we'll ask david plouffe. our pounderhouse roundtable with george will, donna brazile, matthew dowd, bill burton and kerry healey. >>> our friend george will calls conventions the seventh inning stretch of presidential campaigns. so, halfway through, where do we stand? >> what a welcome, cincinnati! thank you so much. >> the race is still pretty much a tie. early polls show only a slight bounce for mitt romney so far. but his crowds in ohio and florida yesterday, were huge. and he tried to reach beyond his base. by admitting his party's mistakes. >> we'll finally have to do something that republicans have spoken about for a long time and for a while. we didn't do it. when we had the lead, we let them down. i will cut the deficit and get us on track to a balanced budget. >> president obama was on offense, in another battleground, iowa. his take on the republican convention, he called it a tired tv rerun that was black and white. >> when governor romney had a chance to let you in on his secret sauce, he didn't o

obama's own comment you didn't build that david plouffe dismisses that as nonsense. you didn't build that is obama's own words number one. number two, that's been obama's lifelong philosophy. it's also been the way he has governorred for the last three and a half years. >> well, president obama should really go look for that person that was impersonating him when he was talking about those. because i find it absolutely ridiculous. we saw him say that we say you didn't build that. and, you know, just to let you know, there was a survey that came out they support romney 61% to obama 26%. obviously it's hurting him. obviously the american people happening. and they are saying we are not going to allow you to do this anymore which is why races in this state and all over are so important. we are looking at $2 million of attack ads coming up against me. people who support mitt romney. people who support small businesses to keep us out. and we are going to make a strong statement that we're not going to allow the left to buy this race and i hope everyone will go to love --

white house adviser david plouffe standing by for the president. but let's begin with the romney camp, new jersey governor chris christie. good morning. >> good morning, george. >> since the convention, romney has fallen behind in the battlegrounds. new polls out this morning, ohio and iowa, behind. governor romney has to shake things up wednesday night. >> he's going to, i mean, every time mitt romney has been confronted in this campaign with one of these moments, he has come through the debate and performing extraordinarily well. contrasting himself and his vision to whoever the opponent was at that time. when we get to thursday morning, you'll be saying it's a brand-new race with 33 days to go. >> that hasn't happened yet. on the one hand he has to be assertive with the president but like wbl the voters. how does that happen. >> be truthful. if you tell the truth about what's going on in our country, people are going to understand that's critical of the president's stewardship, also to lay out a positive and hopeful vision for what the future ca

. >> we'll talk to white house senior adviser david plouffe, and we'll have a preview of scott pelley's "60 minutes" interview with one of the navy seals who shot osama bin laden. and we'll get analysis frommed is sang of the "new york times." "vanity fair's" dee dee myers, "washington post's" michael gerson, and cbs news political director, john dirk son. it's all ahead because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> good morning, and welcome to "face the nation"." bob salve today but we're joined by scott pelley who is back in new york after a trip to st. petersburg, florida, to sit down with president obama. scott, what did the president have to say? >> pelley: noragreat to be with you this morning. the the president and mr. romney have so many campaign stops in florida and ohio, it almost looks like they're running for governor. but we caught up with the president in st. petersburg, as you said, and one of the things we wanted to ask him about is how things would change in a second obama term. we po

we'll hear from a top obama adviser, david plouffe, in a moment. but first, joining me now, the republican governor of new jersey chris christie. welcome back to "meet the press." >> happy to be back, david. good morning. >> the key battleground states, nine of them, we've been polling in nine of them, and all nine it's obama advantage across the board. look at ohio, plus seven. virginia, plus five. these are key states. is the race over? >> absolutely not. and that happened pretty quickly, right, david? you saw the change in those polls happen very quickly. and i'm here to tell you it can happen very quickly back the other way, and i think the beginning of that is wednesday night when governor romney for the first time gets on the same stage with the president of the united states and people can make a direct comparison about them and their visions for the future. and wednesday night is the restart of this campaign and i think you'll see the numbers start to move right back in the other direction. >> how do you restart a campaign, governor, at tha

sunday, some of the president's advisors making rounds on talk shows, and the white house advisor plouffeeeming to look at the chances for the debate giving romney the upper hand. >> now, challengers tend to do really well on debates and that's the history. and we believed all along that governor romney had potentially more out of the debate than we do. >> harris: correspondent ed henry is travelling with the president and playing the expectations game. >> oh, big time, they're trying to play that expectations game and got senator john kerry playing the role of mitt romney, and familiar with his record pack in massachusetts and familiar with this kind of podium and stage and the obama campaign is trying to stay woe is the president hasn't debated in four years, since he went toe to toe, a day job and commander-in-chief and only a few practice sessions not enough time like mitt romney has had to practice and then as you mentioned david plouffe who is on some of the sunday talk shows today. trying to lift expectations on the other side by mitt romney, saying he got an awful lot of practice

. >> senior white house advisor david plouffe told us today, david plouffe is the senior white houseif not a bounce there is momentum coming out of the convention. that is in doubt because of this jobs number. vice president biden last night introducing the president suggested in his words we have turned the corner. this jobs report obviously raising some questions about that as well, david. as much as i like you david, only reason i agreed to do this is pause of liz. david: isn't that nice. liz: ed, i was so jealous david got to talk to you. hello, ed. david: never coming back, ed, never, never. >> when you're on vacation liz will have me. liz: rich is sitting there going, hey what about me? >> what's wrong with that? >> love you liz. david: don't be a stranger, both of you. liz: thank you, rich. pandora beware. david: pandora beware because apmedical -- apple may be looking to take a bite out of the online radio industry. liz: we have one city, one city in the u.s. imposing a band likely angering poland, spring and fiji water. we'll talk about that ahead on "after the bell.". ♪ dav

dav david plouffe, he was with on with george stephanopoulos and a national security advisor that is,000, and pension at 55 years old. still working and 148,000 a year more from, from what's left of fannie mae, none of those stories got any traction at all in the mainstream media. >> and hats off to john carl, media note. for putting out one of the three steel workers trotted out in front of the democratic national convention who got up there and said, you know, mitt romney is bad because bain capital closed our company and we lost our jobs. one of them didn't work at the company. he was a union organizers. >> the same problem that they had with that ad that was put out by one of the non-affiliated super pacs, on the obama committee. they need to do better in the fact checking department and i actually think the press, they did that and-- >> isn't this the party that's running our country right now? >> yes, it is. >> running or ruining? >> brit hume was very struck by something that i also-- occurred to me as i was watching both the republicans and democratic national conventions, he

travis plouffe changed that with a big swing. tied it with a home run. and then in the tenth denard span wins it, an rbi single. twins score a run in the eighth, ninth and tenth and beat the royals, 4-3. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> a big return to the silver screen in a controversial film. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, one of the greatest boxers of all time, muhammad ali, was honored yesterday, for his accomplishments outside the ring. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back into "early today." again, as mentioned a beautiful situation across a good stretch of the west here. deep in mind the high fire danger into the cascades of washington. down towards los angeles, coastal areas in the 80s, heads in towards downtown, temperatures well up into the 90s. 97 in medford for today. at least saturday you're seeing a few more clouds, still dry conditions, monsoonal moisture has dried up across the four corners. sunshine and temperatures responding, 96 in phoenix for s

the scenes, white house officials and campaign operatives echoed senior white house adviser david plouffe who told supporters we come out of the convention with momentum. but the jobs report threatens to slow that momentum only hours after the president addressed the democratic national convention, what most were describing as a successful week. >> know this, america, our problems can be solved. our challenges can be met. the path we offer may be harder, but it leads to a better place. and i'm asking you to choose that future. >> reporter: instead of the rousing rhetoric the president had employed before an outdoor crowd of thousands in 2008, last night mr. obama struck a more professorial tone in a gathering that had been forced inside by bad weather. >> you didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear, you elected me to tell you the truth. >> reporter: today the president ridiculed the republicans. >> tax cuts when times are good, tax cuts when times are bad. tax cuts to help you lose a few extra pounds. >> reporter: last night, the vice president threw the sharpest barbs. >> the

and this morning on abc obama campaign strategist david plouffe tried to lower expectations. >> now challengers tend to do really well in debates. that's been the history. we believed all along that governor romney probably has more benefit out of this debate than we do. >> reporter: chris christie told "face the nation"'s bob schieffer he expects romney to turn in a game-changing performance at wednesday's debate. >> thursday morning you are all going to be scratching your heads and saying wow, we have a barn burner now for the next 33 days. >> reporter: node on fox news, his running mate paul ryan admitted the campaign has had some challenges. >> first of all, 47%, mitt acknowledges himself that was an inarticulate way of describing how we are worried in that stag nato bama economy more people are dependent on government. >> despite being down in most polls ryan said the gop ticket will eventually win over voters who are frustrated by a stagnant economy. >> given that we are going to win this. >> reporter: and romney has a lot to gain from a debate says cathleen hall jameison. >> the challeng

. >> as david plouffe just said on our broadcast, they believe they have a small but important lead in a number of the battleground states. and even romney advisers acknowledge that a state like ohio is leaning in the president's collection, and nobody has won the presidency without ohio. certainly romney could win without ohio but he would have to win other states. >> he would basically have to win other eight. >> and he's behind in states they know they have to win like new mexico, and nevada, and virginia. very tight race but the president is slightly ahead. >> david you've covered a number of white houses and you see where this race is going in the final two months. what is it that romney could do to break through-- i mean, the obama people keep saying we'll be able to keep a lid on romney's rise, and that's why they feel good about it. >> one of the fascinating things is one thing that doesn't seem to be working for him right now is spending huge amounts of money. this has been the media preservation act of 2012. there's more money spent on more advertising that's moves polls less

now white house senior advisor david plouffe. and what to watch for on wednesday. stay tuned after the program for my "press pass" conversation with nate silver who was on fire in 2008 with his poll predictions. >>> actor dustin hoffman took home a special honor. he was honored with a 60th anniversary in recognition of his work and career. he woman academy awards for cramer vs. cramer, and rain man. >> this next story surprised me, anne hathaway is waking up this morning a married woman. she married her boyfriend last night in a private ceremony. they met through mutual friends, an began dating in 2008. >> about 100 people in the audience. >> they have been dating for about four years, so it was about time to do it. >> a lot of people feel happy for her because her past relationship didn't end that well. >> oh, gosh, the con artist? >> hopefully she did better this time. >> yes, definitely a upgrade, but i was able to find pictures of her wedding dress online. she is friends with valentino which helps when you're planning a wedding. thank you for joining us for thi

join george later on abc's "this week" when he goes one-on-one with white house senior adviser david plouffe george and diane sawyer lead our live democratic convention in primetime starting at 10:00 eastern on tuesday night. >>> now to that terrifying discovery at a popular beach along the new england coast. a giant white shark washed ashore. now authorities are scrambling, closing beaches. abc's john schriffen has the latest. >> reporter: a great white shark washed up on the shore >> i think it's kind of scary. >> reporter: fisherman spotted the 13-foot predator saturday morning just feet from where beach-goers swim. >> pretty scary. your adrenaline goes a little bit. he's stone dead, but my god. >> reporter: officials immediately closed the beach to swimmers, amid fears that more great whites may be lurking nearby. popular cape cod beaches are already shut down for the holiday weekend. officials there determined that it's not safe to go back in the water after boaters captured this shark-feeding frenzy and in a single day, seven sharks were spotted off the coast of two other cape cod beac

david axelrod and david plouffe, white house visoadvis advisers. some had said he made the kate for president obama better than president obama makes the case for president obama. >> you want the strongest spe h speeches. he talked about how it has been, how his policies affected the country and president obama's policies and where we're going from here. he set up that choice. now the president can talk about the future, having cleared some of that underbrush out of the way. >> when you see the president, former president clinton ad libbing about that, you're a famously disciplined guy, are you biting your nails, david plouffe? be honest. >> not at all. that was a remarkable speech about the job the president has done. could have gone another 10, 15 minutes. we were captivated by the argument he made. >> one argument that stood out was no one could have repaired what the president found in just four years. he said if you renew the president's contract, you will feel the economic recovery. does that basically boil down what president obama's argumen

george's guests will include chris christie and david plouffe. >>> tune in wednesday of special coverage of one-on-one the candidates debate. at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> george and diane hosting the debate wednesday night. >>> an embarrassing week for airport screeners. now, more ominously two incidents of loaded guns making it through the x-ray machines undetected. >> good morning to you, dan. frequent travelers complain about evasive skreerng procedures. many travelers on edge and worried about their safety. a long line of high-profiled security blunders of tsa came to a head on friday, when a lo loaded.38 caliber gun went undetected by screeners. he mistakenly took it with him on a flight from new orleans to newark. in just one day earlier in orlando, officers missed another loaded gun, this time in a firefighter's purse, it made it passed security and on the way to her plane. those lapses came to light. some in congress worry now about what else is slipping through. >> unfortunately the reports that i get, it's not just this one weapon, it's hundreds of items every day. it can't be tole

right now we want to welcome the president's top strategist, david plouffe. talk about last night and a lot more. david, welcome. >> good morning, george. >> president obama looked pretty happy when he walked on stage to give president clinton a hug. what did he say to the president? >> you know, he made a very effective case. he made a terrific speech, i think. a very powerful case for the kind of economy we're trying to build in this country that's centered on the middle-class. i think there's very few people in the country with enough credibility to make that case, as he did. so i think we've got a first couple of great nights here in charlotte. and i think we're doing a lot of good for the president's campaign. >> president clinton raised the bar for president obama tonight. >> well, we're telling a story here. the first lady's speech was very impactful. really spoke from the heart. i think president clinton laid out powerfully the president's record. and the choice in the selection. and the president tonight is going to talk about his record, but the pat

goes one-on-one with the architect of president obama's 2008 win, white house senior adviser david plouffe george and diane sawyer lead our live democratic convention in primetime, starting at 10:00 eastern on tuesday night. dan? >>> now to that terrifying discovery at a popular beach along the new england coast. a giant great white shark washed ashore. now authorities are scrambling, closing beaches. strike to determine whether others are lurking just off the coast. abc's john schriffen has the latest. >> reporter: it was a shocking sight. a massive great white shark washed up on a crowded new england beach. full of vacationing family. >> i think it's kind of scary. >> reporter: this fisherman spotted the 13-foot predator saturday morning just feet from where beach-goers swim. >> it's pretty scary standing right next to that thing. your adrenaline goes a little bit. he's stone dead, but my god. >> reporter: officials immediately closed the beach to swimmers, amid fears that more great whites may be lurking nearby. this comes on top the 15 miles of popular cape cod beaches that are already

same question repeatedly, host george stephanopoulos on abc this week, presidential advising david plouffe reverted to talking about job creation and the bush administration. they were this great to a depression, pinching his index finger, stephanopoulos cut him short, you still can't say yes, he told plouffe. we're clearly improved, george, we've mad a -- made a lot of progress from the depths of the recession, we've got to continue to recover, plouffe pandered republicans for fairy dust as an alixir and says americans know we had a deep hole to climb out of from 2008 onward. that's from politico. some of the facebook comments we've been receiving from this question from '08 obama supporters, whether or not they're still sticking with him in 2012, here is fred. yes, he's a man of the people. the other guy is not. chris says yes, because he is the only candidate fighting for the middle class, equality, education, and the poor, the veterans, women, et cetera. and adam says no to barack bin laden and mitt romney because they're both lying nar cystic sociopaths. down with oligarchy. ed says i

>> this morning, dave plouffe told us he believes if not a bounce, at the least he has momentum coming coming out of ce but the jobs report is a problem. >> bad jobs numbers undermines his argument and -- you know, throws a wet blanket offer the convention heading into the general election. no question. >> reporter: the president realizes that and he was in new hampshire, now iowa and over the weekend has a bus tour in florida to try to continue to make the case to undecided voters. a shrinking number to say it's bad but getting better. >> ed henry. thank you. >>> governor mitt romney used the jobs report to slam president obama on the economy. in an interview today with the host of special report, bret baier, the republican presidential nominee called the data disappointing and said the country is on the wrong path. >> if you look over the last several quarters, the last several years, you see the continued pattern, which is we're not creating jobs we need to create to put americans back to work. for every net new job created, about four people dropped out of the workforce. so we're g

dav david plouffe, he was with on with george stephanopoulos and a national security advisor that is, and pension at 55 years old. still working and 148,000 a year more from, from what's left of fannie mae, none of those stories got any traction at all in the mainstream media. >> and hats off to john carl, media note. for putting out one of the three steel workers trotted out in front of the democratic national convention who got up there and said, you know, mitt romney is bad because bain capital closed our company and we lost our jobs. one of them didn't work at the company. he was a union organizers. >> the same problem that they had with that ad that was put out by one of the non-affiliated super pacs, on the obama committee. they need to do better in the fact checking department and i actually think the press, they did that and-- >> isn't this the party that's running our country right now? >> yes, it is. >> running or ruining? >> brit hume was very struck by something that i also-- occurred to me as i was watching both the republicans and democratic national conventions, he sai

. >> shannon: we know there are a number of prominent speakers at dnc, including sandra plouffe overccess to birth control. are those some of key issues that will drive them to the ballot box this time around? >> i absolutely agree. it's the economic issues first and foremost, but i disagree where women are going to come out. they wanted know they have a president in the white house that does know what they care about is how much the cost of gasoline is, but they are worried about taking their child to the doctor and whether they can afford to pay for tests. how are they going to pay for the child to go to college? it will be economic issues and that is what is going to drive women to vote for barack obama. if you look at republican administration and democrats have treated women and look what happened in missouri with todd aiken two weeks ago, women are going to matter, they are intelligent and think about the issues, i think many of them and most of them are going to vote for president obama. >> shannon: how much do you think social issues will enter theqialgs for female voters? >>

bill: what you'll likely hear are the comments of david plouff and david axelrod saying we've clearlyhe depths of the recession. they will paint a picture that things are getting better. it might not be perfect yet but things are headed in the right direction. how do you counter that. >> we ask middle class america to look around. look around at your own experience and your neighbors. do you feel things are better off? i think the only folks in america who believe we are doing better today than we were four years ago live at the obama white house. people can fairly question their objectivity. there is no amount of gloss or slick convention staging that can cover up the fact that this is the weakest recovery since the great depression. you know there used to be a country in western singer called johnny paycheck. if he was still around they'd have to change his name to johnny food stamp. bill: because that's what he's using these days. that is a clever turn of phrase. what ben labolt will say is the democrats want to offer $5 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy. which i think is the hi