. >>> i'm back with rick renal, ben jarvis and rick smith.he republicans having an impact of accusing the president of having a weak foreign policy? >> yeah, i think certainly the fact that there -- there are riots around u.s. embassies in four countries, including in ones where barack obama reluctantly or very jubilantly supported the revolution, is a real foreign policy debate republicans are trying to have. to some extent, where they are leaning, who lost egypt, who lost libya, and the problem, it will only go so far. neither party will advocate for american intervention, because that's so unpopular right now. >> rick, if you look at the polls, southeast especially since both conventions, especially since democratic convention there, is clearly a bounce for obama polls that nbc news and "wall street journal" came out today. three critical battleground states. in ohio, obama 50%, romney, 43%. look at this. virginia, 49% for obama. 44% for romney. that's florida. but same in virginia. 49/44. three battleground states. romney needs these thre

. >> schieffer: rick smith, i read your book, the title "who stole american dream?"ve title. you think this theft began somewhere back in the 70s, i guess it was. but i just want to hear you say it. you made that statement. who stole it? >> well, certainly i think it began in the 1970s. but we had a recent example of it. the fight between the nfl owners and the referees. the referees wanted to keep their traditional pension plan. the owners wanted to push them into a 401(k) plan, which by the way has been a disaster for most americans since it's been established. and it was pasted in the 1970s congress. why is that? it'sicismmatic of the american economy. the figure you just cited-- 40% think we're in the right direction. why do the other 60% think no? because there's a women. the openers of the nfl teams are making tremendous money. they have very rich franchises and all referees want is a secure retirement, same thing that has been going on for decades here. if you look at america over the last 30, 40 years a wedge has been driven into our economic system. the midd

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smith. then rick berg. running for the u.s. senate seat in north dakota.folks at buzzfeed reported on an anti-abortion bill he voted for in the state legislature there. it would criminalize abortion to the tune of life in prison for violators including vims of rape and incest. the bill doesn't just classify abortion as a felony punishable by life in prison. it also defines a fertilized egg as abortion which means even some forms of birth control could be felonies. use an iud, life in prison. in vitro fertilization, life in prison for you. that includes rape victims and incest victims. and then roscoe barlt ll. he has served ten terms, but he's not running in a safe seat. this year, he really has to campaign hard to hold on to the seat, which is why it's not a great time for him to be faced with follow-up questions about his anti-abortion policies he's not used to talking about with anyone who doesn't agree with him on the subject. that's what happened at a town hall last week that went very bad very quickly. >> there are very few pregnan pregnancies as a r

. >> rick: here on news watch we cover the coverage even when we cover ourselves. on shepard smith we watched a man kill himself after a car chase. the suspect stole a car from two people at gunpoint and led cops on a high-speed chase. it ended on the dirt road where the suspects ran. moments later he shot himself and fell to the ground. we showed the portion where the man shot himself and anchor shepard smith apologized. this followed by a statement. he said, quote, we took every precaution to avoid any such live incident by putting the helicopter pictures on a five seconds delay. unfortunately this mistake was the result of a severe human error and we just a few for what viewers ultimately saw. >> more. our embassy at benghazi was attacked and ambassador and three americans were killed. as the days passed. story is getting a bid bit more clear thanks to a journal kept by chris stevens. james rosen that piece of the puzzle and reaction over its use. >> reporter: at issue here is a hard bound book containing seven pages of handwritten notes made by ambassador steens. cnn says corre

closing bell" exchange w.us kevin o'brien of revere data, rod smith of river front investment group, cnbc contributor stephanie link, and our own rick santelli. kevin, you're a stock market bull, so this meltup towards 14,000. you think it continues for the dow? >> we think the market is headed in a pretty good direction. overall investor sentiment is quite positive. when you think about today, for example, with expirations, we call it the perfect storm of expirations and traditionally seen a lot of volatility there, and when you look at the vix, for example, over the past year, it's trading at basically a low, so the markets pretty much with thinking there's good general direction going forward, and we think that will continue for the dow and the broader markets. >> let's talk strategy here. stephanie link, what's your strategy going into this rebalancing? we know there's a lot of stock for sale of a handful of companies like coca-cola, united parcel service, ups, ibm, wells fargo and some -- some buying activity here in apple, google, a handful of other techs. how do you want to play this? what's your strategy going into this reba