i'm joined by congressman steve israel representing new york and the head of the dea triple c. congressman welcome tom great to be with you thank you for joining us i'm i'm curious what your thoughts on you know how it's going to work here we've got on the republican side twenty or thirty some odd billionaires who are throwing massively more money than the democrats are going to be able to raise in any way under any circumstances into this thing and they've committed to basically by this election and on the democratic side you've got you know all this talk about you know where we're here with the middle class for working for the middle class and is the middle class going to get it or are they going to believe the t.v. ads of the billionaires well let me tell you something on last friday august thirty first the democratic national campaign committee raised and that one day online one point three million dollars in one day. thirty six thousand contributions and the average contribution was about thirty bucks you know how many thirty dollar contributions it takes to raise one poin

steve israel, congressman from new york. it didn't take the romney camp to respond to the president's address. less than an hour after he releft the stage, 15 ads were released in battleground statsz, iowa, new hampshire, ohio and virginia, all considered to be toss-ups on the cnn election map. each ad ends with a pledge that romney will create new jobs in that particular state. a pledge ranging from 59,000 new jobs from new hampshire and 700,000 new jobs in the state of florida. something like could be very convincing to voetders. coming up next, he calls mitt romney an extreme conservative man who doesn't deserve the title of governor. we're going to talk to illinois governor patt quinn. we're back in just a moment. >> thanks for joining us. appreciate it. ntgomery and abigail higgins had... ...a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. which provided for their every financial need. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prep

steve israel coming up next. sir... excuse me, excuse me... i get you to sign off on the johnson case... ♪ we built this city! ♪ don't let food hang around. ♪ on rock & roll! ♪ [ orbit trumpet plays ] clean it up with orbit! [ ding! ] fabulous! for a good clean feeling... eat. drink. chew orbit. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> eliot: after a solid post-convention bounce president obama's re-election seems more and more likely. but his job of leading the country becomes significantly more difficult if the republicans retain control of the house. representative steve israel is the chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee, the so-called three ccc, charged with giving control of the house of representatives. we had a chance to speak with him earlier today about his fight to take control of the house and the republicans war on the middle class. >> eliot: congressman, there is a sense that the middle class is under assault and the foundation that this nation built for the middle class is under assault. do you sense that when you're out the

and the world needs to take that threat seriously. >> congressman steve israel, and i know that you'rested by recent polling showing that the reaction to congressional democrats is up six points in at least one poll, and we'll talk about that next. i know we've suspended a lot of the politics today, trying as we respond to this emergency, thank you for joining us today. >> thank you. >>> and up next, reaction from the romney camp. this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. >>> joshua davis knows the frustration of looking for funding. after being turned down by multiple lenders the owner of the gelato fi asco contacted a community group. he got the money he needed and now back to focusing on flavors. watch your business on sunday morning at 7:30 on msnbc. [ male announcer ] when this hotel added aflac to provide a better benefits package... oahhh! [ male announcer ] it made a big splash with the employees. [ duck yelling ] [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. ♪ ha ha! but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, n

steve israel, chairman of the democratic congressman campaign committee, democrat from new york.s for coming on this morning. >> thank you. >> all right. those weekly jobless numbers, they're out. what does that do for the markets? opening bell about to ring. let's get the market rundown. becky quick is here. what are the numbers? >> chuck, they came in a number that was down. good news and bad news. in the end, i don't think it's a whole great set of numbers here. they were actually down those weekly jobless claims by 3,000. the bad news is economists expected a bigger drop and numbers above 350 that have people concerned. we're probably not seeing great activity in the jobs market just yet. maybe more concerning is something we heard from norfolk southern. the big train company came out and affirmed something we had been hearing from fedex earlier this week. we talked about how federal express lowered its numbers and that's a big deal because the transports are very important about where the economy is headed. these are forward looking numbers that tell us where we can expect t

. >> the congressman was encouraged by news he has heard from steve israel. can you talk about that? >> the view of the election i your privately from democrats is pessimistic. much more pessimistic. many people can see to me there's no way the democrats

. >> the congressman was encouraged by news he has heard from steve israel. can you talk about that? >> the view of the election i your privately from democrats is pessimistic. much more pessimistic. many people can see to me there's no way the democrats will take it back. >> i totally disagree. i have been talking to a lot of personal friends who are involved in a lot of these, on the republican and democrat side. they really made you feel that the medicare attacks have really hurt republicans. the republicans have had to muddy the water coming at the democrats on medicare, but when you are fighting on medicare grounds, and republicans up told me this -- even if they fight to a draw on medicare, that is a wasted opportunity to be talking about the economy. there are a lot of numbers we have been seeing that do appear to be moving the democrats. this medicare fight does

representative steve israel is the chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee, the so-calledged with giving control of the house of representatives. we had a chance to speak with him earlier today about his fight to take control of the house and the republicans war on the middle class. >> eliot: congressman, there is a sense that the middle class is under assault and the foundation that this nation built for the middle class is under assault. do you sense that when you're out there campaigning. >> absolutely. i travel all over the country. no matter where i am, there is a sense that the middle class is under assault by the republican congress who wants to ship middle class jobs to china yesterday of providing incentives of creating new jobs for america. they have sided with the rich and turned against the middle class. >> eliot: when up the you were at the dnc, you began with a beautiful story about how one individual mailed in a war bond from world war ii and said my dad bought this but i want this used to make taken a democratic stronghold. >> i received a war bond that thi

lucille richards, sandra fluke and steve israel. rman of the democratic congressional campaign committee. big, big night. i love that line from bill clinton there, barack obama is cool on the inside, but burning for america on the outside. steve, what did you make of that? >> there's only one bill clinton and boy did we hear from him tonight. >> is that the best speech you've heard him make? >> one of the best speeches. every speech i hear him make i think is the best. and i think he topped that. it's a reminder of what happens when you invest the right priorities in the mid class. bill clinton's economic priorities, the longest peace time expansion in history, 25 million jobs, new startups, innovation, entrepreneurship, the republican policies under george bush, debt, deficit, tax cuts for the rich and middle class imploded. that's what this election is all about. >> sandra, i watched your speech with great admiration, i tweeted to that effect. >> thank you. >> i wonder what rush limbaugh was thinking, spitting blood with indignatio

steve israel's leadership, the drive for 25, we have phenomenal candidates all over the country, and real opportunity with president obama winning and doin wel i tatro ates for his coattails to be strong, but this is a grassroots campaign up and down the ticket. that's what's going to be key to our success, running a song grassroots, peop to people, neighbor to neighbor campaign versus the avalanche of special intere resources that are ndinrepuicanamns ugpe essentially having a handful of billionaires trying to buy the white house and the congress for republicans. that's the contrast we'll be presenting. >> that wasn't brief enough but i forgive you. congresswoman, debbie wasserman schultz, thank you so much for joing us. >> sy thus m aad on this national voter registration day. it's important. stay with us. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair oks great. didn't realize they did photosh here. heooll t m can't let 'em see what you're dri

to have the resources and the plan for the drive for 25 and we're magnificently led by chairman steve israel of new york, who is our campaign chairman. >> what about the role of joe biden? we haven't seen him doing interviews, not really doing interviews since his appearance on "meet the press" i think when he talked about gay marriage before the president was prepared to make that commitment. is the white house not using joe biden to best effect? are they afraid to have joe biden go out and do interviews? >> i don't think so at all. i think joe biden is out there at campaign stops all over the country. he draws big crowds and everybody is very enthusiastic to have him. joe biden is a great leader in our country. he's authentic. he says it the way he sees it. >> if the president is re-elected, if he is or if he isn't, is joe biden a likely contender in 2016 if he wants to, or would you expect that hillary clinton or some of the younger faces we've seen, corey booker going to the iowa delegation breakfast the other day or today, rather, is a key indicator? >> we have many good choices in the

lucille richards, sandra fluke and steve israel.night, i love that line from bill clinton there, barack obama is cool on the outside but burning for america on the inside. >> there's only one bill clinton and boy did we hear from him tonight. >> is that the best speech you've heard him make? >> every speech i hear him make i think is the best. he topped that. bill clinton's economic priorities, the longest peace time expansion in history, 25 million jobs, new startups, innovation, entrepreneurship, the republican policies under george bush, debt, deficit, tax cuts for the rich and middle class imploded. that's what this election is all about. >> sandra, i watched your speech with great admiration, i tweeted to that effect. i wonder what rush limbaugh was thinking, spitting blood with indignation, i imagine. >> i could care less what rush limbaugh was thinking. >> i bet you couldn't. >> do you have a message for him ton? >> no. >> stoney silence? >> that's right. >> a lot of people were tweeting as you might expect, a lot of rather u

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. >> that was the head of the democratic congressional campaign committee, representative steve israelon our show yesterday discussing what he thinks is the fallout from the republican party's presidential ticket. joining me now, other side of this, deputy chairman of the republican national congressional committee, congressman, let me start with go ahead and rebut. do you believe the republican ticket is making the medicare issue more complicated for your members? >> no. actually we're on offense because we have a plan to save medicare, protect those who are 55 and over. this isn't about them. we'll keep that pledge to them. look, we all have parents, mine have passed now but i saw how important medicare was for them in the end years of their life, senior years of their life. i am fully committed to making sure seniors are taken care of. but if you do nothing, the actuaries tell us medicare goes broke so we did something. we said here's a way to deal with medicare. looks a lot like medicare part d, by the way, for the next generation of seniors. obama care's the one that raided $716 b

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across the country and steve israel would concede, a lot of candidates mad about the language. >> soabout the political ramifications of this platform with steve israel, charge of the democratic national campaign committee. what have you been hearing the last 24 hours from your candidates? has it been a problem for them? >> no, it wasn't a problem. the platform was fixed, no longer an issue unless the republican party want to make this an issue. >> reporter: they do. >> which is making israel a political football. prime minister netanyau and israel's ambassador to the united states have always said we shouldn't make israel a political football. the bush administration opposed moving this to tel aviv. we've repaired it. >> as someone who runs campaigns, you live in the world of reality. you know republicans use this. won't this hurt people on the dw god issue in places like ohio and jerusalem in places like florida? >> israel does best when you have bipartisanship in the united states. and for politicians to make israel a partisan tool doesn't do israel a service. platform was correct

steve israel. illinois governor pat quinn will join us as well. from the romney camp, we'll talk to texas senator kay baill iley hutchis hutchison. that is all ahead tomorrow. >>> "cnn newsroom" begins right now. >>> happening now in the newsroom, life of the party. bill clinton making the case to keep president obama in office. one headline summing up what a lot are saying about last night, the big dog shows how it's done. >> their number one priority was not to put america back to work. it was to put the president out of work. i hate to break it to you. but we're going to keep president obama on the job. >> this morning, we ask can clinton's magic put barack obama back in the white house? the price of politics. a new bob woodward bombshell alleging infighting. obama and boehner. one quote, it was increasingly clear that no one was running washington. >>> plus, the dnc up against mtv. the vmas are tonight. from the network that spearheaded the rock the vote campaign, are they shooting themselves in the foot here? >>> and next year begins now for

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. >> please welcome congressman steve israel of new york. >> thank you very much.eceived a letter from an arizona man, tucked into an of elope was a war bond. at the top for these words " purchase of the island of guam 30 june, 1945." nearly 70 years ago his father bought back bonds. he placed his bet on america. now his son donated it to elect a democrat majority into the united states congress. he knew what many americans know today. the dream is at risk. let me tell you something. house democrats and president obama will bet on america's middle class. we will protect that during. -- at a dream. that is the choice in this election. remember who we thought for with the democratic majority in president obama in the white house. we sent the president the clearly ledbetter fair pay act. we believe a woman should be paid the same as a woman for a full work -- as a man for equal work. others voted no. first responders at ground zero in my home state filing that the health care they deserve. paul ryan and 160 republicans voted no. we cut middle-class taxes. we protected

steve israel and pete sessions have both done a good jobs. you will have a lot of action in motion, but not much movement in the end. it will be a pretty stable year for house elections. host: thank you for being here. i am sure we will see you after the election. mr. cole talked about the house races. we will bring you up-to-date on two closely-watched senate races. joining us this morning is shane goldmacher, national journal's congressional correspondent. the two races i want to talk about our having debates tonight. the first is the virginia senate race. i will show our viewers the polls. two polls favor kaine. what can you tell us as the candidates in the race to go head-to-head today? guest: these are two really known politicians in virginia. two polls came out yesterday and for the first time they have not been completely deadlock. today they will meet for the first televised debate. it is the first opportunity to try to reach an audience, and a particularly important audience that is being aired in northern virginia. toy're trying to

steve israel -- again, i said to him, when you take this job, understand this is for the cold- bloodedthis is not any thing -- interested in some of his college roommate, a cousin, anything like that. think of the one in five children in america. that is where we have to allocate our resources for them. steve has the sufficient reptilian tendency of cold- gluttonous to do the job. so you take the map and you look for the president is not. the president is not in california, illinois, new york, because he is going to win big in those states. then you take texas where he is not going to be for the reverse recent. so you have four states where he is not which we will win multiple seats. we do not have the time to name names and the rest, but we will win at least half the seats we need, 12 to 13, in those four states. then you go where we're more likely to win one, maybe two where he is not -- maryland, arizona, washington state, like that, and we get up to the high teens. now we go where we're going in together. in most cases, the president, the senate. most of these states do not have a

i think under the leadership of steve israel, our chairman, it's a 50/50 thing. it could could this way or that way by a few votes but we're not ceding one grain of safnld we're fighting every fight, precinct by -- mnchts ano ymano. >> not men, mano hand. >> my being illiterate. >> i'm italian -- [ laughter ] >> the democrats have been weakest on the house level and s- whites with high school and some college, middle class. you are a party that talked so much tonight and all week about the middle class. why are those people not voting democratic? >> some of them are not. some of them are not. what i think we have to do is talk about the path that president obama wants to take us down. the path that he was on before, before the obstructionist republicans took over and blocked him at every turn and people have to make a choice between going back to where the -- the poll at thiscies under -- policies under president president bush or going forward and this is on jobs and political reform and emphasis on reducing the deficit. you remember when president clinton left

they're undermining israel's security. >> steve: that's embarrassing.ad, blaming the reporter who released the tape. the reporter is sitting next to us, he is phil klein, reporter for the washington examiner. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: okay. this is how it started out, on monday, she said what? >> she said what you just aired on the air, that the republicans, what they're doing is dangerous for israel as part of making a broader point about republican criticism of president obama. this happened at a training session for jewish democrats on how to convince fellow jews to try to vote for obama. >> steve: you were in attendance and you reported it correctly on tuesday morning. it came out in the examiner. then pretty shortly after that, the israelis responded. >> yeah. and keep in mind, i reported not just that main quote quote that you aired. >> but i quoted the full context, everything. i described the event and everything. and the israeli embassy denied that the ambassador ever said that. >> steve: what does is she say? you can't tr

israel. they have to wonder what happened. >> steve: i think it will come down to the debates. so once you see both the guys on the stage, i think that's when people will pick. >> i think there is no question. but at the end of the day, it will come down to romney's plan and vision versus obama's record. one of the things you heard very little in the last three days was the word debt and the word unemployment. they don't want to talk about that record, but this is the worst recovery in american history since the great depression. not a good record to run on. >> steve: governor, thank you very much for stopping by. straight ahead on our thursday show, president clinton took the speaking spot traditionally held by the vice president last night. so why was he chosen and did it work? up next, his former speech writer says clinton did whatever -- what even president obama wouldn't be able to do. first on this date back in 1983 "maniac" number one song in america. it is day the two democratic convention and apparently they had a huge lighting problem in the convention hall today. the

. >> bret: steve, on the issue of israel. the wording is different than it was.e words taken out is jerusalem as the capital. you heard charles' comments about that. what about that? >> i agree with mara as far as she goes that platform don't always reflect the position of the presidential candidates. on the other hand, these words disappeared for a reason. there wareason. there was discussions about them and debate about them and they are no longer in the text. there is a reason. what i found interesting with the exchange on senator durbin on this issue, this is a democratic party that wants to talk about anything other than the economy. they are eager to engage an he did not want to answer those questions. we moved to move beyond them. i think the change is significant. i think it's a big concept yesterday. democrats made the case to voters they were still in party of fewer voters. the strongest party. i think they are playing defense on this. because of the policies that came in last three-and-a-half years. >> bret: ab, let me bring the democratic response on

israel's security must not waiver. that means to keep all options on the table to prevent a nuclear iran. no one wants anything to get ruined in thitted middle east. >> steve: tyler. >> this president said we are close to israel but actions showed otherwise. he has turned his back. and in the second balance. trying to strike an agreement with iran to allow them to enrich uranium. >> steve: christie and tyler that was good for everybody. nicely done on this monday morning. >> thank you for having us. >> steve: you have seen it on tv shows like csi. >> it is on the casino floor now . >> what are you looking for. guys got a hit. nen percent match. 92 guy by the one armed bandit. the fbi transform how agents fight crime . we'll tell you about that. washington dc going to the dogings. dick morris is here to explain. >> brian: first happy birthday to aerosmith guitarist. he's 62. ♪ ♪ it doesn't get any better than endless shrimp at red lobster. you can mix and match all day! [ male announcer ] red lobster's endless shrimp is back... but only foa limited time! try as much as you like, any way you like! like parmesan crusted simp just $14.99. i'm ryaisabell and i