i was born in waterloo, iowa. i'm heading up there to say thank you to everyone who instilled my early values in me, and that began at our church. my parents took us to church every week. we went to a lutheran church, first lutheran waterloo, and they prayed with us at night. we prayed before we had mealtime. they've really instilled wonderful values in us, and i recognize that i'm not perfect and that i need god in my life, and that's really helped me to set my course. >> god has guided your decisions in life. would god guide your decisions that you would make as president of the united states? >> well, as president of the united states, i would pray. i would pray and ask the lord for guidance. that's what presidents have done throughout history. george washington did, abraham lincoln did -- >> but you said "god called me to run for congress," god has said certain things about, you know, going to law school, about pursuing other decisions in your life. there's a difference between god as a sense of comfort and sa

he's coming to waterloo .he will be there tomorrow and that will be interesting to watch tomorrow . all of this that develops is interesting for the romney campaign. they are counting on congresswoman bachmann to take iowa and set up a fort here if you will unite the right and deny governor perry. and the other story is governor pawlenty who has serious thinking to do about his campaign and a good showing for senator sanatorium in fourth. he campaigned in iowa and reached out to the rural counties. >> mike: senator sanatorium will join us. >> how do you get all of the bookings. >> mike: i tell them bret is going to be here. bret will be here and they don't come for me but come for you . also governor pawlenty was supposed to be here. he call cancel said he was not coming and we'll have an extended time to talk to congresswoman bachmann. is that a message that he's not coming out and facing the press tonight? >> yes, i think he will come out tomorrow from what i am seeing. i don't know why he would not talk abo

. >> i was born in waterloo and born and raised in waterloo and cedar falls.this wonderful part of our state, what i saw were reasonable, fair-minded people who loved me, poured themselves into me, and that's the voice that i learned growing up. >> joining me now is jamie norvegraw who has been with her for a few weeks now since we deployed this msnbc team. jamie, what's been interesting about the bachmann folks today is they seem -- everybody that's participating here wants to win, but there's a sense of urgency to her campaign that's even greater, i think, than tim pawlenty. >> that's right, chuck. even she has said there's a disadvantage to having joined the race so late. she joined it in late june with an announcement in waterloo. and so they have been pretty upfront object that. they would like to say they are cautiously optimistic about today. but what she has on her side is that she connects with people, is that people recognize that she's the real thing. that's what she says. >> now you have done some impressive reporting about tomorrow's event. you kn

then he went right to iowa, went right to waterloo. bachmann's home town and then went to the same event and sat there and clapped for her periodically during her speech and she ignored him. rick perry is the guy everyone needs to fear right now because he has got everything it takes to win this nomination today. >> laura: he he has a lot of bravado, kirsten. he remained at the dinner when she spoke. apparently she was not present during his speech, which kind of rough feld some feathers. she was in her campaign bus outside, idolizing outside of the dinner when she spoke literally. >> she is not available. she is not -- she is acting like a celebrity versus going in and mixing. >> laura: i saw her mixing with the people at the straw poll. she was amazing. >> i'm talking about the dinner. >> laura: great politician. >> they are if a fat particular call about -- fanatical. reminds me of these people with palin who really love her. not a question she is a good campaigner. people complaining that they wanted her to be doing more of the ric

waterloo, of course, michele bachmann's birth place. and mitt romney sounded nonchalant about the soon to be candidate who has the sharpest contrast with the front-runner. >> i think i'm the right guy tonight republican nominee for president. in part because i spent 25 years in the private sector. and i know how the economy works. i'll get a full view, i'm sure, of all the successes of governor perry. he's a fine man and fine governor. and the record of texas, i think, speaks for itself. >> romney said 25 years of private sector experience for a reason. rick perry has been in elected office for 26 consecutive years. expect to hear more about that from mitt romney. perry says he's all in for a presidential run and he's testing out some speech lines. here he was yesterday in san antonio. >> this is one of our darkest ho hours. i'll tell you this west texas optimist sees our brightest hour as just around the corner. i believe in this country because i believe in americans. >> you know, it says something about mitt romney's fragile hold as

. >> waterloo, waterloo, waterloo. >> they have good hair. >> he's an attractive candidate. >> last word favorite tim pawlenty is out, lawrence o'donnell responds. >> pawlenty's out. >> i'm from a small state. >> it was time to bow out. >> i tried to read tim pawlenty's book, it was one of the worst experiences of my life. >> and president obama gets a boost from a billionaire class trader. >> i think you're less wealthy than warren buffet. >> we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks. >> some type of parody is only fair. >> he pointed out he pays a lower tax rate than anybody in his office. >> my friends and i have been >> we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks. >> some type of parody is only fair. >> he pointed out he pays a lower tax rate than anybody in his office. >> my friends and i have been coddled long enough. >> he couldn't be more spot-on. >> time for the games to stop. >>> good evening from new york. well, all of a sudden the republican presidential primary race has gotten really, really interesting. and since interesting has an inverse rela

so actually in waterloo, the same place that bachmann will be. so here we go, the game is continuing. >> and thank you very much, you're looking there at the pictures of the texas governor and his announcement, so thank you for that. >> president obama, meanwhile, says the nation can't wait until the next election to tackle the economic problems facing the country. he used the weekly address to call on voters to motivate congress. >> maybe they will get back to washington, ready to compromise, and create jobs and get the fiscal house in order. ready to do what you sent them here to do. >> the president plans to take his message directly to voters next week with a three-day tour of the midwest. >>> and parents concerned about keeping their children safe got them fingerprinted today in san mateo county. the lawmaker officers turned the process into a game for the young boys and girls fingerprinted at the mall. it brought peace of mind to parents that we spoke with. >> i think it is important that all parents have a record of their kids' identificat

i was born and raised in waterloo and cedar falls of.n this wonderful part of our state, what i saw were reasonable, fair-minded people who loved me, poured themselves into me, and that is the voice i heard growing up. common sense and moral values. that set the tone. everything i needed to know in life, i learned in iowa. [cheers and applause] my mother and father taught us to always love iowa. iowa is the breadbasket of the world bank and we feed millions of people from iowa. be grateful. i have always been grateful that i am an iowan. i believe it is time to have an house. in the white in the last 48 days, as i have been everywhere from spencer to storm lake, to you name it, we have been there, and ames as well. what we have seen is a restoration of that dream. you have restored in me my faith in america. i see on the television destruction all across the country, but inot in iowa. i see happy, confident, optimistic people. their crops are growing. we have a wonderful season. people are more energized than ever before because they kno

i was born and raised in waterloo and cedar falls of.t of our state, what i saw were reasonable, fair-minded people who loved me, poured themselves into me, and that is the voice i heard growing up. common sense and moral values. that set the tone. everything i needed to know in life, i learned in iowa. [cheers and applause] my mother and father taught us to always love iowa. iowa is the breadbasket of the world bank and we feed millions of people from iowa. be grateful. i have always been grateful that i am an iowan. i believe it is time to have an house. in the white in the last 48 days, as i have been everywhere from spencer to storm lake, to you name it, we have been there, and ames as well. what we have seen is a restoration of that dream. you have restored in me my faith in america. i see on the television destruction all across the country, but inot in iowa. i see happy, confident, optimistic people. their crops are growing. we have a wonderful season. people are more energized than ever before because they know we can do this. if

remember when michele bachmann kicked off her presidential campaign in waterloo?ah palin had the premiere of her movie in iowa. mitt romney announcing he was running in new hampshire. palin, through the headlines the next day, was hosting a clam bake for tea party activists. there we see her m.o., john heilemann. doing it again today in iowa in the midst of the debate, but not in the debate. not in the straw poll or in anything except the headlines. is she doing to do that throughout or back perry? >> look, first of all, an element of sarah palin, kind of like, "where's waldo"? you can predict where she'll pop up, as to where the cameras are. if sarah palin has a plan, and she doesn't want to run, rick perry entering the race gives her a good opportunity to the say, now someone's running who i totally support, represents the issues and values i care about. we find her impossible to predict, because i think most of the ways in which we think how politicians act we apply a filter of viewing them. she acts much more by instinct and whim and caprice. she could have lo

her hometown, her birthplace in waterloo, iowa. it was noticeable to many that she didn't work the crowd. she didn't talk to people. she got right back on her bus. she seems to not be quite with the iowa vibe of retail politics. rick perry came. he stayed. he ate dinner. he stayed through her speech. he seems to be mixing it up with people more than she is. >> reporter: that was very noticeable and there was this back and forth on lighting. you love this behind the scenes stuff sometimes that campaigns have these fights over the lighting. so perry had brought their own lighting people and bachmann had their own lighting. one was a very soft version of lights. one was tongue sten. neither one wanted to light the other. bachmann wouldn't even enter the room until the lights had been fully changed until her announcer had been there to announce her entrance then she didn't come through the front door. she came through another door. so as not to get crowd crowded out. just the other visual on this, you described this rick perry he got t

she made another gaff about john wayne growing up in waterloo, who i believe it was really john wayne who was a serial killer. i think the thing about michele bachmann that we are seeing now is she is getting more scrutiny. she is out there, learning about the reality of national campaign. we will see how she behaves in the debate. in september there will be three debates and she will be on the stage again. it is hard it imagine they will move out beyond this base. this tea party base and really appeal it moderates. i think one of the things that happens with her, it it does get often they gets momentum. >> do you know something we don't know? >> reverend al, if you want to talk about u.s.-russia policy and how it deteriorated the last two and half years, gore gorbachev says this reminded him of the soviet union -- >> wait, wait, wait. he said what? >> my kel gorbachev -- >> you are sitting on national tv saying michele bachmann is credible because she said something credible to gorbachev. >> what i'm saying is -- >> what you're saying is unbelieve but go ahead and say it. >> if you w

bachmann meanwhile celebrating her big win many the straw poll in iowa gets upstaged in her hometown of waterlooy the new guy in the race texas governor rick perry. >> the president of the united states has a pen. and it's called a veto pen. and i will use it until the ink runs out if that's what it takes to get the message we're not spending all the money. >> people feel it now, the fire. they recognize that obama can be beat. >> today the texas governor took his turn introducing himself to iowa farmers at the state fair soap box. >> got anying ays in the crowd? we've got to have soming ays in the crowd. >> and tragedy in indiana. the state fairgrounds reopening with a moment of silence today for the five people who were killed in that horrifying collapse off the concert stage. ♪ >> and we go back of course to the president's town hall meeting. he is just now kicking it off. can see the president there ades

he'll be in waterloo on sunday.ped up against the machine that he knows that michelle bachmann is holding a slice of the pie he wants. you've seen sabre rattling on both sides. there's a new pac established for michelle bachmann. against rick perry called keep conservatives united. now perry has one against bachmann that's make us great again. it's less filling, taste great. >> it's going to be fun. perry sat down with mark and talked to him about the thoughts of how he approached the decision to run for president. >> i went from got the best job in america to today being fully engaged in this process of making a decision. the issue of is this what i want to do was dealt with about 45 days ago in a conversation with my wife. prior to that, no, being the president of the united states was not on my radar screen from the standpoint of something i want to do. >> so start to finish. i love when politicians who are not president of the united states say i have the greatest job in america. always the prerequisite. then th

you may also remember michele bachmann on the campaign trail saying she was proud to be from waterloohere john wayne was from. >> what i went them to know is just like john wayne was from waterloo, iowa, that's the spirit i have too. >> john wayne is not john wayne the movie star, but the serial killer. michele bachmann also gave a shoutout to lexington and concord for their work in the revolutionary war, not as a shout out to a neighborhood state or a generic america, she did it when she was in new hampshire because she thought the massachusetts towns of lexington and concord were towns in new hampshire. >> i love new hampshire and what we have in common is our extreme love for liberty. you're the state where the shot was heard around the world. >> no. you know, people make mistakes, i make mistakes all the time, constantly. candidates make mistakes. candidates do not usually make this many mistakes, though. and here's the thing whether or not gasps like this from michele bachmann are important politically for her. michele bachmann, as far as i can tell, like allen keys, michele bach

that was july 9, care reform his waterloo. that was july 9th, 2009. he had the same thing today. >> we saw within a few days that the president was going to be heavy-handed. he was going to implement his agenda and pay back his political allies. and it went on from there, from obamacare. and then, to dodd-frank. it has been the most anti-business, and i consider anti-american administration, of my lifetime of things that are just so anathema to the principles of freedom. and everything he has come up with has centralized more power in washington. creates more socialist style policy policies. >> we should point out that that was on a christian radio center. a senator just called the president of the united states anti-american. he called the president heavy-handed. demint is in lockstep with every other right wing candidate today. look at what rick santorum said today. >> i'm not ashamed. if you can say it in front of nbc every day. and rachel maddow and to ed schultz and all these folks up there saying this guy's nuts. you know? this guy understands w

edward elementary school closing in waterloo? >> well, as you know, stephen t was closed last week when officials saw mold spores. >> and that can be dangerous to our children who i believe are the future. >> well said. officials hope to reopen the school next week once they've removed the mold. >> stephen: great report, rachel. of course mold is a fungi so let's check in with one real fungi, two-time iowa sportscaster of the year and the voice of the iowa state cyclones john walters. john, i know you think the people have the right to know the full results of the straw poll. >> i've always said sunlight is the best disinfectant. >> kneeor spor in. but first what is the latest news from the gridiron. >> there's good news for football fans. the part owned by the iowa gop matthew strong got a new coach. >> mike honzy. >> isn't he the former coach the chicago rush where he took them to victory in arena bowl 20. >> the very same and he hopes to bring that championship attitude to the barn stormers. >> stephen: thanks, john. turning t

on sunday in waterloo, iowa. the hometown of michele bachmann and the place where she made her formal announcement earlier this year. and then he'll be in des moines on monday and he will be heading back to the granite state of new hampshire on wednesday for an event there. >> carrie dann following the perry campaign, carrie we appreciate it. thank you. >> reporter: thanks, veronica. >>> the wild stock market indices on wall street, the futures are rising after massive losses and gains much of this past week. the s&p 500 rose or fell more than 4% the past four days, only the third time since the great depression. the s&p has seen that kind of volatility. u.s. stock values are taking a major beating losing nearly $3 trillion in just the past three weeks. bloomberg reporter simeon hyman joins me now. >> reporter: we're glad it's friday, that's for sure. we don't think the volatility is the norm. what we're dealing with now are a couple of different aspects of both economic and what we might call financial stress. t

not too many weeks ago, michele bachmann announced her candidacy in waterloo, iowa.e town where she was born. perry's event tomorrow will be in the very same building where she announced her candidacy. when michele bachmann found out that rick perry was going to be there, she said i'm going too. carl -- bachmann will be at the same event with perry. >> juan: stay in touch. you will have the inside track. carl, thanks so much for joining me. >> you bet, juan, thanks. >> juan: up next, bill o'reilly goes hollywood or does he? right back with it. f! >> juan: no pinheads and patriots tonight. instead, remember when bill was off a few weeks ago? it turns out he wasn't really off. what was he up to? entertainment tonight caught up with him. >> can bill o'reilly save america from our crippling debt crisis? a little moonlighting in hollywood. as i found out bill keeps an eye on washington. >> they are all pinheads, all of them. because they are playing politics with the welfare of the american economy. >> watch out capitol hill, bill may be on his way. >> bill: i'll solve th

but the real big thing everybody will be watching is what happens when he gets to waterloo, iowa here. michele bachmann's birth place. >> warner: so how much interest is there among iowans in general or iowa republicans in the straw poll tomorrow? what are they looking for there? >> ifill: well, it's really interesting. because iowans by their very nature follow politics very closely. but even they are saying gee, really? it's still august. but they are very curious. a lot of iowa republicans are very unhappy with the way things are going in washington. people stop me on the street and say when are you going to tell them. what are we going to get those bums out of there. when are they going to tell them to get serious but they haven't decided who is the person that can defeat barack obama. they have a wide social. the social conservatives have a way of determining the caucuses in january, and the straw poll tomorrow. but a lot of people are saying to me that the economy is as big a deal as any social issue and they're looking for the candidate who is going to be able to articulate tha

a spokeswoman for bachmann confirmed today she did not attend that waterloo big family reunion but was with other family members at the time. hmm. in other words in other news, for the backman front, the candidate reached out to elvis fans today and wished the rock legend a happy birthday. only problem, this is the day the anniversary of elvis' death. >>> anyway, next up, president obama took on those who derided the health care plan by dubbing it obamacare. during an appearance yen, they were talking about it, of course, also the perfect opportunity to remind us of republican presidential nominee mitt romney strikingly similar healthcare plan up in massachusetts. >> the affordable care act, health care reform, also known as obamacare -- by the way, you know what? let me tell you, i have no problem with folks saying obama cares. i do care. if the other side wants to be the folks who don't care, that's fine with me. you've got a governor who's running for president right now who instituted the exact same thing in massachusetts. this used to be a republican idea, by the way, this whole i

and the important thing to note here is that this is michele bachmann's home city, waterloo, iowa, andt's important for her to be there. she was invited before governor perry was, invited about six weeks ago but she only just accepted two days ago but the campaign says it's important for her to be there. it's her home city, and she's looking forward to the event. >> you know, kerry, perry has been taking a page out of sarah palin's playbook, decided he's going to announce tomorrow, diverting attention from the other guys there in iowa. what is his campaign saying officially about the timing of his announcement? >> reporter: it's remarkable if you look at this week, this past week. it was the week leading up to the ames straw poll in which rick perry was not participating and a republican debate in which rick perry was not participating and yet there were national headlines every single day about exactly how and when and how and rick perry was going to make this announcement in south carolina tomorrow. on monday we were chasing reports that this speech that he had already scheduled to g

i have too. >> turns out john wayne gacy is from waterloo, iowa, not john wayne the actor.ere was the time michele bachmann said the revolutionary war started in new hampshire, not massachusetts. bachman is either routinely -- i mean, routinely getting bad information from her staff, and she's just not that interested in having the right information. either way, even suspicious minds know michele bachmann's mixup is a heap of psycho talk. >>> they ran out of ballots in kenosha today. it's the final elections in wisconsin's recall summer. what will this mean for the reign of governor scott walker in the state. we have the latest updates and results coming in. x does your buisness have the financial control it needs? here's what you can the expect from regions. a bank that provides you with real business expertise. check. a professional optimization of your cash flow with a regions cashcor analysis. check. cash management solutions and the smart lending options you need to grow your business. check. plus, it all comes with award-winning service to help you achieve more balan

. >> and perry impressed the crowd when he was in michele bachmann's hometown of waterloo, iowa.ry gave his stump speech, answered questions, and mixed with the crowd. then it was bachmann's turn. >> please welcome to her hometown of waterloo, representative michele bachmann. >> where is michele bachmann? well, it took four long minutes for bachmann to get to the podium. her handlers changed the lighting for the candidate. they introduced her a second time and started the campaign song a second time. the crowd stood and waited. people in the crowd complained about her campaigning like a celebrity. one tea party activist said that he had been a fan until now. the quote is her coming in not eating dinner with us, showing up with a grand entrance with a big song playing, it's not what it's about here. let's bring back georgetown professor michael eric dyson and harold cook. thanks for being here tonight. of course, mitt romney has, i think, another problem with rick perry. i want to see romney go out and tell the christian conservatives, hey, i'm your guy. michael eric dyson, what d

i have too. >> turns out john wayne gacy is from waterloo, iowa, not john wayne the actor.me michele bachmann said the revolutionary war started in new hampshire, not massachusetts. bachman is either routinely -- i mean, routinely getting bad information from her staff, and she's just not that interested in having the right information. either way, even suspicious minds know michele bachmann's mixup is a heap of psycho talk. >>> they ran out of ballots in kenosha today. it's the final elections in wisconsin's recall summer. what will this mean for the reign of governor scott walker in the state. we have the latest updates and results coming in. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right now. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in canada, we'll be able to produce these oil sands with the same emissions as many other oils and that

and water lee, growing up in water look, growing up here in waterloo. >> in a speech in waterloo on sundayd growing up in the state at least 16 times. bachmann told the crowd that she showed up late to to event because she was attending a family reunion. here's something she may not want you to know. politico reporting bachmann's mother and two cousins say michele bachmann was a no show at the family reunion. although her husband and children were there. in bachmann's defense her mom also said she hadn't been expected at the event given how busy she is. at that republican dinner bachmann wowed the crowd with an all american treat. >> there is nothing more american than apple pie. i bought the biggest, fattest, deepest apple pie that i could for you tonight. >> that big fat apple pie is going to the oldest republican mom in the room. >> 100! oh my goodness! yes! >> and for michele bachmann to ron paul, his supporters want you to know, hello, he placed a very close segd to bachmann in saturday aim's straw poll. i pointed it out yesterday. a lot of other people just ignored it. you may not kn

not too many weeks ago, michele bachmann announced her candidacy in waterloo, iowa.e town where she was born. perry's event tomorrow will be in the very same building where she announced her candidacy. when michele bachmann found out that rick perry was going to be there, she said i'm going too. carl -- bachmann will be at the same event with perry. >> juan: stay in touch. you will have the inside track. carl, thanks so much for joining me. >> you bet, juan, thanks. >> juan: up next, bill o'reilly goes hollywood or does he? right back with it. ♪ [ male announcer ] this is our beach. ♪ this is our pool. ♪ our fireworks. ♪ and our slip and slide. you have your idea of summer fun, and we have ours. now during the summer event get an exceptionally engineered mercedes-benz for an exceptional price. but hurry, this offer ends august 31st. for an exceptional price. at exxon and mobil, we engineer smart gasoline that works at the molecular level to help your engine run more smoothly by helping remove deposits and cleaning up intake valves. so when you fill up at an exxon or

having an event in 0000 in advance of going to waterloo, rick perry all but guarantee he's a big part out of iowa. whoever wins iowa is going to have some of that momentum slow. it's the nature of the process. mitt romney live pictures of mitt romney and michele bachmann today in ames. so it is heating up. and thanks to charlie from politico and we are taking the show on the road to iowa. join us this friday live inand miss a special edition of "andrea mitchell reports" live from the ames straw poll starting at 4:00 eastern. that will be followed by a special edition of "the daily rundown" with our pal chuck today live in ames starting at 6:00 eastern. that's this saturday only on msnbc. >>> so is it a super committee to the rescue? nbc's luke russert joins us live from the capitol next. >>> plus are police equipped to battle the protesters as violence continues to spread across the uk. we're live in london. >>> and the nightwide hunt for florida's fugitive siblings comes to a dramatic end in colorado. specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't

not too many weeks ago, michele bachmann announced her candidacy in waterloo, iowa.the town where she was born. perry's event tomorrow will be in the very same building where she announced her candidacy. when michele bachmann found out that rick perry was going to be there, she said i'm going too. carl -- bachmann will be at the same event with perry. >> juan: stay in touch. you will have the inside track. carl, thanks so much for joining me. >> you bet, juan, thanks. >> juan: up next, bill o'reilly goes hollywood or does he? right back with it. [ male annocer ] everywhere your pet goes the frontline plus killing force is there annihilating fleas and ticks. ♪ visit completekiller.com and get a coupon for frontline plus. dangerous plaque that can build up in arteries over time... high cholesterol is a major factor. but these other health factors can also contribute to plaque buildup. so if you have high cholesterol and any of these other health factors... it's even more important to get your cholesterol where your doctor wants. talk to your doctor about crestor. when