mrs. ann romney has been married to him for 43 years. earlier tonight she went on the record. mrs. ey, nice to see you. >> thank you. >> mrs. romney, i heard that you made a video about four years ago in which you said in this personal video, it says, mitt, this is for you, sweetheart, i'm never going to do this again. my question is, how did that go for you? how did you do? >> well, as you know, you probably heard me on leno last night, but mitt looked at it and he said, ann, i don't know, but you say that every pregnancy. i don't know mitt took it as seriously as i meant it. you've seen a lot of campaigns. you know how hard this is on families. and when you have someone that you love, that's out there, putting themselves on the line all the time, you know, it's very hard for families, people that love them so much to see them beaten up so much. however, greta, i will tell you, even though i said i would never do it again, i'm as committed as a person can be right now, because i along with so many other americans recognize what an important election this is, how critical this time

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mrs. ann romney will join us tomorrow night. you don't want to miss that. make sure gou to greta wire.com and let us know what you thought about tonight's show. go to greta wire.com. time in cable news kicks off right now. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight -- >> the united states will do what we must to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> the president has not drawn us further away from the nuke leer round of attack, iran is closer to having a weapon. >> bill: is president obama weak or strong in protecting americans from the iranian nuclear threat? we'll hear both sides so you can decide. >> i want you to remember that the house they were standing in, the house my family has the privilege of living in, that house was built in part by slaves. >> bill: why is the first lady invoking images of slavery to make a point? we will tell you. >> we have a -- (bleep). >> bill: has madonna totally lost it? what the heck she talk being? we'll show you one of the most bizarre displays we've ever seen. caution, you are about to enter the no spin

mrs. ann romney by satellite today. she faced some specific questions regarding women's issues.he was asked do you believe a lesbian mother should be allowed to marry her partner? you know, i'm not going the talk about the specific issues. question, do you believe that employer provided health insurance should be required to birth control? ann romney. again, you're asking me questions that are not what this election is going to be about. it seems she prefers if her husband answers the specific questions, but we never get any specific answers from her husband. >> i think really the truth is if you are the wife of a candidate, whether that candidate is running for congress, for mayor, dogcatcher or president of these united states, you are his or her number one advocate. you are his or her's number one surrogate and so, certainly, ann romney has to be as prepared as any other surrogate on the campaign. not really to speak to the minutia of the issues, but in broad and sweeping terms, her husband's issue on same-sex marriage. >> the right to choose or the todd akin and paul ryan's

mrs. ann romney. [ applause ] and for all his cookie calculations, whether it's being one hour off on his$1 billion off in a budget projection, yes, best supporting actor in a comedy goes to mr. paul ryan. [ applause ] and for his willingness to pay any price, a reported $70 million and counting for this presidential election alone, sorry, mr. trump, this year the award for best host of a reality competition program goes to someone far richer than you, the man with the original poker face, it is sheldon adelson. [ applause ] but the towur de force, a performance dripping with contempt for the masses, a role that may change the course of american history, best actor in a serial drama, who else but he who would be king? mitt romney! [ applause ] please stay with us. the after party comes next. here's what happened... i was talking to my best friend. i told her i wasn't feeling like myself... i had pain in my pelvic area... and bleeding that wasn't normal for me. she said i had to go to the doctor. turned out i had uterine cancer, a type of gynecologic cancer. i received treatment and we're

mrs. obama about ann romney's speech. >> ann romney wants to be the new first lady, she gave a much buzzed about speech at the rnc. what was your reaction to her speech? >> you know, i didn't watch it. >> reporter: in her speech, mrs. obama will try to inspire young people to vote. here with ross matthews for e! news. >> voting is how this country runs. and it's our responsibility, at whatever age, to exercise the rights that people before us fought so hard for us to have. >> reporter: in the white house, she's worked for military families, fought childhood obesity, become a regular on late night. >> being out there, touching people, talking to people, it really gets me focused on what we're doing and why we're doing it. >> reporter: and if her husband is sometimes called too cool, she's all about hugs, connecting to people with a physical embrace. >> look, she's completely at ease, completely comfortable. again, the best advocate that we could possibly have for the president. >> reporter: four years ago, mrs. obama was trying to make america more comfortable with her. now she's trying to

let's gather around the wat cooler to watch ann romney sitting do with jay leno. mrs. ey shared some secrets of her 43 year marriage to mitt, n wth an estimated quarter of a billion dollars. ? would you say he's frugal or cheap? >> cheap. >> cheap? really? >> yeah. do youant to know what he does when we leave the house? ynoae- off the hotater e turns off the hot water heat sner. >> when we come back, he forgets that he's got to tn the hot water heat other and he says cold showers are not that bad. >> talk about the significance of if he gets elected being t first mormonpresent. >> w yknow love the fact that we have the first african-american president, that that means to me that we're leaving prejudices behind. i would hope that if mitt were ected would see more of the same. that prejudices areeit behind. >> i thought you said you'd like to see more of the first african-american president just to see -- >> no, get it right. >> if elected as first lady, what would your issues be? >> you know, of course ms, more awareness, breast ca, mor awareness. and if i have another d

mr. romney's wife, ann, was on the "tonight show" with jay leno talking about his husband's plans for america'suture and she explained to jay how she feels about mitt running for president. >> four years ago i made a videotape and on the videotape, i looked in the camera and he said, mitt, this is for you, sweetheart, i'm never doing this again. >> well, jay also asked ann romney if mitt is a good dancer. she replied he's gotten to be a better dancer. and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> elsewhere, missouri republican congressman todd aiken let the deadline to let the senate race pass yesterday without dropping out. he's bound to stay despite pressure within his own party since his legit mate rape comments. last night on the last word with lawrence o'donnell, aiken's opponent claire mccaskill says that was clearly aiken's plan all along. >> i think he believes that this is a race that he was chosen to run by the people of the state and i think he began this whole process very committed. and you have to remember, this is someone who has always operated on the fringe of his par

mrs. obama tonight and ann romney last week, it's pretty clear that governor romney and president obama both married up. >> i don't think there is any question about that. and i will tell you something else, i think they liked it, don't you, scott? that was a fine speech. and i'm always a little skeptical when i'm told things like this. but someone that i trust in the obama team tells me that mrs. obama has been working on this speech for about a month. it is a process, others help, but that basically this was a speech that she wrote. well, it certainly went over well with this crowd. it was a remarkable speech. >> pelley: we have a picture that we just received from the white house with the president with his two daughters watching the speech tonight. that's maliah, 14 years old, just started high school today and sasha who is 11 years old. the president stayed behind at the white house so that he could take them to school today. looking ahead now, former president bill clinton will address the convention tomorrow, and then on thursday the convention will wind up with the official nominatio

mrs. ann romney who reminds me of my own mom. mother of five kids, stay at home mom. 328 delegates. 125% hispanics, 32% women. there is a lot of work to do. what we have to do for all americans because 90 million americans are not going to vote. they are turned off by both parties and that's more than half of those eligible to vote is get out a message i think that is transpartisan that inspires people to have a real conversation about economy. unbloivment. >> santita. >> yes, angela. >> i'm so glad you said have a real conversation. having howard dean say that the g.o.p. is bashing homosexuals, and g.o.p. is bashing latinos, the g.o.p. is bashing blacks then to say that the g.o.p. has a war on women. that is not a real conversation. even chris matthews said because we are talking about welfare to work. work requirements, what's wrong with work? he is saying we know what you are talking about. we know what you are saying. that's race baiting. how is it welfare to work is race baiting black people? i don't understand that. >> let's talk about that but then do senator s

mrs. romney with your children and her grandchildren. they are such a wonderful family. we could see they wanted exactly what we wanted, in a better america for our children. [applause] annnd mitt raised five great sons and have 18 grandchildren. they understand responsibility, hard work and unconditional love. mrs. romney places primary importance on her role as a wife, a mother and grandmother. as the first lady of massachusetts, mrs. romney worked to focus attention on the challenges facing at risk youth and continues to be interested in that today. while serving on the board of united way, she founded the faith in action program, a program that runs inner-city boston churches with at risk youth in the community. mrs. romney is a strong believer that faith-based and community organizations can reach some of our community better than government. [applause] in 1988, mrs. romney was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. for those of you who know and romney best, the words that come to mind are kurds, inspiration and them as governor running often states, ann is a rock. the ms was so severe that, some days, she couldn't get out of bed. she was determined to conquer her illne

mr. obama has more than $88 million to spend in his campaign's final weeks while mr. romney has just over $50 million. >>> a plane carrying mitt romney's wife, ann, had to make an emergency landing in denver this afternoon. the fire department says there was a small fire in the cockpit and the plane ended up filling with smoke. this is from a photo campaign press secretary tweeted out. the plane landed safely, nobody was hurt and the romney's were able to speak shortly after that emergency landing. >>> mitt romney is releasing his 2011 tax return. figures show the republican presidential hopeful earned almost $13.7 million last year and paid more than $1.9 million in taxes. that is an effective tax rate of 14.1%. romney paid about $3 million in federal income tax in 2010. critics including president obama are urging romney for the last dozen years, but refusing to do so. >> romney held a campaign rally in las vegas. portraying himself as a candidate who champions the entrepreneur. and he attacked president obama as the candidate for big government. intrusive government. >> i'm convinced that the path he put us on is the path to europe, or i joki

. >> i'm hearing that ann romney has something to say. mrs. romney, what was that? >> stop it. hard. you want to try it? get in the ring. this is hard, and, you know, it's an important thing that we're doing right now, and it's around important election, and it is time for all americans to realize how significant this election is and how lucky we are to have someone with mitt's qualifications and experience and know-how. >> with all due respect, mrs. romney, i'm afraid lucky is not a word anyone has used to describe your husband in quite some time. let's get straight to our panel. msnbc political analyst karin finney and here in new york, republican strategist ron christy and msnbc contributor ari. karen, can you believe it? the romney campaign suddenly wants to release his tax returns? what a coincidence that it's this particular friday afternoon. i can't imagine how it seemed to coincide with that week. >> i have to say as a person who has been doing politics for 20 years, the idea of releasing tax -- one year of tax returns as a way to try to change the story, that is unprec

mrs. obama has bragging rights over mitt romney's wife ann. the nielsen company says 4 million more people watched the first lady's convention speech than watched mrs. romney. >>> the social media presence at both the democratic and republican conventions is soaring compared to previous years. in 2008, twitter reported a total of 360,000 tweets. this year, twitter is almost at 9 million tweets for the two party conventions and is expected to pass 10 million by the time the democrats wrap up their convention tonight. >>> checking some of the morning's other top stories for you now, a 12-year-old boy from port washington has entered an alford plea to involuntary manslaughter in the beating case of a 2-year-old girl, a foster child living with his family. in return, prosecutors dropped the more serious charges of second-degree murder. the boy's plea was not an admission of guilt but, rather, an acknowledgement that prosecutors had enough evidence to win the case in court. that little girl was found unresponsive in herfoster family's home. >>> d.c.

romney fought back attacks from mr. obama. he says the jobs report -- he excitement over the national convention n way to a hangover. >>> and running -- anneney is preparing for a campaign event in virginia tomorrow. earlier today, romney talked thet what she has seen on campaign trail. >> there have been a lot of men with sad stories on the trail. what are the three to four lines? mitt knows how to make it work. to people, trust him. e the keys to the guy who the car.w to run >> anne romney is an avid equestrian. ecide who will run the country for the next four years. >>> we will be back with the complete forecast in a >>> knew at 11:00 p.m., there is ist over the fight over - new at 11:00 p.m., there is a new twist over the fight over marriage. a player was asked to stop his blic support of same-sex maryland. is on a ballot referendum. ravens are backing the player on his political views. >>> old town alexandria is receiving an extreme makeover. >> the old time theater closed anuary after showing ofr bill gates -- for decades. >> when we last visited the old nuary, it was shutting down. the new owner plans to convert into retail stores.

. >> it is also at cranbrook that mitt romney meets ann lois davies. his future wife. >> mrs. s the accompanying girls school for cranbrook. it was a fairly tight community. fairly hermetically sealed. so you, you know, there would be dances with the kingswood girls and interactions and things of that nature. >> like his father, ann would become a lode star in romney's emotional universe. >> she is an emotional center for his life. she's a lynchpin for him. and emotionally and i think an important part of everything that he does. >> my appreciation to her for what an extraordinary friend, sweetheart, and counselor she is. ann? >> when he goes away to college at stanford, mitt flies home many weekends to court ann who was still in high school. after his freshman year when it is time to go on his mormon mission, it is ann who urges him to go. >> mitt expressed some reservations about going, partly it seems that he was concerned he might lose ann being gone for a couple of years, and ann said to him that if you don't do this, you'll always regret it. you should go. it's a pattern

. >> it is also at cranbrook that mitt romney meets ann lois davies. his future wife. >> mrs. kingswood, which was the accompanying girls school for cranbrook. it was a fairly tight community. fairly hermetically sealed. so you, you know, there would be dances with the kingswood girls and interactions and things of that nature. >> like his father, ann would become a lode star in romney's emotional universe. >> she is an emotional center for his life. she's a lynchpin for him. and emotionally and i think an important part of everything that he does. >> my appreciation to her for what an extraordinary friend, sweetheart, and counselor she is. ann? >> when he goes away to college at stanford, mitt flies home many weekends to court ann who was still in high school. after his freshman year when it is time to go on his mormon mission, it is ann who urges him to go. >> mitt expressed some reservations about going, partly it seems that he was concerned he might lose ann being gone for a couple of years, and ann said to him that if you don't do this, you'll always regret it. you should

. >> it is also at cranbrook that mitt romney meets ann lois davies. his future wife. >> mrs. ent to kingswood, which was the accompanying girls school for cranbrook. it was a fairly tight community. fairly hermetically sealed. so you, you know, there would be dances with the kingswood girls and interactions and things of that nature. >> like his father, ann would become a lode star in romney's emotional universe. >> she is an emotional center for his life. she's a lynchpin for him. and emotionally and i think an important part of everything that he does. >> my appreciation to her for what an extraordinary friend, sweetheart, and counselor she is. ann? >> when he goes away to college at stanford, mitt flies home many weekends to court ann who was still in high school. after his freshman year when it is time to go on his mormon mission, it is ann who urges him to go. >> mitt expressed some reservations about going, partly it seems that he was concerned he might lose ann being gone for a couple of years, and ann said to him that if you don't do this, you'll always regret it. you

ann romney's plane made an emergency landing this afternoon. the plane's cabin filled with smoke from an apparent electrical fire. mrs. 's plane was headed to l.a. but landed in denver where it was met with emergency vehicles on the runway. mitt romney not onboard. a spokeswoman wrote they were not injured. wrote on twitter all okay thank goodness. booed in an aarp event in new orleans. those in the audience did not like the comments when president obama's signature health care law should be repealed. >> the first step to a strong medicare is to repeal obama care. it represents the worst of both worlds. i had a feeling there would be mixed reaction. let me get into it. >> president obama spoke to the same person earlier via satellite. the claim by republicans that $760 billion is being cut from medicare to fund health care is simply not true. pat quinn had good news from joliet. but some of them there wanted to tell them something as well. the governor was in joliet to kick off construction on a $42 million transportation hub. but some state workers protested. they say they're not happy with pension cuts and deferred p

ann romney's life. >> reporter: the other, the outfit. mrs. obama's j. crew by designer trace rece, when it hits stores it will cost less than $500. the designer said she's been jammed with requests. and the first lady met with supporters today, she said she was a little tired after that long night, she said she felt like that speech, david, set the stage for what's at stake in this election. >> a little bit tired but pleased how it went. cecilia, our thanks to you. by the way, diane will be sitting down. with the first lady tomorrow just hours before the president takes the stage. right here on "world news." >>> and another big name at the democratic convention. caroline kennedy. she told me today this is the first convention in which she won't introduce the late edward kennedy, uncle teddy. four years ago, she said he inspired her the way he inspired americans. today. that inspiration that hope has faded. >> we did some research, and could it be true this is the first convention since 1944 where there wasn't an elected kennedy in the building? >> it's

mrs. romney's attitude is nothing new. it has always been ann to the rescue. romney household, she is often called the trusted advisor and the mitt stabilizer, but first and foremost, she is the great protector of all things romney. ron scott, who has known mitt romney since 1985 and wrote a book about him, says ann is no pushover. >> the last person on earth you would want to cross would be ann romney. if you go after one of her kids or after her husband, she's going to be there. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, long before mitt romney was officially nominated, his wife tried to humanize him, calling him her most disobedient child. she often shared secrets about his love of chocolate milk and his obsession with peanut butter. more recently at the republican national convention -- >> what a welcome! >> reporter: she hoped to help america embrace her husband. >> i know this good and decent man for what he is. he's warm and loving and patient. he has tried to live his life with a set of values centered on family, faith and love of one's fellow man. from the ti

romney from 1968. it was an attempt to impress his then girlfriend, ann, during a period of separation. and it's clearly an attempt to inject some personality into mrt's also a reminder that while many of his generation were dying in vietnam in 1968, mitt was busy drawing pictures in the sand from the safety of france. yes, france. that's a pretty long way from the tet offensive. joining us with dnc communications director brad woodhouse. mr. romney appeared before veterans in virginia today just a short distance from where you are. >> right. >> by the sound of it, he's ready to charge bayonet first in any conflict if the president doesn't resolve every international problem currently on our plates. how do you agres mr. romney's more recent appetite for military conflict? >> look, i think the most appalling thing here, martin, is that mitt romney has shown over and over and over again that he has no concept of what it is to be commander in chief, and he's not prepared to be commander in chief. he does -- >> what are you talking about? he wants to get into iran. he wants us to go into syria. he wants us to go across -- i mean, all kinds of territori

a plane carrying ann romney today was forced to make an emergency landing in denver when pilots noticed smoke in the cockpit. mrs. romney is campaigning for her husband. firefighters responded and found smoke apparently came from an electrical fire. no one was hurt. it's friday, of course, the muslim sabbath, and anger spilled out of mosques and into the streets today. tsre deadly protests over that american-made internet movie that ridicules islam. in pakistan, the protest turned deadly, but over the border in afghanistan, where our troops rne fighting, the government n.de sure that didn't happen. charlie d'agata has more about all of this from kabul, afghanistan, tonight. charlie. >> reporter: scott, two neighboring countries, both facing a backlash against this american-made film but with two very different outcomes. here in afghanistan, the government was able to keep a lid on demonstrations and things were relatively quiet here. hile in pakistan, things quickly got out of control. in the northwest city of peshawar, thousands armed with clubs and sticks, charged through the streets destroying property and ba

mrs. obama's private dnc viewi ining suite. her pivotal role. >> you and ann romney have been called secret weapons for your husbands' campaign. >> how she deals with the campaign and their marriage. >> how do you find time for each other? >> ships passing through the night. we are missing date

mrs. obama's private dnc viewing suite. you and ann romneyled secret weapons for your husbands' campaigns. what do you think about that? how she juggles supporting the president and the marriage. how do you find time for date night? >> we're missing date nights. >>> plus, what role will the girls play in the convention? >> first week of high school. >> i love you, daddy. >> i love you. >>> then, michael clarke duncan's fiancee in tears after his death. the valiant fight to keep him alive. how omarosa saved the "green mile's" star life. as we take you inside their love affair. >> michael clarke duncan is in total control of what happens with our nuptials. >>> and "the view" today. mitt romney versus honey boo boo ratings. >>> now from new york, "the insider" is on. >>> welcome to "the insider" from new york city. i'm kevin frazier. more on the tragic passing of michael clarke duncan ahead in a moment. >>> but first, we head to charlotte, north carolina, where our brooke anderson is at the democratic national convention. with much more on her d

. >>> today ann romney will head to ohio to campaign for her husband. mrs.omney will host a women for myth rally later. she will be joined with republican women officeholders including mary taylor. paul ryan continues his campaign in iowa this morning. he will attend a victory rally at the dallas county courthouse. mitt romney has no events scheduled today. >>> president obama's new campaign office here in oakland has re-open. in 10 minutes the reason its location is being kept a secret. >>> time now 4:34. one person was killed and another wounded after a man opened fire during a victory rally for quebec's new premier. it happened last night in montreal. guards rushed the new premier offstage and she was not hurt. the gunman managed to start a fire near a door before being arrested. while the motive is not known, she strongly favors separation of french speaking quebec from candy da canada and is also the first female premier. >>> they will gather there to take part in the search for sierra lamar. they will do that as they do every time. the disappeared on h

ann romney's speech was widely praised too. how would you compare ann romney's speech to mrs. obama's speech last night? >> i think mrs. obama delivered a passionate speech. she certainly stirred the base. but i don't think she moved the needle with independents, women who are on the fence, and disaffected democrats in making the case why her husband deserves another four years. she did say she made an emotional case, hey, look, change is hard. we're in this for the long haul. trust my guy. give him another four years. i think what was interesting is she did try to compete with ann romney. that's natural. she is the first lady. ann romney could be the first lady in waiting if you will. but this is the first time we've heard michelle talk about being a mom in chief. remember michelle obama was a career woman. and now all of a sudden she wants to talk about the importance of being a mom, which i think is great, but i think this is a new narrative we're seeing her inject in things. and i do think ultimately the speech was a softer version of what we see from obama on the campaign trail. she attacked success. she said succ

mr. romney has had some incredible assets at his disposable, fox news, ann coulter, "the wall street journalstal, david koch but he's ica hs not a very good candidate or is it because hisolicies stink? which of the two? >> well, i'm not going to apologize publicly like krystal. she's brar than me. but it's going back to t erat exposing a new reality for the part which is today, which is a record number, 40% of all americans identify as independent. that's a record number. 31% democrat, and 27% republican. and that's a shrinking number aren you looat the last ve un y adjust and react to a shrinking number and change the rhetoric and really, you know, reach out tohe fastest growing segments of minoritie and women in this country that will take the president and the new president to the white house, en it's going to contie to sh. nk'm g to blame the strategists that are ignoring the numbers. >> really, the strategists. krystal, i want you to take a look at romney's reaction today when a dretful, evil reporter dared to ask him some specifics t. the programs he was going to enneo pbs, not send mo

mrs. obama's rhubarb colored pumps by j. crew, blowing website today. rock arms, he last y difrent from ann romney long sleeves. totally charming later. >> a perfectly charming lady. >> mrs. romney's designer criticized michells style in the past. >> mrs. obama looked g great. i said she looked really wonderful. >> he was loving it back at the white house withth the kids. ext up the former commander inn chief. all eyes will be on bill clinton tonight in charlotte. > while the delegates know heir politics we wanted to see ow much they know about pop ultur starting with who is j-lo's oyfriend. do you know who j-lo's boyfriend is? > casper. >> b bingo let's see how they did in harlotte. >> i know it does not end with anthony. >> i don't know. >> can you name snooki's baby? >> i have no idea because i do not watch snooki. >> something ridiculous, i don't know. >> which show did britney spears join, "american idol" or the x factor. >> "american idol." >> oh, god. i am older than i thought. >> "american idol." >> "american idol." > x factor. > and finally finish these lyrics. his is crazy, but here isy number. >> give