president obama saved gm. well, hey, wait a second. he told the small business owners in this that they didn't do that. and guess what, the taxpayers did that. >> sandra, politically that was a powerful message and he's up in michigan because of that. >> it's a complete lie and if-- >> we paid for that. >> and ben stein, final point. >> it's a complete lie. president bush started to initiative to save the auto companies, not all the republicans were on board. but mitt romney is not campaigning on that. >> we'd like to decide the mess that millard fillmore left. up next-- >> president obama's energy program is the real deal. it moves us forward, not backward. forward to rule efficient cars. a healthy auto industry. >> well, clearly the interior secretary, ken salazar has not seen the car that's really going to save the auto industry. i don't know if you've got this. the cavuto-mobile. big, big rage at the convention. the gas guzzler that administration wants off the road and guess what, drivers are telling a different story, not just be

barack obama he saved gm and he killed osama bin laden. >> this is about salesmanship. cabinet acts like they can't be political. none of them speak out for the president. the fellow democrats in the united states senate, none of them speak out for them. the governors, nothing. finally tonight, they came out and acted like they knew how to do it all alone. deval patrick was great tonight. rahm emanuel was great tonight. the mayor of san antonio was great. are they going to hit the road now and stop putting plouffe on television, stop putting axelrod, the paid staffers, start putting principal, people that get elected to office on television. they're the people you want to see on "meet the press," not the staff. i'm -- that's my point and my question. why do they put on the staffers on, instead of the principals on who knows how to give a speech? >> when i was been reporting the campaign, it's like you're reporting on the talking points and you see the obama campaign became a campaign who's enthusiastic about barack obama. they didn't back away from obama care and they h

reporter: in ohio, at a labor day rally of steel and auto workers, president obama looked back at the jobs he saved. bailing out gm and chrysler. >> i stood with american workers. i believed in american manufacturing. i stood by you. i bet on you. >> reporter: mitt romney took labor day off. paul ryan held a big rally in south carolina. >> the president can stay a lot of things, and he will. but he can't tell you that you're better off. >> reporter: in fact, barack obama will claim that thursday night. democrats here have high hopes. the gallup poll found the speech the president gave at his '08 convention, was admired by 60% of voters, a record. romney's speech last week, admired by just 38%. >> we'll see you tomorrow night. on air and online, we invite you go to to our website. decision 2012. that's nbcbayarea.com. >>> still ahead, the specific teen student being bullied at an alarming rate. >>> and a yelp review leads to a firestorm of criticism. the accusations against a well-known local restaurant. >>> and it costs more. but is organic really better? >>> and good evening. i'm jeff ranieri in the weather cente

obama's biggest success stories in the economy. paul ryan claims the president failed to save one particular gm plant in wisconsin. >> candidate obama government is there to support you, this plant will be here for another 100 years. that plant didn't last another year. it is locked up and empty to this day. the recovery that was promised is nowhere in sight. >> all right, hold the phone here. here's the problem, the janesville, wisconsin, general motors plant closed right before christmas of 2008. general motors laid off workers, shut down the assembly lines and ended production almost a month before president obama took office. so paul ryan is blaming president obama for failing to save a plant that was already closed and on the way out. by the way, the bush administration, the bush administration did not stop the janesville shutdown either. in this story, we need to pay attention to dates. okay. let's go to june 3rd, 2008. white house spokes person dana perino said, it's a sign that detroit continues to adopt and evolve and address the change in consumer tastes and attitudes. and i think that they're adapting well. that was seven

obama with saving their industry. >> with the help of president obama saving the big three. if we had let chrysler, chevrolet and gmdown, there would not be an international union, so he did save our jobs. >> suarez: that's the message the president took on the labor day campaign trail to ohio, where he reminded autoworkers of mitt romney's opposition to the g.m. and chrysler bailouts. >> when auto industry was flat lining, their play book was to let it go bankrupt. you would have been benched for good. that's not a good plan. more than one million people would have lost their jobs. for mid west it would have been another great depressions. >> suarez: workers in charlotte will hear from the president thursday night, when he officially accepts the democratic nomination for a second term. >> woodruff: we look now at the state of organized labor with the leaders of three unions. mary kay henry is president of the service employees international union. jim hoffa is president of the international brotherhood of teamsters. and lee saunders is president of the american federation of state, county and municipal employees.

he says the bailout of gm and chrysler is one example of how oba obama, the president, is creating jobs. >> now, we all know that governor romney opposed the plan to saved chrysler. [ booing ] so, here's another jobs score. are you listening in michigan and ohio and across the country? [ cheers and applause ] here's another jobs score. obama 250,000, romney 0. >> clinton also accused mitt romney and paul ryan of misleading americans and not having a real plan to fix the economy. >> president obama is also getting support from women's rights activist and recent georgetown university law school graduate sandra fluke. she warned delegates last night of what a romney president would look like for women. >> in that america, your new president could be a man who stands by when a public figure tries to silence a private citizen with hateful slurs. >> rush limbaugh chastised fluke earlier this year for supporting a measure requiring insurance companies to cover birth control. >>> president obama may not be the only speaker who will electrify the crowd tonight. "roll call" is reporting that gabrielle giffords will lead the pledge of allegiance this evening. the

he made a compelling case, he expanded on david axelrod's favorite line, barack obama, he saved gm and is about salesmanship. this administration has driven me crazy. the cabinet acts like theyen cat be political. none of them speak out for the president. finally tonight, they came out and acted like they knew how to do it all along. deval patrick was great tonight. rahm emmanuel was great tonight. the mayor of san antonio was great. are they finally, are they going to hit the road now? stop putting axelrod and these paid staffers on television, start putting principles. they're the people you want to see on "meet the press" not the staff. why do they put the staffers on, instead of putting the princi e principles on who know how to give a speech. >> you're right. it seems like you're covering talking points month after month, stephanie cutter, david axelr axelrod. >> the people who make the talking points. >> right. you see the obama campaign became a campaign that's full of democrats that are enthusiastic. >> the grown-ups showed up. >> they didn't back away from all the accomplishme

was saved's job at gm by president obama. my restaurant has to make $1 million for me to pay all the employees and the 33 taxes we have in business. me and my husband only make $100,000. i pay 39% in taxes which is $30,000 or more. he pays $3,000. how is that there? host: thank you. maria bartiromo? guest: it is unfortunate. you have a large swath of people that are getting impacted by a significant taxes. look at the numbers. it is debatable whether this group should be combined with the so-called millionaire's and billionaires. raising taxes on people, individuals making more than $250,000, that is a risky proposition. a good friend of mine works for government. they bring in about $250,000. they have three kids. after they pay for food and kids and gas, there is nothing left over. they are living pretty much close to paycheck to paycheck. do not get me wrong. i am not saying $250,000 is not a lot of money. it doesn't add up. it is those people who are going to pull back and they are going to say, "i did not have the textur

save gm and chrysler. so, here's another job score. are you listening in michigan and ohio and across the country? here's another job score. obamay, zero. now, the agreement the administration made with the management, labor and environmental groups to double car mileage, that was a good deal, too. it will cut your gas prices in half -- your gas bill. no matter what the price is, if you double the mileage of your car, your bill will be half what it would have been. it will make us more energy independent. it will cut greenhouse gas emissions. and according to several analyses over the next 20 years it will bring us another 500,000 good new jobs into the american economy. the president's energy strategy

save gm. not the way president obama did. bill: this backs up your argument, governor.ent rates is up 7.8% in january of 2009. 8.3% today. reading left to right. median income is down, off almost $5,000 in 3 1/2 years. gallon of gasoline is up. almost doubled. 1.84 to 3.82. national debt up about $6 trillion to $16 trillion. those are the points that folks like you have been hammering home for months. >> yeah, but look, there is an easy explanation of why we have a problem and you saw it on the floor of this convention yesterday. they struggled for almost an hour with three votes, trying to put god back into their platform. if you have ever seen a dem straegs of an obama-led incompetency it was on that floor yesterday. this car can not run a one car funeral, they can't manage a lemonade stand and they certainly screwed up the presidency, i assume you're taking lemonade without ice and will not cough up a dime for a glass of that. >> it's a mess. it's a mess. bill: tonight is the one everybody will remember. what is your expectation for president obama -- >> more of the

save gm and chrysler. so here is another jobs score. are you listening in michigan and ohio and across the country here is here is another job score. obama 250,000, romney, zero. [ cheers and applause ] >> now, the agreement the administration made with the management, labor and environmental groups to double car mileage that was a good deal too. iit will cut your gas prices in half, your gas bill, no matter what the price, is if you double the mileage of your car, your till will be half of what it would have been been and make us more energy independent and cut emissions and over the next 20 years it will bring another half a million good new jobs into the american economy. >> the president's energy strategy which he calls all of the above is helping too. the boom in oil and gas production combined with greater energy efficiency has driven oil imports to

i was very happy that my brother's job at gm saved by barack obama, but the fairness he talks about hisect my restaurant has to make a million dollars for me to pay all the employees the taxes we have a business and then, me and my husband only make 100,000. he and his wife only make 100,000. i pay 39% of taxes, which is $30,000 or more. and he pays 3000. how is that fair? >> host: all right, maria bartiromo. >> caller: it is unfortunate because you have a very, very large swaths of people getting impacted by significant taxes. you know, when you look at the numbers, it is debatable whether or not this group should be combined with the so-called millionaires and billionaires. i mean, raising taxes on people, individuals make it more than $200,000 a year, that is a risky proposition because frankly, anecdotally i have friends -- a good friend of mine works for government actually. her husband works for government and collectively bring and $250,000. they've got three kids. by the time they pay for food and the kids are doing everything, gas, doing everything, sort of the necessities, the

talked about is the closure of the jeansville gm plant and whether the president's auto bailout could have saved that plant there. democrats and the obama campaign pushed back thursday morning saying it was an unfair attack on the program because gm announced the closure of that plant even before the '08 election. that back-and-forth between both sides has continued into the weekend. it's critical to this part of the country, auto jobs in ohio one out of every eight somehow tied to the industry. so paul ryan and mitt romney in the next 9 1/2 weeks will be talking a lot about jobs, specifically manufacturing jobs. >> i love paul ryan is able to work while attending his alma mater's football game. will i'll have to do that with today's hawaii/usc football game. >>> meanwhile, president obama is also on the campaign trail as he readies for next week's democratic convention. a busy holiday weekend for the president, kicking off his road to charlotte tour in iowa. the president will campaign in colorado, ohio and virginia. nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker is traveling with the president. she's live in iowa with the latest. hi t

obama? >> yes. he didn't come through and give that vote say, yes, we have to save chrysler, we have to save gm. we got to do this. all sterling heights would have been gone, would have been dead. >> reporter: a pro-romney super pack is making one more push. but the romney campaign isn't spending any money. and the candidate himself hasn't visited in a month. >> i love being home. >> reporter: barring some sudden shift even top romney allies here expect the focus to be elsewhere. if you look deep into our new poll numbers, wolf, the two candidates, governor romney and president obama, they're splitting the suburbs statewide. so why then is the president winning big? a narrow lead among men, a big lead among women and a 13-point lead among union households. some evidence that support for the auto bailout is helping him in this blue collar state, wolf. >> indeed. if it's not going to be michigan for romney, where else should he be looking? >> reporter: well that is the big challenge because governor romney first thought he could put pennsylvania in play. nobody thinks that's possible right now. th

i was very happy that my brother's job at gm got saved by barack obama but the fear he talks about is -- because she said it exactly right. my restaurant has to make a million dollars for me to pay all the employees, the 33 taxes we haven't business and then me and my husband only make $100,000 he and his wife only make $100,000. Épee 39% in taxes which is $30,000 or more and he pays $3000. how is that fair? >> host: thank you. maria bartiromo. >> guest: yeah, i mean it is unfortunate because you have a very very large swath of people that are being impacted by significant taxes when you look at the numbers. it's debatable on whether or not this group should be combined with the so-called millionaires and billionaires. raising taxes on people, individuals making more than $200,000 a year, that is a risky proposition because frankly anecdotally i have friends, good a good friend of mine works. from actually and her husband works for the government and collectively they bring in about $250,000. they have got three kids and by the time they pay for food and for the kids and gas and doing

save gm and chrysler, so here is another jobs for. -- score. are you listening in ohio and across the country? and michigan? here is another job score -- obama50,000, romney, zero. [applause] the agreement the administration made with environmental groups, and labor, that was a good deal, too. good it will cut your gas prices in half, your gas bill. no matter what the price is, if you double the mileage of your car, you double the mileage. -- your bill is half of what it will -- would have been thereit will cut greenhouse gas emissions, and it will bring us half a million good jobs in the american economy. [applause] the president's energy strategy is helping, too. the boom in oil and gas production combined with greater energy efficiency, has driven oil imports to a 20-year low and renewable energy production has doubled. of course, we need a lot more new jobs. but there are already more than 3 million jobs open and unfilled in america, mostly because the people who apply for them do not yet have the required skills to renew them. -- to do them. even as we get americans new jobs, we have to prepare more americans for the new jobs that will

my brother's job at gm was saved by president obama. the fairness that the talks about is crap. my restaurant has to make $1 million for me to pay all the employees and the 33 taxes saved by president obama. we have in business. me and my husband only make $100,000. i pay 39% in taxes which is $30,000 or more. i'm happy to speak with maria. he pays $3,000. how is that there? host: thank you. maria bartiromo? guest: it is unfortunate. you have a large swath of people that are getting impacted by significant taxes. look at the numbers. it is debatable whether this group should be combined with the so-called millionaire's and billionaires. raising taxes on people, individuals making more than $250,000, that is a risky proposition. a good friend of mine works for government. her husband works for government. they bring in about $250,000. they have three kids. after they pay for food and kids and gas, there is nothing left over. they are living pretty much close to paycheck to paycheck. do not get me wrong. i am not saying $250,000 is not a lot of money. because it is. it doesn't add

ability to save the auto industry, gm, chrysler in particular, it looks like michigan is a pretty safe bet. remember, four years ago, both michigan and wisconsin overwhelmingly went for president obamaresident obama can get that base out in both of those states, he should do well there. >> oh, to be a fly on the wall to hear how the campaigns reacted to those numbers. i'm sure you'll be talking some of these numbers at 4:00 today. >> certainly will be. we got "the situation room" coming up as we do every day. >> did i tell you it's my favorite show other than "the daily show" and my show? >> thank you. you didn't tell me that, but thanks very much. >> wolf blitzer, here's your plug. be sure to watch "the situation room" here on cnn. wolf, thank you. ♪ goodbye [ flushing ] ♪ [ both ] ♪ na, na... [ woman ] ♪ na, na-na, na [ men ] ♪ hey, hey, hey ♪ good-bye [ male announcer ] with kohler's powerful, high-efficiency toilets. flush. and done. [ all ] ♪ hey, hey, hey ♪ good-bye with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one

save gm and chrysler. so here's another job score. are you listening in michigan and ohio and across the country? here's another job score. obama 250,000, romney 0. the agreement the administration made with the management labor and environmentment groups to double car mileage, too. it will cut your gas prices in half your gas bill. no matter what the price is, if you double the mileage of your car, your bil will be half of what it would have been it will make us more energy independent. it will cut greenhouse gas emissions and over several analyses it will bring us another half million good new jobs into the american economy. the president's energy strategy which he calls all of the above is helping too. the boom in oil and gas production combined with greater energy efficiency has driven oil imports to a near 20-year low and natural gas production to an all-time high and renewable energy production has doubled. of course, we need a lot more new jobs. but there are already more than 3 million jobs open and unfilled in america. mostly because the people who apply for them don't yet have the required skills to do them. so even a

obama actually did it. said he would end the two wars, did that. killed bin laden and gm is back and auto industry is saved when mitt romney said let it die. he has a record. >> when you look at polling, whether or not the rnc, republican national convention, gave a bump to mitt romney, it really did not. some individual places it did but overall nationally it did not. what do the democrats have to do to get a bump out of this? >> we have to continue to actually talk about the president's record. part of the reason why i think the other guy didn't get much of a bump because he didn't talk about anything or put out anything of any substance. >> margaret has rolled her eyes massively. >> smiled. >> i think it was like an oh, please. >> what's really interesting about that, looking back over the last three election cycles, no candidate, democrat or republican, has gotten a bump. john kerry went down after two points after his convention. that speaks to a potential problem for both candidates in that by the time we're here where we are in the calendar, that a lot of people's positions are already hardened. so

save gm and chrysler. so here is another job score. are you listening in michigan and ohio and across the country? here is another job score. obamae administration made with the management, labor and environmental groups to double car mileage, that was a good deal, too. it will cut your gas prices in half, your gas bill, no matter what the price is, if you double the mileage of your car, your bill will be half what it would have been. it will make us more energy independent. it will cut greenhouse gas emission, and according to several analyses over the next 20 years it will bring us another half a million good new jobs into the american economy. the president's energy strategy which he calls all of the above is helping, too. the boom in oil and gas production combined with greater energy efficiency has driven oil imports to a near 20-year law and natural gas production to an all-time high, and renewable energy production has doubled. of course, we need a lot more new jobs. but there are already more than 3 million jobs open and unfilled in america. mostly because the people who apply for them don't yet have the required skills t

save gm and chrysler so here is another job score. are you listening in michigan and ohio and across the country? [cheers and applause] >> here is another job score. obamamney zero. jon: bill clinton last night touting president obama's bailout of the auto industry. many of those jobs are found in the key battleground state of ohio. a new poll shows president obama losing his lead in ohio putting governor romney three points ahead now. the "real clear politics" polling average factors in the new numbers, the race now a virtual tie with president obama less than a point ahead in this polling average. in the national head-to-head contest rcp has the candidates tied dead even 46.7% each. shane deapril is the editor of "campaigns and elections magazine." has that 3-point lead for mitt romney in ohio in that one poll, if that holds, if it's accurate it is absolutely huge, isn't it? >> yeah, there is no doubt, jon. i think given the importance of ohio and its 18 electoral votes for mitt romney any positive polling news out of that state is good news for the romney campaign. i think under scoring that is the fact that ohio presents some challenges that perhaps

saved, right? that's his claim. the plan that he put forward with gm was not all that different from what mitt romney wanted to do. >> to some extent, yes. president obama is getting some credit in very population dense parts of northern ohio where the auto industry is heaviest. so he is getting some credit for that. jon: all right. erin mcpike, from "real clear politics". got a lot of work to do. it will be interesting what six weeks to go until the election? >> sure is. this week will be interesting on its own. jon: thank you. patti ann. patti ann: jon, libya's government is issuing a command saying come under the government groups or disband band. this as we get word from libya's ambassador just a short time ago that ambassador stevens died at a libyan hospital. greg palkot is streaming live from tripoli. hi, greg. >> reporter: hey, patti ann. we're less than a day away regarding that deadline by the libyan government for those rogue militias to disperse and disband. one official told me it is going better than he expected. one of those groups pushed out of a base here in tripoli not too far from where we are right now. that happened on sunday. today