the most important what have we learned today. >> kate

mr. olympic? he's a very popular man. >> he looks like an olympic -- >> he does. he really does. what have you learned, sam stein?u preference anything you say with "all do respect," you can say basically anything. >> it's a will farrell tactic. "talladega nights". >> chuck? >> i was going with hillary clinton's dance moves. you know colin powell had them. i think she's the secretary of state with the most dance moves. >> yeah? what did you learn? >> i learned that we have a long way to go in this campaign and we need to clean it up fast. >> mika, what did you learn? >> i cede my time today, because you have the most important what have we learned today. >> kate scarborough, 9 years old today. happy birthday, baby, love you. i can't wait to see you very soon. >> she's really a great little girl. >> mark halperin, you can attest to that. she's a special little girl. >> kate is awesome. >> awesome. what else are you going to say? but she is. coming up, straight ahead, olympics, all day. >> enjoy. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to our nbc olympics headquarters in new york. i'm kelly tilghman. the knockout round