but todd aiken was a person she wanted to run against. >> we will not support this but todd aiken waswanted to run against. >> we will not support this candidate. yeah, it confirms what every one knows, there wasn't actually any outrage about the terrible things he said. there was a concern that it would look bad. i think it is funny. they were hoping to drive him out and get a better candidate. but they still want to bomb her with money. >> the part of it that is striking is you hear so many calls for democrats to distance themselves from the most random people. this is the guy running for the party seat and he is showing a flare and a commitment that should outrage people. >> what else did you know? todd aiken wants to end federal student loans too. calls them a cancer. these adds and claire mccas kill has one that is similar. you do learn things about him. but in 30 seconds you can learn more. he has a history of saying crazy things. comparing schip for children to the titanic. the guy, is nuts. there is a double standard. to succeed in the mid western or southern state. it reminds

todd aiken wants to end federal student loans too. calls them a cancer.d claire mccas kill has one that is similar. you do learn things about him. but in 3seconds you can learn h hryf saying crazy things. comparing schip for children to the tanic. the guy, is nuts. there is a double standard. to succeed in the mid western or southern state. it reminds me of a little bit around the frustration of our first black president. >> i would say she doesn't seem to be tougher than other senators. there is a double standard. tough has never been used for a male politician. >> thank you both for joining me tonight. coming up. happens may have gotten proof. there is a criminal investigation into a republican vor registtion drive in florida. and in the rewrite. mitt romney wants to be the commander and chief in the military that he refused to serve in. but he would be the first president who protested in favor of the war of his era and protested in favor of the aft of that war while evading that draft himself and refusing to serve in that war. if we want to improve ou

. ♪ >>> in the spotlight tonight todd aiken. we have a very clear path to victory and apparently claire mccas kill thinks we do to. because she was very aggressive in the debate. i think that is because she feels threatened. aiken said wow, it is like somebody let a wild kate out of the cage. she was fewurious and attacking. let's see how wild she got at the beginning of the debate. >> thank you to the press association and thank you to both todd and jonathan for being here today. this is going to be a contrast for most mississippiourians. we are in the middle. but he is so far on the french. there have been many comments made that i find unacceptable. but his views will be painful for families. used to be much more lady like. i don't know what has happened to her. >> she did have a way of sh shutting done. thank you todd wasn't ladylike enough in this debate. >> so, i'm glad we are not in that world. >> she's ahead in the polls. but todd aiken was a person she wanted to run against. >> we will not support this candidate. yeah,

>> republican todd aiken will lose in missouri but just barely. >> mort?the decline of the second quarter gdp means we'll have poor economic numbers and unemployment numbers for the rest of this year. >> and it will be reported that the assassinated u.s. ambassador of libya chris stevens knew he was on an al qaeda hit list and inadequately protected before

>> well, my position is that todd aiken said that was a stupid thing to have said. he apologized for saying it. >> bill: it's one thing to apologize for saying something stupid, but i actually had the sense he believed it. that's a more serious issue. >> i think he believed it. i think he now knows he was wrong. >> bill: he unbelieves it? >> look, let me just say, the president of the united states describes 57 american states. the president of the united states describes bumps in the road which includes the killing of an american ambassador. the vice president of the united states has been so many falsehoods, so many inaccuracies and weird statements -- >> bill: those are gaffes. i actually think todd aiken believed it. >> i think he believed it, and he was told it was factually wrong. i think he now realizes he made a mistake. if somebody says to you, i made a mistake, i apologize, and you look at six seconds of aiken being foolish, six years of his opponent voting wrong, it's pretty easy for me to say, you know, she voted for obamacare, 71% of missourians voted a

. >> i wanted a miss to the todd aikens who missed the deadline to drop out race.ished not only himself but the entire republican party with his bizarre comments on what he called legitimate rape. but the crew is standing by their man. i think they may come to regret that decision but the democrats sure won't. >> this is hit for chick fill lay. an aldeman he intimidated to stop their donations to groups that politicians don't like. the company says, no. chicago thugs are telling them who to support and good for chick-fil-a. >> this is hit for andy williams. the man that sang moon river has a lot of americans thinking back to good american entertainment he was one of those rare stars past or present whose private life was the same as his public personna. he was out there putting in the hours and delighting audiences all the way until the end. >> paul: that is because he was born in iowa, kim. he learned how will to live right in the midwest. do aiken has a chance to pull this out? >> he is many points behind. he won't have much of a funding pool so i think it's

>> republicans turn to newt gingrich to try to save todd aiken in missouri and save the senate. howard fineman has the latest. >> it turns out he stacked the crowd with supporters. it's not the first time. >> i do love that music. i have to tell you. >> good to have you with us tonight. thanks for watching. mitt romney tried to create a distraction from his 47% comments. instead he gave himself more headaches. friday afternoon the romney campaign released the 2011 tax returns. the romneys paid 14.1% and would have paid an even lower rate if they took all of their deductions. the tax returns put the focus back on the issue of tax fairness in america. romney was asked about his tax rate during an interview with "60 minutes." >> is that fair to the guy who makes $50,000 and paid a higher rate than you did? >> it is a low rate. one of the reasons why the capital gains tax rate is lower is because capital has already been taxed once at the corporate level. as high as 35%. >> so you think it is fair? >> yeah, i think it's the right way to encourage economic growth to get people to inv

those stories and much more still ahead. >>> today is the deadline for todd aiken to withdraw from the race. members of his own party, including presidential candidate, mitt romney, are urging him to withdraw. it's the result of an interview where women can shut down the whole thing in order to avoid pregnancy. not everyone is distancing themselves from aiken, including newt gingrich. >> i don't see how any national republican and good conscious after tomorrow has any choice except to say, the choice is the republican nominee where senator mccaskill, i am for the republican nominee. >> aiken apologized for the rape comment before the controversial interview. missouri was considered a likely republican win. polls now show democratic incumbent has the advantage in another development, a powerful conservative pack said today, okay, things have changed. we reconsidering withholding funds. he's getting more support. >> still to come on 9news now, all gave some, some gave all. a local community salutes pow's and mia's from the vietnam era. >>> president obama is calling on world leaders at t

take a listen. >> two years ago, when paul ryan and john boehner and todd aiken and the tea party tookr the house of representatives, they promised they were going to create jobs and jump start the economy, but instead on day one they came after women's health, and they haven't let up since. >> anna marie, how well do you think democrats have tied aiken to romney/ryan. >> i think they've done a very good job. i have some data to inject on this discussion to talk about how much this affects the typical swing voter. i'm not sure how typical this is, but in the swing states where romney needs to be competitive, he is losing women pretty badly. those happen to be the states -- iowa, pennsylvania, and virginia -- where republicans have stepped over a line with women's rights and reproductive rights. people notice these things. as long as it stays in the realm of polite discussion and the realm of what people can imagine the government doing, voters don't pay attention. but once you start making inroads on very, very personal decisions, women pay attention and decide not to vote for republic

if todd aiken exits the senate race he has to do it by 5:00 p.m. today. if not, it's on to november but the yemt battled congressman shows no sign of dropping out. good morning from new york. it's tuesday, september 25th, 2012. i'm chuck todd live outside of the new york public library, nbc's occasieducation nation su behind me. coming up, i will show you live pictures and monitoring and waiting for bill clinton to introduce mitt romney at his global giving conference and when that happens, we will take it to you live and give you a little bit of mitt romney's remarks. he is presenting an intriguing plan of a public private partnership when it comes to foreign aid. one that my guess is won't get taken out of a partisan lens but ought to win time -- when the time comes for it. >>> first, to my first reads of the morning on the trail monday. a null aggressive mitt romney and he sailed the president's leadership abroad and his characterization. president obama will address the u.n. jen assembly. the president's fourth speech to the body. 18 month civil war i

and that's your morning dish of scrambledti elsewhere, missouri republican congressman todd aiken lethe deadline to let the senate race pass yesterday without dropping out. he's bound to stay despite pressure within his own party since his lit mate rape comments. last nig on th lor wit lace nn aiken's opponent claire mccaskill says that was clearly aiken's plan all along. >> i think he believes that this is a race that he was chosen to and i think he began this whole process very committed. and you have to remember, this is someone who has always operated on the fringe of his party. it's not that todd and i are thatar apt. it's i in the middle and he' onhe very edge. so he's never really had a warm and close relationship with a lot of the republican party leaders because of his extreme views. >> lean forward with the lawrence o'donnell and last word show week nights at 10:00 p.m stertime oy onb t place for politics. >>> now here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow closed at 13,457 after stumbling 101 points yesterday. the s&p dropped 15. the nasdaq tumb

coming up, claire mccaskill versus todd aiken. it became a good bet for democrats.et's see how it is looking now. claire mccaskill, herself, joins us next. >>> with four judges in the supreme court in their 70s, the next president could dramatically shift the balance of the court to the right or the left. who do you want picking two or three new judges in the court? >>> celebrities weigh in on the supreme court race. >>> no photo, no voto. i'm on to your shenanigans, murray gershin. >> she is something, sarah sobrin. how hollywood hopes to rei go nate the spirit of 2008 for president obama. >>> finally, let me finish with my predictions or next week's first presidential debate. this is "hardball," a place for politics. than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. thank you, mr. speaker, uh, members of congress. in celebration of over 75 years of our government employees insurance company, or geico...as most of you know it. ...i propose savings for everyone! i'm talking hundreds

coming up, claire mccaskill versus todd aiken. it became a good bet for democrats.et's see how it is looking now. claire mccaskill, herself, joins us next. >>> with four judges in the supreme court in their 70s, the next president could dramatically shift the balance of the court to the right or the left. who do you want picking two or three new judges in the court? >>> celebrities weigh in on the supreme court race. >>> no photo, no voto. i'm on to your shenanigans, murray gershin. >> she is something, sarah sobrin. how hollywood hopes to rei go nate the spirit of 2008 for president obama. >>> finally, let me finish with my predictions or next week's first presidential debate. this is "hardball," a place for politics. are you ready ? share everything by turning your smartphone into a mobile hotspot for up to 8 wifi-enabled devices at no extra charge. like the new droid razr m by motorola only $99.99. but i'm still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your w

political junkies may have known that todd aikens has a reputation for saying things.at i think is just a question of your theory of democracy, how much time should we have to vote, because in that case and others the lack of media attention on a lot of local races you could tell this better than i can means that sometimes these things don't really get flusheded out until the last couple of weeks. >> i have one more football metaphor when we come back. in football, they call it a reverse. when it comes to mitt romney on health care, we may need a whole new play. that's next. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we get it. design the wells to be safe. thousands of jobs. use the most advanced technology to protect our water. billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing a stunning work of technology. i

republican administration and democrats have treated women and look what happened in missouri with todd aikenwo weeks ago, women are going to matter, they are intelligent and think about the issues, i think many of them and most of them are going to vote for president obama. >> shannon: how much do you think social issues will enter theqialgs for female voters? >> jobs are the number one issue for women and men. so to say that women are going to vote for obama because he is handing out free birth control pills. that is not something, but the romney ryan plan that focuses on helping the middle-class, through deficit reduction, trade that works for america. and also being a champion for small business, giving people of this country the skills they need to succeed. that will restore confidence in this country. it will go to a great deal in reducing the deficit. the romney-ryan ticket will reduce the size of government. they will encourage private sector growth and that in and of itself help balance the budget and help tackle this debt and deficit problem. that is what women are concerned with. >

the religious right was furious about the establishment's abandonment of todd aiken.people were fighting with mike huckabee who took the same stand supporting aiken. and so what you just played is completely typical of what i was hearing. and by the way, i would say to your audience, it's worth listening to. some of these people you may completely disagree with them, but they are honest. they are not spinning for like a carl rove on fox. they have contempt for those people saying every day that every focus group liked the republican ad better than the democratic ad. they know it's nonsense. they were concerned about the bad ratings the convention was getting. i learned more about the republicans and harsher criticisms from the conservative media than i would from a lot of the liberal press. >> i feel like we saw this insurgency when the tea party movement became a generator of right wing primary challengers to republican candidates. the republican party just shifted to incorporate the right wing protest movement. so you have jesse benton who was rand paul's campaign m

. >> missouri republican todd aiken is still running. he's in it. he's running.was and is a crucial seat for the republicans. obviously, for those who don't remember, he's the one who referred to legitimate rape. today, rick santorum and jim demint endorsed him. do you? >> i don't have any dog in that fight, as we say in texas. i think what he said was very unfortunate and probably misspoken, but i don't have a position on clay aiken. >> misspoken? you think you can really misspeak something like that? >> i think it was an ignorant thing to say, but i do think mitt romney has a chance to win this election, but i think he's going to have to do something differently because what is happening now is not going to win. he's got to energize this base. i'm hearing republican strategists saying oh, look, you evangelicals, you don't have a choice at all. you're not going to vote for barack obama. it's true, we're not going vote for president obama, but we have a choice about staying home. now, i've come out and endorsed governor romney. i'm going to vote for him because i

. >> todd aiken isn't the only one putting the senate back in place. candidate heidi heitkamp on her plans to turn her red state blue. >> are you arguing there are fewer government employees under obama than under bush? >> that's a fact. >> yesterday senator rand paul embarrassed himself on national television. today he made it worse. we'll bring you an update. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." republicans in tough senate races are starting to stumble. a few months ago the gop was feeling good about winning back control of the senate. but look at the latest headlines around the country. newspapers across the country are reporting republicans are in tougher races than they ever imagined. the crucial states are the ones with the stripes on the map. democrats are proving to be tough for opponents in places like missouri and montana. the republicans thought they had a sure thing in north dakota. turns out the debate over health care and social security is putting them on their heels. rick burg in the congress is running against democrat and former attorne

>> republican todd aiken will lose in missouri but just barely. >> mort?cline of the second quarter gdp means we'll have poor economic numbers and unemployment numbers for the rest of this year. >> and it will be reported that the assassinated u.s. ambassador of libya chris stevens knew he was on an al qaeda hit list and inadequately protected before september 11th's deadly attacks that killed him. bye-bye. >> welcome to "government contracting weekly," sponsored by aoc key solutions, incorporated. "government contracting weekly" is the only television program devoted exclusively to the competitive and dynamic world of government contracting, a world where coming in second place is not an option, but where principle- centered winning is the only approach. >> good morning and welcome back to "government contracting weekly," where each week, we aim to bring you tactics, strategies, and information that will help you, the government contractor, win a contract using principle-centered winning. today, we're delighted to have with us ed hammersla, the chief oper

or when have you incident like todd aiken coming out and saying let legitimate rape and words regarding abortion, what do you see it as? >> i think is a little bit of both. the president goes in with the natural advantage. not just because he won in 2008, but because democrats in general do better among women. especially single women. unmarried women. this is the trend historically. you add to what is perceived as pretty harsh statement by the republican party, hard line in the platform you mentioned, and really not much effort apart from the speakers that hogan mentioned. sure there were some women speakers at the convention but there have not been a lot of outreach of substance on policy level to women apart from talking about the economy. he's right. that is extremely important. but i think the democrats would counter they're doing that too and doing it in ways that target women specifically, not just saying we should all have a better economy and better for everyone including women. >> both of these convention speeches are not targeted to the people in the room, they are targeting t

. >> and claire mccaskill attack everyepubcannown t m that criticizes todd aiken.way, we're just minutes away from the president's speech. we'll be right back with a preview of that from our panel. [ male announcer ] this is rudy. his rning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's ovhaul starts with more inmoreills triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when... hang on. stan's doctor recommended aleve. it can keep pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is rudy. who switched to aleve. and two pills for a day free of pain. ♪ [ female announcer ] and try aleve for relief from tough headaches. >>> we're just minutes away from president obama's speech at the u.n. jen general assembly. his only scheduled event at this year'smeeting. let's bring back in our panel. we it do kno some of wthe president will say about rairan he'll use the word containment, that that is not an option. rudy giuliani said he didn't say mitary strike. >> i don't think it's implied. the president has to be reay ca

todd aiken got crushed by senator claire mccaskell in a debate today.how you the highlights. share your thoughts on facebook. we're coming right back. ♪ atmix of energies.ve the world needs a broader that's why we're supplying natural gas to generate cleaner electricity... that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and it's also why, with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol - a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane. >>a minute, mom! let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching. this has not been a good week for mitt romney and he's running out of time. a video surfaced showing him insulting 47% of americans. he was widely criticized for accusing the president of the united states of being a terrorist sympathizer on 9/11. his staff has been depicted as disorganized. today romney's tax return is under the microscope. and this is what all of those problems look like when you add them up together. the new national journal poll shows romney's at least 7 points behind, a poll of 1