that is real money governor. >> and juan, the only reason you know that mitt romne romney -- that thatlind trust had foreign accounts is that mitt romney told you that. he wasn't hiding anything. and there is a -- to try to do a character assassination that this president has been trying to do in my opinion makes everything people are saying about this president true. that he's inincompetent, dishonest and failed american voters. >> and all you're doing is attacking president obama. i'm saying what is going on with mitt romney? he's allowing president obama to define him as a guy secret tiff and not coming forward and. >> he didn't deceive anyone. >> his campaign should take control of the issue autos if you're going to be responsible for that statement i'm going to remind you about that until you're dying day. that is not true. >> and he was filled in paper but spending management time on the olympics and doing no management. even the managing partner of bain, who is a democrat that ran for the senate said what the president is saying is preposterus. >>. >> sean: more of the debate as

through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ romn[romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, i'm barack obama and i approve this message. for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood... >> foreign policy is taking the presidential campaign. part to mitt romney's overseas trip. tom is live with more on the on foreign issues in the campaign. for a few days both campaigns held a cease fire out of respect the victims in colorado but now they are in full swing. instead of hearing about the economy, we are starting to hear about foreign policy. >> four years ago barack obama went to europe is drawing huge in places like the berlin. now the tables have turned and romney is heading overseas today. go to england, poland, and israel. he wants to build his foreign- policy reputation. >> and dealings with other nations, he has given trust , insult is not earned was not deserve, and apology where it is not do. >> mitt romney s

romn romney's campaign is questioning voter registration form sent to virginiaens. a nonprofit group mailed the envelopes to diseased relatives and family pets. romn romney's campaign wants them to look into how it happened because many of the residents who received them are in democratic leaning voting blocs. >>> tom is here to talk about the weather and what a great we are going to have, but i'm afraid to ask. >> if your doctor is not available, he's probably out playing golf with your dentist. >> that kind of day. what are we doing here? >> i know. we have a spectacular summer day under way with low humidity and a beef break from our usual hot heat and humidity. take a look at how it looked this morning from chopper 4. look at this beautiful view of their vantage point and 1,500 feet of the sunrise dawn on this spectacular morning. that was from chopper 4 when they were flying over the city. right around 6:10 this morning. well, take a look now. there are the blue waters of the potomac reflecting that gorgeous blue sky. reagan national now at 82 and look at the d

you're about to see six young only five of those young men are romne romneys. mney boys, mitt and ann romney's five sons. the sixth young man at the table is peter alexander. he covers the romney campaign for us. his exclus ive and wide-ranging conversation with the romney five. >> they are quite a starting five. the romney brothers could soon become america's first sons. they certainly look the part. handsome, disciplined, and fiercely competitive as i found out firsthand. this is not a joke. you guys like to compete? >> yeah. >> we're competitive on about anything you can exceptive on. >> ranging from 31 to 42, craig the youngest is in real estate. ben is a doctor. josh, the middle son is also in real estate as is matt. tag, the oldest, runs a private equity firm like his father once did. these days they're rarely altogether. last time everybody was together was when? >> new hampshire, primary night in new hampshire. >> you forgot that ben was there? >> yeah, we occasionally forget about ben. ben can be quiet. >> the romney brothers were raised in belmont, a b

>> bob: do you have any interest in knowing who romne romney's bundlers are? any interest? transparency. obama if he had gone out and sold and used the skills to sell the healthcare bill, it would have been better. this is an excuse late in game. he could have made it better in doing that. the idea that romney is hedge fund operator knows about the economy when he never ran a company except for bain. >> andrea: we got to go. >> bob: debt of wounded companies -- >> andrea: got to go. sorry, bob. coming up, rumors are rampant now that condoleezza rice is on romney's short list of being v.p. we look at the pros and cons of putting her on the ticket up next. ♪ ♪ at liberty mutual, we know how much you count on your car, and how much the people in your life count on you. that's why we offer accident forgiveness, where your price won't increase due to your first accident. we also offer a hassle-free lifetime repair guarantee, where the repairs made on your car are guaranteed for life, or they're on us. these are just two of the valuable features you can expect from liberty mutual

through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ romn[romney]: oh beautiful, for s spacious skies, i'm barack obama and i approve this message. for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood... >>> today, it's taking a hit,y, one of the best high school. i a group has asked the federalfee government to step in to make thomas jefferson high schoolef femore welcoming for black and latino students. beth has more.mo >> reporter: here is the complaint filed with the u.s.le department of education. it's a blemish on the record ofh a school with a stellar reputation. search the web for america's best schools and thomas jefferson for science and technology is right there, atth number 10 in the nation. >> it's a challenging school, but you can get a good education. >> reporter: but a complaint with the u.s. department of education pledges that not everybody has equal access. it says the fairfax countyc essentially operates a network of

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through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ romn[romneyging]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, i'm barack obama and i approve this message. for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood... and crowned thy good, with brotherhood... still thinking of replacing the truck? i just don't know where to start. glad you made it. start by choosing from over 30,000 used cars and trucks. carmax. start here. . >>> mixed reaction over a controversial decision by chick filet. this week, the president of the company announced the fast food chain announced the food chain is publiclia against same-sex marriage. and todayd president of the human rights campaign that works for same-sex marriage responded saying chick filet has finally come clean after closing its position for years. chick filet said it has a history of applying bibically- based principles to its business and strifes to treat everyone with honor, dignity, and respect. >>> a

even folks i talk to in the romn romney campaign say is affecting his underlying numbers. is perhaps his likability. but i talked to somebody who was involved in the vet for mitt romney for the mccain campaign. he couldn't recall exactly how many years of tax returns mitt romney gave them, but he also said, as mccain has said, you know, they didn't see anything terrible and they -- that wasn't the reason that mccain didn't choose mitt romney. i do think -- and let me just say this, that if he was going to release them, he should have done them right away. now if he releases them, he's got a problem because it looks like he's doing it under pressure, either from republicans or from the obama campaign and we are going to pick over it like a dead carcass. the time when he should have done it was early on. but this is about mitt romney himself. he's a private person. and he's running for president. it's very hard to be a private person and run for the presidency of the united states. and i think he's figuring that out now. >> we've got to leave it there. i'm sorry, we've got a

through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ romn[romneyging]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, i'm barack obama and i approve this message. for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood... >>> how about this, some good news for pepco customers as a public service commission rejected a large portion of pepco's request for a 4% rate increase. the decision comes after the company was heavily criticized for prolonged delays in restoring power after severe storms, most notably, hit the washington area late last month. we talked to pepco customers today about the decision. >> it is a no brainer, okay, they don't deserve to get a rate because they are not a reliable company. okay, they have to prove to their customers, okay, by the track record that they did deserve the kind of money. i'm not sure where the money is going to go. >> the commission says it did approve a small rate increase, which was required by law to provide sa

romn romney's campaign is trying to turn the page. today, they're rolling out an attack on what they call the president's political crony. >> this is a tough time for the people of america, but if you're a campaign contributor to barack obama, your business may stand to make, get billions of dollars or hundreds of millions of cash government, i think it stinks to high heaven. >> today in cincinnati, president obama will ratchet up the outsourcing attacks, highlighting the report that his campaign shows romney's tax policies with incentives to move jobs overseas. the president rejected romney's call to apologize for the bain attacks. >> first of all, you're not going to apologize. >> no, sometimes, these games are played during political campaigns. understand what the issue is here. mr. romney claims that he's mr. fix it for the economy. because of the, of his business experience, and so i think voters legitimately want to know what is that business experience. >> on that point, the obama campaign released this brutal ad attacking romn

the cumulative effects of the arguments, not just specifics of bain, but what does it say about romn romney'sriorities and character. in 2004, the bush people or their agents who weren't working for the bush people, started the swift-boat attacks in may and john kerry led during the entire run of those ads. may through august. you didn't start to see his favorables kind of shrink until after that, but the cumulative damage in these ads was clear. you don't know what the cumulative effect of the attacks on romney or if the economy remains bad, if people just decide they've had it, i don't think that's going to happen. >> excuse me, we got to go. dee dee, do you believe they're not accusing the democrats of swift-boating? they're using the word. being nixonian. thank you. >>> up next, in this corner, the former speaker of the house. newt and snooki. that can only mean one thing. the "sideshow" about to come and this is "hardball," the place for felix. [ male announcer imagine facing the day with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine

through it went to overseas companies. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. [ romn[romney singing]: oh beautiful, for spacious skies, i'm barack obama and i i approve this message. for amber waves of grain, for purple mountains majesty, above the fruited plain, america, america, god shed his grace on thee, and crowned thy good, with brotherhood... >>> montgomery county police. sky fox over the scene around 11:30. the victim was stabbed multiple times. he is expected to be okay. police have not identified the suspect in the stabbing. >>> to virginia now where a driver was killed when a tree came down on top of his car. vdot does not routinely survey trees along state roadways to see if they need to be cut down. the widow of another man killed in the same manner says the state government needs to do more. fox 5's john hanrahan joins us live with the details on that story. john. >> earlier fatal accident happened just before thanksgiving. the man involved was the father of three young children and his widow who saw our story contacted us to publicize vdot about trees along st

they are trying to find anything, i mean anything they can, to help them distract folks from mitt romn romney'se is the latest in selective editing from fox news. >> hey, small business owners, your hard work, you 100 hours a week didn't get you where you are, take a listen. >> if you have a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. the point is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative but also because we do things together. >> now, if you only watch fox news, you might think the president was minimizing the hard work it takes to run a small business in america, but in fact, president obama was giving small business owners a lot of credit. he also pointed out that business folks need infrastructure and opportunity to succeed. here's what the president said in context. >> somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allowed you to thrive. somebody invested in roads and bridges. if you have a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. the internet didn't get invented on its own. government r

the rest of the sentence is mitt romn romney's party knows about the poor and wants americans to helphe has said will benefit the poor or take into consideration the struggles of the poor or working class in this country. >> if i can subject, i think the best way to help the poor and we would all agree on this is for the private sector to create more jobs. >> why haven't they done it? a new poll shows 44% of people think raises taxes on incomes above $250,000 a year would help the economy. and 44% say raising taxes on income about $2 sgiv,000 would make the system more fair. michael, you're presenting a losing argument here. the people aren't with you. >> ed, i am not because there was a mcclatchy mariss poll taken at the same time that showed that people by a substantial margin favored a maintaining the tax rates we have now and not raising them on anybody. look, the president of the united states had the ability to raise these tax rates anytime in this first two years when he had 60 votes in the senate and he had big majorities in the house -- >> he didn't have them for two years an

today, we found out that there's a new study out by nonpartisan economists that says governor romn romney'sct create 800,000 jobs. there's only one problem. the jobs wouldn't be in america. >> is that true? will it create jobs? will the jobs not be in america? here to help us sort it out is steve blitz with itg investment research. chief economist there. nice to see you. thank you for being with us. >> thank you very much. >> let's start with what the president just said. and you could tell he was teeing up for a turn, a joke almost, you know. 800,000 jobs. but the jobs wouldn't be here. that's been the big slam on this territorial tax. that it's basically outsourcing. is that in fact correct? >> you know, it's really -- this is so typical of the campaign to be sitting here discussing something that really does nothing to stimulate u.s. economic growth at all. if you look over the last 30 years, with the tax system we have in place, it has not been a barrier for u.s. firms to source globally labored capital, whatever. in fact, we have had most firms, if you look at their ratio of employment

romn romney's campaign is trying to turn the page. is a tough time for the people of america, but if you're a campaign contributor to barack obama, your business may stand to make, get billions of dollars or hundreds of millions of cash government, i think it stinks to high heaven. >> today in cincinnati, president obama will ratchet up the outsourcing attacks, highlighting the report that his campaign shows romney's tax

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miscues on romney's part, the combination of miscues on romney's part and the aggressive tone of obama has really given people second thoughts about romne mt striking thing about the romney campaign is they've done very little to no work trying to paint a picture of mitt romney as an attractive person. they haven't put forward much of a positive campaign. they spent the whole primary running down their opponents in order to eke out those victories. and i think romney's refusal in a very sort of tough way to release more income tax returns is hurting him. and i think the larger narrative about bain, offshore accounts, outsourcing jobs, actuay is a link to a larger debate about what kind of economy we want to have. and what romney's real view of the economy is, versus obama's view. and again on that side o bama request win. >> i want to come back to that. but one more question before i let you go. who is obama talking to? who do you get the sense that he's addressing so far in the dog days of july here, is it the people, the supporters, is he reaching out to so-called independence? >> woodruff: it's both. theye tryi tdo everything they c

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romn obama leads romney with 6 percentage points. and 41% to 49%.the biggest takeaways are now the candidates are viewed. the president is viewed at 40%, the second worst since taking office. romney is 40%. >> mark halloran, the negatives are up for both candidates, why? >> there's been a lot of nonintelligent ads, and a lot of negative rhetoric out there. i can't imagine they'll go down pudg much, but they do have their conventions. they'll face interesting choices. how negative do they go. how do they try to row habl tate their guy. >> conventions are going to be key. this thing is going to be locked up. interesting thing for romney, with the numbers, there's still 25% who really don't know. he's got an upside potential. >> you see the numbers going higher and higher. this goes to what you've been talking about all year. all year, we've been talking about needing to find a middle way, at least rhetorically finding middle ground. the negatives, president is up at 43%. romney at 40%. it's like governors, they get elected with high ratings, that they

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romney didn't raise tax. obamacare raises over 20 separate tax by some accounts. mitt romna one side-- one size fits all federal pan date as obamacare does. mitt romney didn't dramatically increase spending. obamacare calls for $2 trillion in new spending. the two programs are different. mitt romney put in place a program to be expand access to affordable health insurance for the citizens of massachusetts. it was tailored for the needs of his state and was very different from what the president pursued at the federal level. >> suarez: and has anyone in the obama administration said the words cap and trade in years. you cite that as something that's creating unceaiy. it hasn't been mentioned that-- i have seen in the news any time recently. >> well, ray, the fact that it hasn't been mentioned as a specific piece of legislation doesn't mean first of all the administration hasn't pursued it administratively through the epa. and second of all the specter that the administration could pursue cap and trade legislation as they attempted to to do during the first two years of the p

and romney wants to be who's romn oing to fix this thing. goin and so that's the question.that's and what the president is tryingnt to do is keep focussed on who cares about you and then r disqualify mitt romney on that >> o question. >> one of the other things that ey the romney campaign jumped on was what the president told t charlie yesterday when he asked e aske him essentially, did you learn anything? were there any mistakes from your first term that we can anything? learn going into a second term if you get one? let's listen to what he had to say. >> you know when i think about what we've done well and what we haven't done well the mistake of my first couple of years was thinking that this job was just ting about getting the policy right. and that's important. but the nature of this office is also to tell a story to the that american people that gives them a sense of unity and purpose and especially optimism, especially during tough times. it's funny. when i ran, everybody said, can well he can give a great speech, but can he actually m

>> this week on "inside washington," mitt romney on a defense as the president hones in on bain capital. >> that goes to the rarationale of his candidacy. romn's tax returns, the headachy refuses to treat. >> people are asking where the jobs they are not asking where i held the tax returns are. >> the bloody uprising in in syria. >> this is rapidly spinning out of control. >> a suicide bomber targets tourists in bulgaria. >> this was part of a global campaign of terror. out by iran and hezbollah. >> extreme heat and drought -- acts of god or the wages of environmentalists in? > - envnvironmental sin? captioned by the national captptioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >>bain capital outsourcing tax returns -- mitt romney h been on the defense of the p past few weeks, even thghhe issue on which he has chosen to run, the economy, continues at a slow pace. the campaign has been about romney's storch of bain capit what date he walked away from theompany romney's refusal to release more tax returns, even as some republicans urge him to do so. >> it makes you wonder if some years he paid any taxes at all. we don't know because he is only released one

romney said he had no active role in the firm at the time bought white house spokesperson says romne is either lying or committed a felony in filing false documents with regulators. >> he is claiming i wasn't there at the time, except he filed an sec listing that says he was the ceo, chairman and president of the company. >> romney's campaign releasing a new ad blasting the president for going negative. the gop candidate reportedly going on the offensive this week portraying the president as a typical politician who does favors for his big money donors. >> president obama standing with some voters couldn't be tied directly believe it or not to weather. the massive drought is now affected half the country, making people nervous about the economy. extreme heat killing the crops and pushing the food prices up. corn prices have gone up and could raise costs for cereals, soft drinks and meat. >> the -- will the rally continue. we turn to bertha coombs live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning, marla. we had a monster rally on friday the 13th proving to be lucky, it wa

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incentive to do that if your candidate is on video speaking french as mitt romney is, even if it's silly like for whatever reason the romnn decides to engage in, it's something you can muddy up. you can create some confusion out there. when i see the story y think of the polls that show 1% of the people think barack obama is mormon. >> this is exactly what i wanted to move the conversation to because i get, i'm sure you get more than i do, but i get a lot of e-mail forwarded with the craziest conspiracies and half truths and total untruths you can think of. you go out there on the trail. how prevalent is this kd of thing in the mind of the voters you talk to? >> i had not heard anything about the french. and if i did, i think most tea partiers are well schooled enough in the revolution to know that the french were on our side. the first tea party i want tee was near the statue of lafayette near the white house. others are urged along. rove was a central player in this, he pushed it around a little bit, but it was karl rove who wrote after the president went to europe, after he went to egypt, wrote he was on an apology to

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politics now and a not so ringi ining endorsement by romn >> there was a woman who said in a crowd to a fund-raiser by john b boehner, make me love romney. and boehner said people are not going to fall in love with mitt romney, and he said that most voters are going to be voting for or against barack obama and not for a specific republican nominee. well, mitt romney can count on one supporter being by his side and that is rob portman. if you don't know that name, the ohio senator is on the short list of vice presidential possibilities, and he may be cementing that spot with appearances on romney's behalf. >> we have a great choice of selections and one candidate who has put in place that he thought was right and made promises as to what the results would be and they have not work. we have another candidate who has the record, and the experience and the policies to turn it around. >> portman will be in boston tomorrow raising money for romney. the other favorite for the vp spot marco rubio will do the same friday. rubio has said he does not want the number two spot, but many say he could be swayed. >>> and barney frank is a married man.

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