shannon travis is live from washington, d.c., this morning. shannon, it really looks like mitt romney's just not backing down at all from this, and there are all sorts of people weighing in on all sorts of different reasons for why he may have gone to the naacp annual conference. wrap it up for me to start with whether this is going to have a residual effect in the negative or in the positive. >> reporter: well, we're still trying to weigh that, ashleigh. when i was watching it, it felt like one of those reality tv shows where the candidate on stage either lives or dyes by boos or applause. he was booed when he mentioned obama care which was a little surprising, because the people at naacp, it's not surprising that he is opposed to obama care. he got booed when he said he was a better president for african-americans than president obama is. last night at a fundraiser in montana governor romney basically played up the fact that he was booed. i'm going to read you this quote from a report that we have. i'm quoting here. this is governor romney, q

. >> political reporter shannon travis is joining us from washington. good to see you, shannon.st of all, he's wrapping up his trip in poland. went there at the invitation of lech walesa. tell us why poland was important for him on this overseas trip. >> well, you got to figure, suzanne, this was a twofold goal for governor romney in this overseas trip of the political and the practical. in terms of the practical part, he wanted to basically praise poland and show them as being a key u.s. ally. he did that and the sound bite you just played and the key part of the speech holding it up as a model for freedom, economic freed freedom, democratic freedom and showing it -- or saying it is a model, that poland is a model for the rest of the world. in terms of political and there were some not so subtle political overtures to an american audience. you got to figure that, number one, there are a lot of polish americans and a lot of key battleground states. they are receiving that message that they heard from governor romney as well as in his speech he praised the late pope john paul ii

our producer, reporter, shannon travis does tell me that as recently as a week ago top officials of the naacp thought there was a good chance the president himself would attend this convention in houston. he decided in the end not to go. to send a video and joe biden instead. more on this story later this hour. also in our new 6:00 p.m. eastern hour as well. >>> the obama campaign blames a scheduling conflict, but lots of people aren't satisfied with the obama campaign's excuse for why the president skipped the naacp convention. we're also hearing demands for a fuller explanation of what's wrong with congressman jesse jackson jr. he's dropped from sight. his staff says it's for treatment of what they call mood disorder. and hackers claim they just posted the names and logins of half a million yahoo! users. this is new york state. we built the first railway, the first trade route to the west, the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there's a new new york state. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. a place where innovation meets determinat