mr. obama reveals his willingness to cut a deal with russia on the placement of anti- missile defenses in eastern europe, after this year's november election. the missile defense system was first proposed by president george w. bush to protect european cities against iranian missiles. it was vigorously opposed by russia. so the first systems are currently scheduled for deployment in romania in 2014. and in poland in 2018. mr. obama says he will have more flexibility after the election this year. republicans were quick to seize on the flexibility comment. >> this is a president who is telling us one thing and doing something else and is planning on doing something even more frightening. >> governor romney went on to characterize russia as america's number-one geopolitical rival. a charge that threw re row joinedder from medvedev that, this is 2012, not the 1970s, the height of the cold war. congressional republicans are calling for a "urgent explanation" of mr. obama's comment to mr. medvedev. h

mr. obama visited three universities this week. the university of north carolina, the university of colorado, and the university of iowa. all in an effort to gain the attention of young voters and their parents before the 2012 presidential election six months from now. private universities have raised their tuition over months from now. by 29%. that is private universities. they charge board and division for a b.a. degree. and public universities funded by state tax dollars have seen their divisions rise in the last decade by 72% nearly doubling in ten years a b.a. degree. so, mr. obama has unvailed a plan to make college more affordable through loans administrated by the u.s. department of education. they are often at a low interest rate. 5%. $5,500 a year for college. $8,000 a year for graduate school. mr. obama wants to increase the funding for college loans inning a gate from $1 billion a year to $8 billion a yeara 700% out. question is barack obama pandering to the youth vote? >> well, wha

mrs. obama is here to mark the first anniversary of joining forces, the program she launched with dr. jill biden to support our military families. and since that is now the focus-- ( cheers and applause ) oh, yeah, give it up. and since this is now the first lady's focus, it can mean only one thing-- child obesity is solved. kids, go to town on that oreo pizza. it's good for you. of course, i support the families of the troops whole heartlet, whole troopedly, and support famedly. but, of course, i want to do more, which leaves me just one question, and it's tonight's word. ( cheers and applause ) folks, in my daily life, i don't see that many members of the military because the troops and their families make up only 1% of the u.s. population and not the 1% that belongs to my tennis club. ( laughter ) now, i-- i have done my research on the troops-- that's all the "hurt locker." -- but it turns out military families challenges even i didn't know about. according to the department of defense, the

abc's jonathan karl called out mr. obamaver comments he made about how poor he and michelle were and they had to pay off their college loans after they were, i guess, making a six figure income. >> right, look, this is a close race. if romney were ten points down easy for the media to say obama is great and romney stinks and look forward to a second term. they've 0 got to cover their bets and could be covering president romney in nine months and they don't want 0 antagonize them. >> how much longer do we have to pretend that the podu schpod aren't campaign events. >> sauls when there's an incumbent president. this man is president now and more than hath of appearances are almost nothing, but campaign events, but how do you distinguish? and who distinguishes? it's a really tough program for romney. >> jake tapper asked at the white house, how you distinguish presidential travel from campaign travel. >> well, congress has done the same thing for years, they'll go on these junkets they call fact finding mission and hold them fo

weeks after mr. obamaigned there in 2008 promising to create jobs. >> romney went on the offense near the site where president will make news this year. on the romney first strike. >> in charlotte, north carolina, across from the democratic national convention site in september, romney laid in to obama for promises. >> he didn't turn it around and more lost the jobs and more homes are lost. gas prices doubled. >> billed a as a prebuttal romney rattled off long list of what he thinks democrats will not mention. >> he said if we let him borrow $780 billion he'd hold unemployment below 8%. it's not been below 8% since. what you are not going to hear is during his term medium income in america dropped by $3,000. >> romney hopes to put north carolina in the red column and polls suggest a tossup. >> we look at how many people find job to pay the mortgage. >> north carolina lines follow. unemployment higher than the average. 450,000 out of work. up 13% since the president took office. david parker is under pressu

romney, mrs. obama, mrs. clinton, etc., when they're not running for office, that's ridiculous. this is not a do over. >> what i would do if i were running for president, then, i would take ann romney or michelle obama if i were running and i wouldn't say anything, i would bring them out and say whatever -- here, say this. because -- >> that's not going to work either. >> nobody can comment and say anything back to you. you have boom, boom, boom. that's what you're saying, leslie, they can campaign. they can go on national television. they can say whatever they want and no one can criticize it because you, leslie marshall said they shouldn't be touchable. they should be untouchable. doesn't make sense. >> i think that we have to keep in mind, you know, mrs. romney is not running for president. this is not a package deal. with any couple that is out there. >> no, she's out there in the arena. she's out there giving her opinion that her husband is more qualified than the other dunderhead. >> and that's what any wife or spouse is going to say, as they said. >> i'm not going to shake

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

mr. obama is courting young voters and trying to draw contrast with his republican rivals. without mentioning romney by name, he raised the fact that he and his wife, michelle, weren't raised in wealthy households. >> me and michelle, we know firsthand. this isn't something i read in a briefing book. >> reporter: after yesterday's losses, the candidate says he'll take a realistic look at where things stand. rob and tanya? >> tahman bradley, thank you. >>> another note from the president. his stop at a university of colorado watering hole turned messy when a student spilled yogurt on him. mr. obama laughed it off, telling the young woman, getting yogurt on the president, you have a story to tell. indeed. >>> possible romney running mate, marco rubio will have extra security when he gives a speech today. extra protection has been ordered for the florida senator after a threat was made against him. there will be extra security in washington and at his home. >>> janet napolitano is expected to face

once at the podium, mrs. obamae thanking the coast guard and their families. >> no matter what this country asks of you, you always step up to answer the call. always. so it is fitting that all of you are here today because it is that ethic of service that defined the life of this cutter's namesake, captain dorothy stratton. today we commission this ship as a tribute not just to dorothy but to all of the women who served with her. >> to be named after a woman, yeah, it's special. special for everyone, for all of the ladies in particular, especially after captain stratton who was really the first woman in the coast guard. so terrific. >> reporter: stratton's family says they are hum had bled by t honor and thrilled mrs. obama is involved. >> just to have her be the first first lady to sponsor a ship and for it to be ours, quote unquote, is really neat. >> reporter: these women are heroes. they served this country so bravely and broke so many barriers. they paved the way for generations of women who came after them.

romney, mrs. obama, mrs. clinton, etc., when they're not running for office, that's ridiculous. this is not a do over. >> what i would do if i were running for president, then, i would take ann romney or michelle obama if i were running and i wouldn't say anything, i would bring them out and say whatever -- here, say this. because -- >> that's not going to work either. >> nobody can comment and say anything back to you. you have boom, boom, boom. that's what you're saying, leslie, they can campaign. they can go on national television. they can say whatever they want and no one can criticize it because you, leslie marshall said they shouldn't be touchable. they should be untouchable. doesn't make sense. >> i think that we have to keep in mind, you know, mrs. romney is not running for president. this is not a package deal. with any couple that is out there. >> no, she's out there in the arena. she's out there giving her opinion that her husband is more qualified than the other dunderhead. >> and that's what any wife or spouse is going to say, as they said. >> i'm not going to shake

. >> reporter: earlier in the week, mr. obama lashed out at romney for supporting a congressional republican budget plan which he says would hurt the middle class and cut entitlement programs such as medicare. >> and he even called it marvelous, which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget. >> reporter: mr. obama will focus on the economy today, by signing a bill that aims to make it easier for small companies to raise money from investors. romney campaigned in pennsylvania today, ahead of the state's presidential primary on april 24th. the latest poll shows romney trailing president obama nationally. it also has romney behind mr. obama among women voters, paula? >> tahman bradley, live in washington, with that marvelous report. thanks, tahman. >> sure. >>> and more political news this morning. texas governor, rick perry, gets a firsthand look today at the heartbreaking tornado damage near dallas. experts say the twister, which touched down in forney, probably had winds of 165 miles per hour. there we

last night clinton said mr. obama has beaten the clock with the economy recovering and

mrs. obama, i thank you for that. look it's chris christie, get him. know they say that inside every american governor is a president struggling to get out. in chris christie's case, it's the only one where you can still hear him screaming. you might be misunderstanding new jersey's slogan. it's not the olive garden state. but the -- the truth is -- the first lady is right. americans are in terrible shape. you can tell how, out of shape we are by the way we protest. we used to march. now we occupy. i want to say a quick congratulations to the occupy protestors. it took months and months of petchuli oil and hackysack, but finally wall street isn't greedy any more. congratulations. press secretary jay carnie is with us. hello, jay. jay is, as you know not only press secretary, you know him as the the white guy from every lenscrafters commercial. one of jay's jobs is to keep track of all the hillary rosens. for those of you who aren't familiar with the story, kim, lindsay, et cetera. hillary rosen is the woman who said ann romney never worked a day in her

and mrs. obama had them donate these pieces. so jason woo and jimmy choo donated the pieces. they're donated. when you see the label, donated by jason woo in honor of michelle obama. and mrs. obama came to present the pieces to the museum. >> what goes into deciding which dress to wear? and are they thinking about the influence that will have on their husband's administration? >> i think -- i think we like it to maybe be a little more political than it probably is. when we did -- there is a video playing in this exhibition, and we were lucky enough to interview rosalynn carter and laura bush about the dresses that they chose, thinking maybe there was symbolism. and mrs. carter in reality for sentimental reasons wore a dress again that she had worn when her husband was made governor of georgia. and mrs. bush just remembers collaborating with the designer michael faircloth. and you wanted a pretty party dress. what women -- the first lady wants it to be beautiful. she wants it to be comfortable. she w

bureau, mr. obama surrounded himself around people he says are being treated unfairly under the current tax law. >> reporter: the white house, president obama was joined on stage by corporate secretaries and other office workers. this is intended to show the people who pay higher tax rates than their millionaire bosses. for the second day in a row, the president is trying to rally support for the so-called buffest rule that will require millionaires to pay a minimum 30% tax rate. the senate votes next week. >> it's wrong that the middle- class americans pay more in taxes than some billionaires and millionaires. >> reporter: president obama said ronald reagan advocated the same idea so perhaps it should be called the reagan rule instead of the buffett rule. while the president was holding his event, mitt romney's advisers were holding a conference call saying the president's proposals represent the worst of washington. back to you. >>> mitt romney turned his focus to president obama this morning. that c

so mr. obamaew tactic. >> i'm not the first president to call for this idea, that everybody has to do their fair share. if it will help convince folks in congress to make the right choice, we could call it the reagan rule instead of the buffet rule. >> so how about that reagan razzle-dazzle? did the media buy it? >> the rolling you hear is president reagan turning in his grave, to suggest he's a wealth distributor. some folks in the media took him on on this, scot pelly and others on cbs said you can't compare your economic strategies to what president reagan did in office. >> worth noting the president just released his tax returns on friday. $789,000 of income, and an effective tax rate of 20.5%. he escapes the buffet rule. >> he does, but comfortably puts himself in the 1%. as kirsten, the politicos in both parties are all rich, which is there there's ambivalence about the buffet rule, because they pay it. >> i'm not in that category, by the way. have the media done their due diligence on the b

mr. obama is an avid sports fan and has followed a presidential tradition of inviting sports champions to washington >> stanley cup playoffs tonight, the blues are leaving the round two-one. how about the giants? their clothes are brian wilson will undergo, john surgery for the second time in his career which means he is out for the season. he has a partial tear in his right elbow. he had the same surgery in 2003 and the team hopes he can be ready next year. the winning run in the 11th inning for the giants, the final score 1-0. a great pictures goal with matt, matt cain and cliff lee on the mound. a three run home run early on, the fourth home run of the season. the picture pitched eight scoreless innings and at one point, 38 straight strikes in the game. the a's will finish the series in anaheim tonight. the summer olympic games are 99 days away >> london is getting ready to celebrate. the queen's foot guard made a special formation yesterday. workers are putting the finishing touches on the

that is a nonstarter for mr. obama . the trade and fuels corruption and they can't resist and violence they can't control. president hugo chavez will look for attention and tough time getting the photoopportunity he got in 2009. chavez called for a boycott bought cast row was not inviting. chavez changed his mind. columbia president said he hopes this is the last summit of americas that cast row and cuba is not invite he personally went to havana to ask cast row not to attend. human rights behavior is better to change with engagement and isolation hasn't worked yet. >> great to see you. he was an outspoken voice and now billionaire businessman donald trump convince thatted buffet rule will destroy the economy. find out why no! but, i'm about to change that. ♪ every little baby wants 50% more cash... ♪ phhht! fine, you try. [ strings breaking, wood splintering ] ha ha. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. ♪ what's in your wallet? ♪ what's in your...your... next.

ii wws named for billionaire investor warren buffett, ut mr. obamaan frontrunner mitt rooney. both romney and buffett pay about 15% of their income in taxes on investments. the president is also pargeting reeublicans in the senate, who will soon have to vote on the so-called buffett rule. obama says: "iive told you where i stand. now it's &ptime for members of congress to tell you where they stand." the issue hhs really lower the the issue has touched a nerve with republicans who say it won't really lower the deficit, won't create jobs and has no chance of passing tte house. teeas senator john cornyy called it, quote... "...a partisan manifesto created to try and justify a campaign tax hikee" and fellow texan george w. bush, in a raae public appearance since leavvng the white house, warned raising taxes would cost obs. bush says: "if the you gotta recognize that the best way to create that growth is to leave capital in the treasuries of the job creators." but job cceation during mr. bush's 2 eisenhooer, despite his tax cuts. a new waahington post-abc

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obama. today is mrs. romney's first day, since she was 16 years old. though recently, this mother of five has emerged center stage in the political campaign, as he gets his shot at the white house. >> reporter: it is patot's day at fenway, and i had a chance to ask the romneys what message they would send to the president and mrs. obama. >> start packing. that's what i'd like to say. obviously, we have a very different view. the president, i'm sure wants another four years, but the first years didn't go so well, and they've added trillions of dollars of debt because he didn't understand the economy. he didn't understand what it takes to get jobs for the american people. >> i got to know michelle. she's a lovely person. i never met barack obama, but i believe that the country needs the kind of leadership that mitt will be able to offer, i believe that he is the person who can turn around the economy. so i think it's our turn now. >> reporter: there are problems to surmount, like the gender gap with women. a message romney is now moving center stage. >>