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they were both in the swing state of ohio. the president hammering home one of his familiar themes which was a romney win would mean a return to bush era economic policies. here's what he said. >> if you want to give the policies of the last decade another try, then you should vote for mr. romney. >> okay, and here's what's mitt romney was telling voters, if you don't like the guy in charge, you should fire him. >> in my experience of thinking about people i want to have work for me, my doctor, a person that will be painting the house, i want to make sure they did a good job the first time. if they didn't, i want someone who can do a better job. >> nicolle wallace is a former campaign senior adviser for john mccain and best selling author of "it's classified." thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> let's look at the three-point set that mitt romney said he will be honed in on. number one he said the economy, fixing the economy. he says he's going to take advantage when it comes to natural resources of the country's

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ohio democratic state senator. erp in the ohio today with president obama during the speech. was the response in the hall reflective in the way that speech is going to play in the rest of the state? >> very much so. people were excited. thousands of people that showed up, they still have hope. hope springs eternal. ohio recognizes we're a bellwether state. yes, everybody is fired up and ready to go for the president. >> the president and senator turner were the only people in ohio who will have seen the entire speech. they will pick up pieces of it in the local news coverage. his layout, a big, long speech. let the local media pick out whatever pieces they want, let us pick out what pieces we want. what are you picking up in your travels in ohio, joe, about how these two campaigns are playing there? >> well, it's going to be very close, lawrence. i spent the last five days. the middle part of my 21-day road trip here. i met with all different kinds of people. the kind of speech the president made today, at least the sound bites and the clips that i have seen. work well with the base. there are a lot of people on the democratic side of the ledger. i met with uaw workers

president obama and mitt romney. >> doing speeches on the economy. >> the crucial battleground state of ohio. >> the next president of the united states. >> thank you. >> the president of the united states. >> thank you! >> duelling messages for our nation's economic future. >> i won't call it a back alley brawl. >> in the same state, on the same day. >> president obama is on the other side of the state. >> i think you deserve a real debate. >> today he's going to talk about how he's going to really give a boost to energy. >> two fundamentally different views. >> he wants voters to see this election as a choice election. >> a choice. >> that debate starts with an understanding of where we are and how we got here. >> our pro growth policies are working for all americans. >> repercussions of the bush recession. >> these tax cuts are doing exactly what we expected. >> for the wealthiest americans, it worked out really well. >> oh, really? >> prosperity never trickled down to the middle claz. >> so what is the romney message? >> we will limit the size of government. >> you simply can't say your

this fox news alert takes us to the battleground state of ohio. brand-new hour of "america live."me. i'm megyn kelly. president obama over in cleveland. he's running a bit late this afternoon. he's about to give a framing speech, according to his campaign, explaining his top-down approach on growing the economy. governor romney starting his speech 10 minutes before president obama. he just wrapped up his remarks. the governor is over in cincinnati. he was going after the president's policies and specifically job creation record. a new jobs report today shows the number of americans filing for first-time jobless benefits meaning unemployment has gown to 386,000. governor romney in cincinnati moment ago. >> you may have heard that president obama is on the other side of the state and he will be delivering a speech on the economy. he's doing that because he hasn't delivered a recovery for the economy. and he's going to be a person of eloquence as he describes his plans for making the economy better. but don't forget, he's been president for 3 1/2 years, and talk is cheap. megyn: ed h

in two speeches, in the want ground state of ohio. the campaigns, the candidates in the campaigns, in the same state for the first time in the general election. president obama was in cleveland pointing to recent growth in the aftermath of the financial collapse. >> this was not your normal recession. throughout history in a typically taken cups ten years it recover if financial crises of this magnitude. our economy started growing again six months after i took office. and it has continued to grow for the last three years. >>shepard: the president says that governor romney wants to repeat the policies of the last decade by growing the economy from the top down. we have gerri willis on the new economic numbers. carl cameron with more from governor romney, and first to wendell lib at the white house, and the president says, what is he saying, exactly? we don't need so much more? >>reporter: he says we have no choice of getting our economic house in order but we have a choice of how to do so. both trying to make the case the election is

as you said, they're both in ohio on opposite sides of the state, that the prot won four years ago. romney is in cincinnati with as by group and the president in cleveland. however, we've got a new abc washington poefts poll that shows americans, especially independents, not satisfied with either candidate's economic plans. 54% against the obama plan, 47% not thrilled with the romney plan either. lynn? >> all right. tracie potts for us there in washington. thanks so much. >>> new doping charges have been filed against former cycling champ lance armstrong. armstrong won seven tour de france titles but he could be stripped of those. it said they collected blood samples from armstrong in 2009 and 2010 that were consistent with blood manipulations and transfusions. armstrong has never positive for drugs and he denies the charges. he has been immediately barred from iron man triathlon since he beans doing since retiring from last year. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. a severe storm system gave dallas a pounding leaving widespread damage

. >> we're convened today in the matter of the state of ohio versus nancy smith. >> i really get confusedhey start talking all of their legal lingo. >> i have absolutely no confidence these verdicts are correct, and, therefore -- >> i was kind of following it, but i was kind of confused a little bit. you know? >> -- discharged and entering a judgment of acquittal on behalf of the defendants smith and the defendant allen in this matter. >> and just like that, nancy's nightmare seemed to be over. >> i was just stunned. that's all i can say. i -- we were just so excited. [ applause ] i just wanted to kiss that ground. i always had hope, but i never really knew if i would ever go home. >> after nearly 15 years in prison, nancy smith was free. free to be a grandmother. >> good girl. >> free to once again drive the streets of her hometown. >> that st. joe's was open when i went to prison, it's been -- shut down now. >> and life was as sweet as it had ever been. judge, some people will call you a hero. do you accept that label? >> no. >> why? >> it isn't a question of heroism. i took a set of fa

it's an economic showdown in the battleground state of ohio. a few hours at nearly the same time, president obama and mitt romney will offer dueling visions of how to fix the economy trying to frame the fierce debate that will decide the november election. >> he will speak eloquently but the words are cheap and that the record of an individual is the basis upon which you determine whether they should continue to hold on to their job. >> when i hear governor romney say his 25 years in the private sector gives him a special understanding of how the economy works, my question is, why are you running with the same bad ideas that brought our economy to the brink of disaster? >> for president obama, his major speech at a community college will be another chance to hit the reset button after a bad week of economic news that culminated with the private sector is doing fine comment. that gaffe has been the focus of a new romney campaign ad out just this morning. it's the first negative ad by the way of this general election. >> the private sector is doi

. >>> well, lebron james went on television and announced he was leaving his home state of ohio for miamiuncement made 6 million bucks. he gave it all to charity. what they do remember is the title waive of hate red that followed him south. tonight, he found what he went looking for, racketing an interesting couple of years for an incredibly talented young man. >> the miami heat are once again nba champions. >> so now that he is finally able to say this. >> you know, this is a dream come true for me. went through a lot the last two years. this is definitely paid for it. >> can the world forget this? >> i'll take my family to south beach and join the heat. >> he deserved a little con ter nation for that choice of words. but most midwestern kids are never to talk about their talents outloud, not mention taking them someplace warmer and sexier. >> lebron james. >> and as the king of action moves south, sell fish and hartless, owner of his old team described him, if we are completely honest with ours, since then, lebron james has been anything but. superstar standards, polite and agreeable, l

bush won the race after an enormous turnout in the state of ohio. that was the ball game. you have to ask yourself where these voters are geographically. of course, these undecided voters in certain parts of the country, particularly in the south are going to break strongly against the democrats. you have to look at what is going on in ohio and what is going on in wisconsin and pennsylvania and michigan. you have the auto bailout and the fact that obama acted forcefully to keep general motors in business, to keep chrysler in business and all of their suppliers and the small businesses who rely on people who have jobs in the automobile industry. you will hear a lot about that in those key states. that will have an impact particularly since romney was opposed of the bottle bill out. what makes the difference to undecided voters in those swing states? that is not an argument that will help in leveraging yet. the turnout model in virginia of maximizing his support from the last time made a difference. florida is hard for me to call, hard to predict. i am not sure any of those f

and lead out in the state of ohio built the government's going to live and i believe what the piece of the liberty of metal beads if i break the wall here is if she were the spirit of partition that's come. lol. you gave. you. a. cause they are. come. come come. come. yes. just. we are going to get folks you know live and let live and all that but you know i get a little grumpy with some folks because of you know their politics or their lack of politics or. their lack of desire to get involved in the community and help folks out people who can't speak for themselves feel elderly and prisoners children. you know the disabled. there to seems to be a reluctance to get involved so i wonder about the middle class sometimes these are the ones who are before. they they make the decisions about who gets elected to office and i can understand the frustration they work very hard for what they have to give them a nice car for the family and live somewhere where their kids can go to good schools and they can live in a nice house in a nice neighborhood and have some you know eighteen year old pope

today, president barack obama and his republican rival in the race for the white house went to the state of ohio to make their best face on economic policy. >> one state, two candidates, presenting rival visions of the economy. just moments apart. the president arrived in ohio with a spring in his step after a bruising week. it was something every boot to counter claims from his own side that he is not doing enough to show that he feels voters' pain. >> of course the economy is not where it needs to be. of course we have a lot more work to do. everybody knows that. >> the bulk of the speech became about mitt romney, likening his approach to the politics of president bush. >> they did not grow the middle class, they did not grow the middle class, they did not reduce our debt. why would we think it would work better this time? >> the challenger focused on more recent history, he week's gaffe where mr. obama insisted the private sector is doing fine. mr. romney portrayed the president as little more than a smooth talker. >> if you look at his record, he is long on words and short on action that rat

. >> today in the battleground state of ohio, a high-stakes showdown between president obama and mitt romney over the economy. they are expected to speak within minutes of each other. for mr. obama the first major economic speech of the general election and it comes amid fears by some democrats that his economic message is not working. speaking in washington yesterday, mitt romney spoke. >> my own view is he will speak eloquently, but the words are cheap. the record of an individual is the basis upon which to determine whether they should continue to hold onto their jobs. >> polls show the president is having a tough time selling his message. in a new poll, 54% of independents have a negative view of the president's economic plan. romney's scores are not much better 0.47% of independents have an negative view of his plan. >> we are in a stronger position. we are moving in a better direction. >> some democratic insiders are growing weary. the veteran democratic strategist says the campaign message is not enough. >> they need some signal that he has the interest at heart and that he is

spend as much time as you can in that part of the state of ohio which broke the heart of al gore in ther 2000, i.e. southwestern ohio. i don't know how many of you know that part of our country. but you might as well be in central mississippi, a slow-moving, quiet, very conservative part of the united states. and indeed of that state. i went to all of the battle fields. i talked to other writers about him including bud robertson. i did my tour in galina. from the very beginning, ulysses grant was what sociologist david reeseman calls a profoundly inner-directed person. calm, quiet, always keeping his own counsel, brutzed some what by other boys in the neighborhood who invariably called him useless. he was what an average student, what we would call an average student. those of you who are military history readers know the cliche in all books about american generals. it occurs about halfway through chapter 2 of every biography, an opening homeric fratz. although a mediocre student at west point comma -- more than ten years ago i was working here during the time of what we called the cour

they trade swings in the swing state of ohio. >>> aliens among us? an oddly shaped vehicle sparks curiosity among maryland motorists. >>> and expensive proposition. new government numbers reveal just how much that bundle of joy will cost you. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with the rich and famous. president obama raised mump last night at the new york home of actress sarah jessica parker here in new york. wealthy celebrities from the film, fashion and music worlds all pailed $40,000 each to attend the exclusive get-together. earlier in the day the president and challenger mitt romney were both in ohio and both a little more down to earth talking about the economy and the middle class. nbc's steve handelsman reports. >> reporter: for the first time on the same day the president and the challenger went to ohio for dueling speeches. barack obama with students, worried about the economy on his watch. >> we're all just trying to get a job. we're all just trying to get a future. >>

that you're talking about, they provide 45% to 50% of america's energy needs today and in the state of ohio they provide 87% of the energy. and thousands and thousands of jobs. i'm glad that chairman who hosted this important hearing today on the obama administration abuse of executive power in the case of the spruce coal mine and the broader effects of distributors that it could have on the economy as a whole. the war on coal is most clearly exemplified and that's the reason for this hearing. however, as miss harbert and mr. eisenberg has testified today, the epa to veto the army corps of engineers is potentially crippling effects to the rest of the economy if it is allowed to stand. america's businesses are already being crushed by the uncertainty of regulations coming from obamacare, other epa and interior regulations and if the epa suddenly had the power to veto permits justly issued by other federal ag

states. all right? romney is going on a bus. he is going to be going to these states. ohio, pennsylvania iowa michigan and new hampshire oftes that he is headed to, which ones are the toss in hopes. >> the real toss-up is ohio. the rest of those states, i think, are all leaning very slightly at least to obama: iowa has had kind of a love afford from obama with the beginning of the primary campaign and iowa has a better economy right now than a lot of the other states in the midwest. so. >> right. >> i think he has an edge there. wisconsin and michigan. >> iowa, wisconsin new hampshire, pennsylvania and ohio all have unemployment rates below the national average. >> that's right. that's right. for minimum, that's a new experience. >> yeah. i left michigan out. >> exactly. but it's coming down. >> it is coming down. >> i think romney has made some gains in wisconsin. it made sense for him to play there, but those are still structurally democratic states. if you look at the wisconsin recall vote last week, even with that turnout that kept scott walker in office, those voters were favoring obama by eight points. so it does lo

>>> it may be the most crucial of the battleground states, and today barack obama and mitt romney are turning ohio into their personal battleground. the slug-fest takes the form of rival speeches. but one candidate started swinging before the bell. let's go to jim acosta. he's watching it all unfold. what's the latest, jim? >> wolf, they were almost duelling speeches, campaign events in the same state on the same day at almost the same time. but mitt romney perhaps fearing losing the battle of the cable news double box got the early jump on the president. he started early. and it was probably a good thing for mitt romney. his speech was only 18 minutes. the president's, nearly an hour. in the first round of what will be a knockdown-dragout fight to november, mitt romney threw the first punch beginning his speech ten minutes earlier than scheduled. >> but don't forget, he's been president for three and a half years. and talk is cheap. >> but the president wasn't far behind in a speech designed to frame his economic message, he landed some body blows of his own. >> i have not seen a single independe

state on the same day. this first showdown though of campaign 2012? all in ohio. president obama today in cleveland. >> it is great to be back in cleveland. >> reporter: mitt romney 250 miles to the south in cincinnati. >> what a great day to be in such a warm place, isn't it? >> reporter: the two candidates taking the stage within minutes of each other. for the president, a campaign rally and 52-minute speech designed to calm nervous supporters about his economic message. >> of course we have a lot more work to do. everybody knows that. the debate in this election is about how we grow faster and how we create more jobs. >> reporter: meanwhile, at a factory in cincinnati, romney continued to point to the president's record. >> don't forget, he's been president for three and a half years, and talk is cheap. action speaks very loud. if you want to see the results of his economic policies, look around ohio, look around the country. you'll see a lot of people are hurting. >> reporter: while the president tried to laugh off his comments about private sector doing fine

in the state of ohio they provide 87% of the energy. thousands and thousands of jobs are across the country. i'm glad that the chairman hosted this important hearing today on the obama administration's use of executive power. especially in the case of the coal mine and the broader effects that the abuse of power can have on the whole. the obama administration is most clearly exemption fized in the spruce coal mine case and that's the reason for this hearing. however as they have testified today, the actions taken by the epa to veto a valid permit by the u.s. army corps of nrnengin is crippling effects if it is allowed to stand. america's businesses are being crushed by the uncertainty of regulations from obama care and other epa and interior regulations and if the epa had the power to veto permits justly issued by other federal agencies, companies could start to move investments overseas where they have the certainty and finality they need to invest their money. in your testimony, you cite a study that said over $200 billion are conting

president obama and mitt romney are in the battleground state of ohio where they're both trying to convince voters that they have the right economic plan. nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with those details. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. let's start with mitt romney who headings to a business conference. he said americans are tired of politicians making excuses instead of taking responsibility and he predicted president's speech in ohio will be eloquent but as he put it words are cheap. white house says president obama will be drawing clear distinctions on tax cuts and adding to the deficit. recent polls in ohio give romney a bit of an edge, but the president may not have as much of a challenge with jobs in ohio. the jobless rate, less than the national rate. but when it comes to their economic plans, it appears that americans especially independent voters aren't happy with either candidate. 54% against president obama's plan, and almost half, 47%, against mitt romney's. >> tracie potts there for us in washington. thank you. >>> well, new doping charges have been f

of taking responsibility. he predicted today in ohio the president will speak eloquently, but that words are cheap. as you said, they're both in ohio today, on opposite sides of the state that the president won by 4.5% four years ago. romney is in cincinnati, talking with a business group. the president in cleveland at a campaign event. the latest two polls show romney with a slight edge. however we've got a new abc/"washington post" poll that shows americans, especially independents not satisfied with either candidate's economic plan. 54% against the obama plan. 47% not thrilled with the romney plan, either. lynn? >> tracie, thanks. >>> new charges have been filed against lance armstrong. he won seven tour de france cycling titles, but he could be stripped of those victories by the u.s. anti-doping agency. it said it collected blood samples from armstrong in 2009 and 2010 that were consistent with blood manipulations and transfusions, armstrong has never tested positive for drugs and denies the charges. he's been barred from ironman triathlons which he's been doing since last year. >>> here's the "first look" at news around america. a severe weather system gave dallas

obama delivering speeches on the same day within minutes of each o other in the same battleground state of ohio. first, romney in cincinnati. >> he has put together almost as much a public debt is all the prior presidents combined. you want four more years of that? you calll that forward? that is forward over a cliff. >> president obama speaking at a community college in cleveland. >> i don't believe that giving someone like mr. romney another huhuge tax cut is worth eing the guarantee of basic security we have always provided the elderly anththe sick and those who are actively looking for work. >> governor romn's speech was short and to the point -- the american economy is broken, and replace barack obama w with me and i wiwill fix it. the president's speech was long -- reelect me and we will keep momoving forward, and romney and his alls in congress will make things worse. it either candidate make the salele in ohio,ark? >> i don't think so. mitt romney'ss speech made me homesick for the rhetoric of george w. bush. for the president, i would int out that for a s speech to be immortal, it does

president obama and governor romney had a showdown in the pretty call battleground state of ohio on thursday. both laid out why not to vote for the other guy. but neither has a clear plan for getting us out of the mess. >> it's usually the president's right when he said the private sector is doing fine. he's the guy to vote for. >> if they win the election, their agenda will be simple and straight forward. they spelled it out. they promise to roll back regulations on banks and polluters, on insurance companies and oil companies. they'll roll back regulations designed to protect consumers and workers. >> want to bring in our chief white house correspondent. you heard those words many times over. you think both candidates are running on their ability to turn this economy around, at least that's what they'd like us to think. but neither candidate is leveling with americans about the depth of the problem that we could be facing. >> i think that's right, ali. i think part of it is natural politics. neither one of them wants to sound like a pessimist. that's not appealing. but there is an appeal t

race for the white house, president obama and mitt romney will be campaigning in the critical state of ohio today. it's the first time they've campaigned in the same state on the same day. the president in cleveland, romney in cincinnati. both men will be talking about the economy. no republican has won the presidency without winning ohio. mitt romney will appear on face the nation this sunday right here on cbs. >>> cbs "moneywatch" time on a thursday. growing concerns over the european debt crisis and april bump in foreclosures spells bad news for the housing market. erica ferrari with more. >>> good morning terrell. cell phone maker nokia plans to lay off 10,000 workers worldwide. the finnish company says the cuts will take place by the end of 2013. noek i although it's cutting costs, it remains focused on the smartphone market. >>> timothy geithner is pushing european leaders to lay out specific steps on how to solve the kopt nent's debt crisis. last night the treasury secretary said that by presenting concrete plans on fixing europe's finances, leaders will help improve investor confide

some star-studded fund-raising, after going head-to-head with mitt romney in the battleground state of ohio. >>> fiery rescue. the woman trapped inside her burning car and pulled to safety by a stranger. finally learns who it was that saved her life. >>> and photo fallout. backlash for the military moms who took these controversial pictures to promote breast-feeding. >>> good friday morning, everybody. the defense in the jerry sandusky trial gets its turn next week. jurors are getting a three-day weekend after sitting through eight witnesses, all whom described some pretty horrific abuses. >> and that testimony has been backed by some powerful eyewitness accounts. here's abc's jim avila. >> reporter: a final disturbing revelation. sandusky, prosecutors say, could have been stopped more than a decade ago. this 25-year-old man, who during his alleged encounter with the former football coach, remembers his mentor calling himself the tickle monster. it was deep inside the penn state showers. the boy, 13 then. sandusky, he says, bear hugging him. saying, i'm going to squeeze your guts out. the b

. >> reporter: today in the battleground state of ohio, a high-stakes showdown between president obama and mitt romney over the economy. the candidates are expected to speak within minutes of each other. for mr. obama it's his first economic speech of the general election. and it comes amid fears by some democrats that his economic message is not working. speaking in washington yesterday, romney gave a prebuttal to the president's speech. >> my own view is he will speak eloquently. but the words are cheap. and that the record of an individual is the basis upon which you determine whether they should continue to hold on to their job. >> reporter: polls show the president is having a tough time selling his message. in a new abc news/"washington post" poll, 54% of independents have a negative view of the president's economic plan, to 38% positive. but romney's scores are not much better. 47% of independents have a negative view of his economic plan. just 35%, positive. as the president defends his handling of the economy -- >> we are in a stronger position. we are moving in a better direc

both candidates were campaigning in the swing state of ohio. as the political rhetoric on the campaign trail continues so does the stalemate over taxes in washington. we spoke with columbia business school professor joseph stiglitz, author of the price of inequality. and we staed with what the price of income inequality is for america's economy. >> most americans are worse off than they were say 15 years ago. just coming in from the fed points out that they have a lower level of wealth than they had say 20 years ago. meanwhile, we become the country with the least economic opportunity of any of the advance industrial countries to look at this data. >> are you equating financial inequality with unfairness, with an unfair economy? >> if you look at the people who are at the top, they're not the people who really transformed our economy. they're not the inventors of the laser, the computer, the discover the dna. they're people who manipulated the system. they're people monopolists who actually use their monopoly power to contract output to increase