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now i guess we shouldn't be surprised by this that was after all just a few months ago that brandon robb a member of the u.s. marine corps was taken into custody for his facebook posts. will now violate my right. here he is being taken from his virginia home by local authorities and the f.b.i. they arrested him back on august sixteenth after the f.b.i. found his post to be anti american and quote terrorist in nature rob was initially taken to a psychiatric hospital against his will he since been released but his case is one that sheds light on a larger trend here the u.s. government cracking down on certain types of speech by members of the military branches attorney as john whitehead he joins me now from charlottesville virginia to break down what this could mean on a larger scale and john what do you make of the results of this report. well again if you're on a social network such as facebook and you say something the government doesn't like and gets in a lot of trouble with brandon rodd i mean you have the article the security the f.b.i. the local police arrive and arrest him and he a

he has been sparring with ohio senator robb portman who predicted their work will pay off. >> i was proud of paul ryan. i was proud of mitt romney last week. we will have another great debate next week. >> aides say mr. romney has already conducted practice town halls with swing state voters. >> our commitment 2012 coverage continues online. keep track of the candidates and who is leading the polls. you will find all of the details on the politics page. the longtime gop senator turned democrat died this weekend at his home in philadelphia from complications of non hodgkin's lymphoma. he was the chairman of the senate judiciary committee and played a key role in the confirmation hearings of bork and thomas. in april of 2009, he startled senators when he announced he was switching to the democratic party. the next year, he lost the democratic primary. ed rendell said he did more for the people of pennsylvania with a possible exception of ben franklin. he was 82 years old. the most recent study performed by the austrian daredevil known as fearless felix. >> he traveled at incredible speeds.

ohio senator robb portman is playing the role of president obama during romney's debate prep. >> president obama will come out swipging. i think he will have to compensate for a poor first debate. >> reporter: mitt romney's performance in the first debate impacted the race. his favorability numbers among voters jumped and the polls tightened. a new national poll shows the race is effectively a tie with the president just one point ahead of romney. the republican nominee is also gaining ground in the battleground states. >> expectations are higher for him in this debate than the first debate. he has to come out maintaining the momentum he had in the first debate. >> reporter: questions from the audience, it will abtown hall -- be a town hall format. something the president is familiar with. he's held more than 50 down halls during his time in office. susan mcginns in, cbs news, washington. >> tomorrow's debate could have an impact on the presidential race. right now voting is under way in 43 states. either by absentee ballot or in person early voting. >>> coming up on 9news now at noon, the

robb is in baltimore county right now. what is going on down there? >> we are getting if you wind gusts about every hour they get a bit stronger and stronger, but the good news is that behind me the water is going out. great news for the residence, as long as the water is being blown out, there is much less chance -- not a great chance of any flooding, which was one of the big problems with isabel. those are pretty good gusts of wind. larry, on over here, if you do not mind. your legs are going to freeze. >> good one. >> once again, the wind is going out. but you just have to watch this storm, don't you? >> that is it. just keep your fingers crossed. >> i can see that most people got the boat out on friday or this weekend. >> yes, there is a public ramp down the street there and it was a zoo. a ton of boats. >> you have also done what everyone suggested, going through this before, there is nothing anywhere around here as everything has been taken inside. >> we have pretty much back and down the hatches. the wind is the biggest fear factor right now. j

. >> a fiend of mine got jumped 2 years ago and robb. they stole her rse. neighbor o our lives next door couplewee eks ago somebody rode behi her and grabbed her private. >> 2 or 3 young ladies. >>reporter: since june police say there have been 10 incidents along this small stretch of trail. they include sexual assault. battery. parolee violations and gun possession. in bay point, allen wong 7 news. >>> the oakland a's are back in oakland today. tomorrow they will play in front of sell out crowd must win game in order to stay in the play offs. [ chanting]. >> die hard fans rally in front of oakland city hall to cheer on the green and goal. a's down 2 games but the players and fans are confident they will not be swept by the detroit tigers in the best of 5 series. >> i have tickets up to the world series. i'm that confident. we are to rerye money ball 2 and this time we win the last game. >> team american league western division pennant flying over city hall game time tomorrow 6:07 at the coliseum. >> go a's. >> gas praises ratchet up again in the bay area a

he spent monday in boston working with ohio senator robb portman who has been playing president obamadebate preps. president obama spent the day at a resort in williamsburg, virginia. he's promised to be more aggressive in refuting romney's claims but political analysts warn because voters will be asking the questions, being too aggressive could be seen as a negative. >>it's a very difficult format to prepare for. >> reporter: despite the town hall format, the moderator for tonight's debate has promised to take an active role and that has both campaigns concerned. >> this will be a different president come tuesday. >> reporter: candy crowley says she plans to ask follow-up questions if the candidates fail to answer the original question or if there needs to be a clarification. but when the campaigns agree to the debate, they came to a mutual agreement that the moderator would not ask new questions or raise new topics. both campaigns voiced concerns about crowley's plans

i had a chance to sit down with senator robb portman. he is the leading surrogate for the romney team in the state asking how he thinks his party will fare on tuesday. >> i think it is tie right now momentum is on our side. before the debates we were down five to 10 points. we've had a steady movement our way ever since hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients... plus, t

northborough massachusetts here today their kids were hit in a car crash four of them to have them robbd were paralyzed the romney's didn't know them as they went to the same church but they never met before. i know you are struggling mark romney said don't worry about their college i will pay for it. romney doesn't tell the stories, the family told the story and when they did he said it wasn't that help or that cash to give his time. >> ever since the republican convention clearly the advisers tell him that. always a story always emotional. they got choked up so now he passes it to paul ryan. the baseball playoffs provide another day of what coughs. hi, i'm amy for downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters here with my favorite new intern, jimmy. mmm! fresh! and it's been in the closet for 12 weeks! unbelievable! unstopables! follow jimmy on downy.com for free samples every day, i seek a positive... ...direction for my life... ...through my accomplishments... ...and now, with help... ...and support from my family and others, i own... i...own. i own my recovery... ...from addiction and d

ohio senator robb portman vice- presidentvice president joe biden goofed up talking about taxes on thedle class has been buried for the last four years. >> buried, we agree that means we need to stop digging by electing romney the next president of the united states. the republican ticket quick to adopt ryan's slogan. a suburban cop is in and the royal treatment in england and other european countries today they say he helped him win the ryder cup. we are in the car and i let him know don't worry about it i will get you there on time. pat roland's was the man behind the wheel and today he is being held a hero in europe. profiled on the bbc even in european news anchors credited with giving mcelroy to the final cut on the final day. he was staying here at the hotel in lumbar with all of the other players from team europe and usa but unlike the other players he had gotten his schedules mixed up on sunday, just minutes before his start time at my dinaedinah he wasn't there. i started to panic. , he was safe but very late, that's when this american cop show that even though he rooted for t

robb may, go ahead. >> how're you doing today? >> we are doing okay, go ahead with your comment. >> both sides promise all this, all that. but people don't realize these guys can't do anything without congress's approval. they promise all this and when it goes to congress, if they don't approve it, they have not accomplished anything. people medicare program, better be careful what they're going to do because he is fixing to put everybody under the carpet with that. >> a great debate tonight, obama has and will lead our country to a prosperous future. good evening. >> good evening. >> are you undecideds? >> undecided. all the debates, i have enjoyed them. my question is, there is part of the middle east that surprises america with a lot of oil. any of those good countries, almost alienating them to the point where they get the oil supply off. i believe we'll stop rolling on the streets here. i enjoyed the debates, thank you. >> next is a supporter of the president from moscow, idaho. >> i would like to say that obama needs more ti

host: robb christensen, go ahead.have had a tremendous turnout of early voting in north carolina. in 2008, 51% of the electorate voted before election day. essentially, obama won the election before election day. john mccain won the election day vote but obama had already won the election in the early voting period. we have already had 1 million people voted north carolina. at this point, the democrats are doing better on the early voting, it appears. we don't have a vote count so we don't know exactly what the tally is. if you look at things -- we know things like number of active americans who have voted and that is up from the percentage who voted in 2008. percentage is greater this time at this juncture that was in 2008. the number of younger voters who tend to be more for obama than for running a, a greater percentage is up this time compared to 2008. those are all good signs for the obama campaign. but, what that will mean at the end, we don't know but the obama campaign had a good signal from that. host: we hav

we will hear from senator robb portlanman. we will have live coverage of this. it is tender 15 minutes away before it gets under way and we will have it here. a look at the october surprise in presidential campaigns. >> we turn our attention to the history of the october surprise. the event or events that happened before an election. joining us from their studios in washington. they get up and down about what the vote is. it is a long, storied, and mostly exaggerated history. why do we have october surprises? what are they? >> this notion of the last minute big moment that changes the trajectory of any given race, it started in 1972 when henry kissinger said that a couple days before the presidential election that there was a possibility of peace in -- for the vietnam war. it was seen as an effort to get those last few voters who were upset with president nixon over the vietnam war. it turns out he did not need this extra voters. in every subsequent race, the media is looking for that game changing moment in the last month that can move a lot of undecided voters

charles robb will be speaking. charles robb is at the podium. live coverage on c-span. >>. good morning. thank you for coming. welcome to the roll out of the price of inaction, analysis of energy and economic effects of a nuclear iran. let me begin with an apology if i met. to have a board meeting in chantilly, virginia this morning in which transformational decisions will be made. and i am also and investor, so i have a more than passing interest and will not be able to remain for the entire presentation. but wanted to come in to help kick off this road out of our most recent paper. p. i am here today as a member of the bipartisan center board. out of the co-chaired the iran project for almost five years. with chuck wald. there is an overwhelming bipartisan support in washington among both presidential candidates and across the country for preventing a nuclear iran. in the public debate during the last year or so, a recurring concern has been the economic risks posed by the available means for preventing a nuclear iran. whether it through tough sanctions or military action

he has been doing debate prep with ohio senator robb portman, better part of a month.tense preparations because how much is riding on this for the republican nominee. he arrived here in denver of the big crowd, 5500 folks coming out to see him. state of colorado is a very, very tight battleground. and romney sort of gave us a peek at some of the types of things he intends to go on offense with in this debate, focused largely on the economy. here is the bill of particulars from mitt romney on the obama record. >> we know where the president's pathway leads. because we're on it. we've seen it for four years. we've seen the number of people on food stamps go from 32 million to 47 million. >> now the romney campaign started out saying the election should be a referendum on the obama record. certainly that rhetoric from mr. romney fits with that in recent weeks they said really a choice. dependency society based on the obama agenda of bigger government and bigger government intrusion into the lives of individual entrepreneural spirit of the american people versus romney vie

senator robb portman will be with us as well.be able to tell us whether or not romney can flip the state. whether or not he can take it from the president or whether or not they're still behind at that point because those guys know the state better than everyone. martha: in ohio, oh, there is another campaign ad. they're saying oh, there is bill hemmer again. i can't get away from that guy. he is in every corner of ohio. bill: we thought we lost him years ago but he's back. concerns about voter fraud in a vital battleground state as well. hundreds of suspected registered voters not citizens of the country. we'll investigate. martha: that is a problem. it is the interview president obama does not for some reason want you to hear. a very influential newspaper in a swing state now asking the obama campaign can we please let the voters hear what you had to say to the editors at our paper? what is going on here? we've got fair and balanced debate coming up. send me a tweet @marthamaccallum. what do you think abouth story? one. two. th

ohio senator robb portman put it this way. >> we'll make this election about big things, not distortions, not negative ads it will be about the proposeals that mitt romney and paul ryan have to put people back to work in northeast ohio and get at the deficit and debt in this country. [cheers and applause] it's going to be about his pro-growth proposals to restore the american dream. martha: you can hear it. that is the push in ohio this week from the romney campaign, spending four out of five days in the buckeye state this week. bill: want to check out the billboard and zero in on the state of ohio. you heard so much about this. there is a very good reason why ohio is such a battleground. on our map section what we've done and will do for the next four weeks, we zeroed in own the battleground states based on polling. the 11 states you see outlined in yellow are considered too close to call. in the middle of all of this is the state of ohio here. put what if scenario into action here. if you put the surveys we've taken right here the president appears to have 201 electoral votes and mitt

megyn: in debate prep, senator robb portman portrayed barack obama.e told them there wasn't one question came up they hadn't pressed governor romney on. there was so much he left on editing iting table for he didn't get hit by barack obama. today some questioned whether your former boss, john kerry, was the right guy to play mitt romney in the debate prep with barack obama. someone on fox news suggesting earlier today he wants to be secretary of state if barack obama wins a second term. is he right guy to really press his buttons and get in his face for debate thoughts? your thoughts? no the campaign going on for 2,000 days. john kerry prepared with all the answers mitt romney given. i'm not sure practice is really the question here. i think the bigger question was, were there things that happened in the debate last night that could come back to haunt governor romney. in his own voice he said the medicare plan he has is to move to voucher system. we haven't had him on the record to the camera saying that yet. there were definitely things that happen.

>> one of the biggest pluses the romney-ryan ticket has in ohio, is senator robb portman.e is working on hamilton county too. you're absolutely focus to turn on hamilton. they must get a big republican vote. the biggest problem they have in ohio is the auto industry question. the president obama is given credit for that by democrats and some independents in ohio. we'll see. it is getting closer in ohio. bill: it is close. what if scenario, professor. indulge me if you will. on our map here if we go full, if you look at the 11 battleground states that are in gray. this is the states where the polling show frankly it is too close to call. in our what if scenario, for governor romney we'll give him the sake for this discussion, 29 electoral votes in florida. remember you need 270 to win the white house. now he is 220 down below. say he wins 15 electoral votes in carl klein and 15 in virginia. for the president, president obama, give him the state of pennsylvania, its 20 electoral votes and state of ohio, 18. you see where he is 239. now the fundamental question, professor is

something that has been under appreciated is the performance of senator robb apartment, the republican of ohio, who was brought into play the role of obama. he has become a broader adviser. we have heard about how romney was only on the trail. portman field that. it gave him confidence. he has become a big adviser on messaging. we saw the package come together at the debate. kress was their request by romney that he did not pick portman as his vice president? >> asked us in 12 hours. >> why did romney pick ryan? it was not someone many thought would be picked. portman was thought to be the favorite because he was from ohio. >> no one wanted to pick the only person at the top of the run the organization was mitt romney. he picked paul ryan for a simple reason and the same reason he went to the olympics. he wanted to. he runs his campaign. he is the ceo of the campaign. he is his own karl rove. it has cost him a lot of problems. he is the product, not the ceo. that is how he set it up. they feel good about the ryan choice now. they gave republicans excitement. they needed it. if it costs

michael. >> thank you, senator robb, and thanks everybody, for coming. as the senator said, the purpose of this report is really to trigger a debate. we are not suggesting that we have all the answers on this issue at what we wanted, as the senator said, to introduce a new dimension to debate about iran, about preventing a nuclear iran you.we are not, focusing on economics, we are not suggesting that economic issues should drive u.s. policy one way or another about preventing nuclear iran. but it's come up in the debate. it has been raised, certainly in terms of, let's say, about the impact on how tough are sanctions should and about relating military options. so wanted to say okay, let's do what this debate a little more. what are the costs of inaction. obviously, when you talk but a nuclear iran, i think it's more important consideration, the senator suggested, we have strategic concerns, the human aspect, you know, what would happen if there are competence alone. obviously, those are really preeminent concerns, but the economic concern is very legitim

today the host david gregory welcomes robb portman and marco rubio of a florida.bamacare been a senior adviser david axelrod and republican strategist mike murphy. another appearance of republican senator rubio, also a chicago democratic mayor robert many well. -- emanu-el. el. cnn state of the union follows a 3:00 p.m. with candy crowley. your guest today includes tom davis, bill richardson and mark warner. at 4:00 p.m., bob schieffer welcomes marco rubio, obamacare deputy campaign manager stephanie cutter, and kevin madden. reairing on c-span radio prayer to as a public service by the network. they began at noon eastern with me to the press. -- "meet the press." you can listen to them all on c- span radio. nationwide, xm satellite radio. can listen on your smartphone, blackberry, android . or go online tool c-span.org. >> joe, good morning how are you? >> thank you for being with us. >> he told folks who was the ideal candidate for the tea party. he is forgetting what his own positions are. and he is betting that you will too. he is changing up so much. side ste

host: robb christensen, go ahead. guest: he is giving his opinion but we have had a tremendous turnout of early voting in north carolina. in 2008, 51% of the electorate voted before election day. essentially, obama won the election before election day. john mccain won the election day vote but obama had already won the election in the early voting period. we have already had 1 million people voted north carolina. -- voters in north carolina. at this point, the democrats are doing better on the early voting, it appears. we don't have a vote count so we don't know exactly what the tally is. if you look at things -- we know things like number of active americans who have voted and that is up from the percentage who voted in 2008. percentage is greater this time at this juncture that was in 2008. the number of younger voters who tend to be more for obama than for running a, a greater percentage is up this time compared to 2008. those are all good signs for the obama campaign. but, what that will mean at the end, we don't

. >> i just wanted to add that justice scalia compared b-2 robbes-pierre. >> are you complaining or is that a compliment? we have been friends for a long time. it was jointly sponsored by the same but -- by in the most liberal, ted kennedy in of massachusetts, and awards -- and the most conservative, or and hatch of utah. -- orrin hatch of the top. i have been upset by people in this country and people in germany putting restrictions on the practice of male circumcision. i think that's atrocious. but there is a more extended conversation of religious liberty, refers not to the practices of the religion or the church for its own adherence, but to the church or religious organizations that have employees that do not belong to their religion. i will speak here from the roman catholic perspective and address this question with regard to catholic institutions such as hospitals and colleges in terms of providing contraceptive hearst -- contraceptive health care, not talking about abortion, contraceptive health care for its employees. this has come to the fore in the light of the reaction of

at it as a profound this, nobody and likely to be also if governor robb is elected again in the united states attitude toward international institutions and in particular tour of the diplomacy can be problem-solving. you have to remember moon that the kind rhetoric that came out of this country in the bush years about that the u.s. should unambiguously embrace its imperial, currently an adviser. john bolton said, and i wrote this one down, it's a big mistake to grant a billeted in national law but because of a long-term goal of the incident that international law means anything and as you want to constrain the u.s. >> this is our former ambassador to the u.n. >> and another adviser to governor romney. >> i say this to make a partisan statement, but it is different. we spend years in the bush years talking about an imperial for the united states. empire means you have a power above the rules that makes rules are ready else. * not what this war of this. it is not ever going to work. and so i think with in the united states that can solve its domestic problems and recapture a sense that i

not in robb's interest, not in israel's interest and not in our interest.so we need world class diplomacy and have these work. >> do we have special relationship with israel? >> we do. as we discussed at our last debate, it's important to pause and recognize where we have areas of agreement. politics traditionally should end at the water's edge and what the congressman said about israel i would echo. we have a good strong relationship there, and there's very good reasons for having a good solid relationship. the democratic traditions of israel and the powerful ally they have been for news that region. >> there's a good chance that the house is going to stay in republican control after november. so, question from steven hey who asks, how are you going to work with the opposite party so bills that are needed by the entire country are not held up by partisanship? >> first of all, regardless of who controls the house of representatives, a person committed to serving the community can make an enormous difference in congress, bitten suring that the folkses in our

host: robb christensen, go ahead. guest: he is giving his opinion but we have had a tremendous turnout of early voting in north carolina. in 2008, 51% of the electorate voted before election day. essentially, obama won the election before election day. john mccain won the election day vote but obama had already won the election in the early voting period. we have already had 1 million people voted north carolina. -- voters in north carolina. at this point, the democrats are doing better on the early voting, it appears. we don't have a vote count so we don't know exactly what the tally is. if you look at things -- we know things like number of active americans who have voted and that is up from the percentage who voted in 2008. percentage is greater this time at this juncture that was in 2008. the number of younger voters who tend to be more for obama than for running a, a greater percentage is up this time compared to 2008. those are all good signs for the obama campaign. but, what that will mean at the end, we don't

you have senator robb portman playing the role of barack obama. it is his job to get under romney's scan the way they expect obama to get under romney's skin. on the obama side, you have two white house veterans who are running the debate prep for president obama. you have senator john kerry, who has been there himself. >> what happens during these mock debates? >> they do not talk a lot about what happens during these. what they try to do is try to set a situation that is as realistic as possible for the actual debate. they do it at the same time and night the debate will take place. they set up a set just like it will look like in denver. they are used the environment. they have somebody to play the moderator and ask questions. obama does not like sound bites. as his campaign will tell you. they force him to give answers. they do whatever they can to simulate the debate situation. >> you quote a former chief of staff to vice-presidents al gore and joe biden. let me read some of his points -- can you elaborate? >> sure. he is not really specifica

senator robb voted against the regulation.y opponent voted to deregulate, but i also believe he was the only member that didn't vote for the bailout. when the banks said we wanted to regulate, she said ok. they say, we want bailouts, she said ok. the purpose of dodd-frank is to give cover to those that voted for the bailout. it is making it very difficult to keep this capital in small businesses. we are giving capital to the big banks. >> that is absolute nonsense. we voted so we could rein in the worst excesses that we discovered after the banks put us in this position with the financial meltdown. that is why it was important. he has been supporting the banks that has got us in this mess, those of the bankers that he is supporting. when it comes to deregulation, saying we need less regulation, this is one time that maybe they needed to make sure to regulate these banks. i want us to remember -- i will leave it at that. >> according to "the sun," you sponsored legislation to limit election ballots and student aid applications

i think robb is one to give paul ryan a run for his money.back to talk to the constituents, to talk to the people whose votes he is seeking for congress. host: this is our look at wisconsin, the battleground state. joining us is mike tate, wisconsin democratic party chairman. on our line for republicans, adele, wisconsin. go ahead. caller: we have it tammy baldwin running for the united states senate here and wisconsin. i believe she is also what we call the house of representatives, did she give up her thing and there as the house of representatives when she ran? i am not sure. but i want to say, i am really -- you talk about medicare. when they took away $716 billion of medicare, that scares me. also, how can you vote or stand up for, i am sorry, but our president? and in benghazi, when the whole group lied for weeks on what happened. when the new two hours they know -- they knew two hours later the truth. i am sorry for you, sir. and you talk about spending money, about a recall, $13 million for the recall. ridiculous. thank you. guest: th

you have senator robb portman playing the role of barack obama. it is his job to get under romney's scan the way they expect obama to get under romney's skin. on the obama side, you have two white house veterans who are running the debate prep for president obama. you have senator john kerry, who has been there himself. >> what happens during these mock debates? >> they do not talk a lot about what happens during these. what they try to do is try to set a situation that is as realistic as possible for the actual debate. they do it at the same time and night the debate will take place. they set up a set just like it will look like in denver. they are used the environment. they have somebody to play the moderator and ask questions. obama does not like sound bites. they force him to give answers. they do whatever they can to simulate the debate situation. >> you quote a former chief of staff to vice-presidents al gore and joe biden. let me read some of his points -- can you elaborate? >> sure. he is not really specifically using this advice for romne

in 2010, crossroads ran an ad supportive of senator robb portman in the ohio senate race we have the footage that is publicly available on youtube. within a couple of hours, the fcc complained that recorded needed to get the footage. that was a bit of a headache. we haven't run a positive ad since. no one was to have the litigation with the fcc over something silly. >> the democratic congressional campaign committee, the republican congressional, and their independent arms, they are doing a bunch of comparative ads. they do not coordinate. each of the candidates are throwing their information to each side. i think there might have been more are the closing weeks. i think voters are overwhelmed with the negative presidential. there might be more of a contrast. even the independent groups are saying, you know what, they sort of need a boost. they need to say something nice about these people. >> this will be the last question. we have a few minutes left. we want to give our speakers closing remarks. >> i am curious if you can for their and collaborate on the complexity of making these

i think robb is one to give paul ryan a run for his money. paul ryan has not come back to talk to the constituents, to talk to the people whose votes he is seeking for congress. host: this is our look at wisconsin, the battleground state. joining us is mike tate, wisconsin democratic party chairman. on our line for republicans, adele, wisconsin. go ahead. caller: we have it tammy baldwin running for the united states senate here and wisconsin. i believe she is also what we call the house of representatives, did she give up her thing and there as the house of representatives when she ran? i am not sure. but i want to say, i am really -- you talk about medicare. when they took away $716 billion of medicare, that scares me. also, how can you broach or stand up for, i am sorry, but our president. and in benghazi, when that whole group allied for weeks on what happened. -- when the whole group lied. when the new two hours later the truth. i am sorry for you, sir. and you talk about spending money, about a recall, $13 million before the recall. rid

transportation costs had bumped up, and it does not have as big of a movement, but you can see the impact of robbe -- impact overall. host: have we been able to measure the impact of the drought on shipments? guest: it is starting to show up in some of our beef and poultry numbers. products arend starting to be affected. those will really show up more next year. what is happening is you see that herds are being cut back, because the cost of feeding cattle and pork are at all-time highs. we're seeing the impact on our data. host: bob, welcome to the conversation. caller: thank you very much. i happen to be one of those snow angels that the other lady -- host: is very happy about. [laughter] caller: i lived through the depression, so you can imagine how all i am. i wanted to comment on this recession that we're going through. it started 60 years ago when a new england lost its leather industry. that is a terrible blow to this country, we hope it doesn't continue. then 40 years ago, it lost its apparel industry trade in large plant -- i met a gentleman who worked for a plant in south america, and i a

senator robb and voted against the regulation.y opponent voted to be regulate, but i also believe the was the only member that didn't vote for the bailout. when the banks said we wanted to regulate, she said okay. they say, we want bailouts, she said okay. the purpose of dodd-frank is to give cover to the purpose -- to give cover to those that voted for the bailout. it is making it very difficult to keep this capital and small businesses. we are giving capital to the big banks. >> that is absolute nonsense. we voted so we could rein in the worst access is that we discovered after the bank's put us in this position with the financial meltdown. that is why it was important. he has been supporting the banks that has got us in this mess. those of the bankers that he is supporting. when it comes to be regulation, saying we need less regulation, this is one time that maybe they needed to make sure to regulate these banks. i want us to remember -- i will leave it at that. >> according to the sun, you sponsored legislation to limit a elec

could you be violating the robb robbers's privacy?e address online saying, can somebody help me? the police stepped in and got the phone. some pointed out because he wrote about this, this was violating the stranger's privacy. well, we wanted to know what you think. so i've been asking you guys to tweet and check in on this. @jenwesthoven on twitter. it tracks the device. not targeting the thief. craig says, no privacy for the criminal. looking great in that blouse. thanks, craig. that's the fun twitter. anyway, by the way, if you are forgetful, like me, apps like this are a blessing. i'm just going to show you this one. calmed find iphone. i just got it in a folder here. you open something like this and basically register your phone, ipad, any devices. it can be different on the different phones. it takes its time a little bit but then will locate and tell you where your phone is. sometimes if you left it at work, or at home, it's helpful to know it's not stolen or running around the country and, ah. here it is at the cnn center. i l